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               5. The Richard Property                                                
               The Richard Property is about .459 acres, 20,000 square                
          feet.  The Richard Property is on level land; it fronts on                  
          Richard Avenue; and it is about one block north and one block               
          west of the Lafayette Property.  The Richard Property is                    
          rectangular.  The City of Santa Clara had an easement for the               
          purpose of ingress and egress, and the installation and                     
          maintenance of sanitary and storm sewer mains and appurtenances.            
               In 1992, the Richard Property was zoned heavy industrial,              
          which allowed manufacturing, assembling, research, wholesale, or            
          storage uses.  Other permitted uses included light manufacturing,           
          warehouses, laboratories, offices, and incidental retail sales.             
               All utilities were available to the Richard Property.  The             
          frontage was improved with curbs, gutters, and streetlights.                
               The Richard Property was improved with a machine shop                  
          building,11 a 300-square-foot office building, and miscellaneous            
          storage buildings.                                                          
               The Richard Property was not subject to a lease at                     
          decedent’s death, and did not produce any income in 1992.  At               
          some point in 1993 the Richard Property was leased to S.B.                  


          11   Petitioner’s expert witness report gives the area of this              
          building as 5,470 square feet at one point and 5,440 square feet            
          at three other points.  Respondent’s expert witness report gives            
          the area of this building as 4,940 square feet.  Neither side               
          favors us with commentary on this 10-percent discrepancy in                 
          building size.                                                              





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