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s° t~ v:.~ The T4ay 2, 1977 County Commissioners' minutes were reviewed. ^'his was a meeting at which the Board of Commissioners reconsidered the rezoning request of Mr. [gilliams. At that time, :T".r. [+lilliams was advised by the Board to resubmit his request again after one year through the normal procedures. P4r. [9illhoit pointed out that complaints were heard at the first public hearing from residents of the mobile home par]c rectardzng paint fumes which came from the garage. Mr. Ffland asked if in the Land [Jse Plan, adoptes~ b_y the Gounty Com- missioners, was not the Blackwood Station area envisioned as a service community? The Planning Director stated the Planning Department did draw up a proposed Land Use Plan, but this was a plan drawn up fox stud.v. - P'[r. Ffland pointed put that the plan was part of the Land [Ise Plan adopted by the County Commissioners relative to the proposed 2-40".Highway opposition. Dr. Sonar. asked if anyone else would like to speak for or against the rezoning rec[uest of P'!r. [~illiams. Alo one came forth. The second item on the agenda was a request o.f Thomas ?:'. dates to rezone to.c;eneral Industrial from Residential. This consists of a 1.6 acre tract that is located inside of a 6.9 acre tract of f_ Lawrence Road. Mr Kirk presented a map of the Lawrence Road area to the two Boards. Irvin Dobson stated that a general industrial zone could. entail such uses as individual mok~ile homes on individual lots, general whole- sate and retail sales, mobile home sales, automobile service stations, offices, industrial research facilities, assemblincr, fabricating, dis- tribution anc? storage, as well as salvacring anti storage of_ used auto- mobile parts, scrap metal and other used material with storage and operar tion entirely within a building or enclosed by a wall of solid material a~ least eight feet high. Dr. Bonar pointed out that once a parcel of land is rezones? to a particular category, and if the land is sold at some future date, the uses A1r. Dobson had read are what the land. could be used .for in that zone. Mr. xirk read to the Boards a letter from E. Cordon [warren, Jr., opposing the rezoning request. Mr. fates stated that he made and installed, septic tanks for a living and the purpose of the rezoning request is to locate his business on this own land. He stated that he would be willing to make a statement for the benefit of neighbors that this will be the only use for which the laps? will be used. Mr. fates stated that the proposed shoe will be approximate- ly 300 feet from the road and will have a buffer of trees surrounding it. r[r. rates is presently renting a shop which is located about one cruarter of a mile away from the area reouested to be rezoned. Dr. Bonar stated that it had been pointed out to Mx. l;ates that the 50 foot right of way is not sufficient, and that P+x. (sates hoc? stated that this is because he has no intention of developing the hack portion of the land. Chairman Bonar asked if there were those present who wished to sneak in favor of the rezoning request. Nv one came ~Eorth, The Chairman asked if there were those present who wisher? to speak in opposition to the recruest. - Mrs. Merritt, a neighbor of P?r. states, stated that the driveway which -M.r: rates is proposing to use would be about 30 feet from her house and the proposed business will be about 200 feet from her douse. She states? that the noise from the machinery and the dust from the road traffic would be a bother to her and should be taken into consic?eration, She added that she had lived in the neighborhoor since 1951,