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~~~ , Agenda Item 4: Sunshine Acres Petition in Objection to Triangle Cremation Service Expansion Dr. Marvin Neilson, representative of the property owners of Sunshine Acres, said the property in question is located one mile outside the town limits of Hillsborough. Triangle Cremation Service plans to build a crematory or incinerator at the end of Oakdale Drive. Residents of this area have the following objections: 1) commercial venture being constructed in a residential area, 2) damage to the road which is maintained by - residents, 3) offensive odors and smoke given off by present incinerator and 4) the burning of human waste. For copy of the petition submitted by property owners, see page of this book. The Reverend Odell Link from the ~Jesleyan Methodist Church also submitted a petition to the Commissioners and offered his support to the residents' petition. He said the church awned 10 acres located at the end of Oakdale Drive and paid for the road to be paved to the church property. The proposed crematory site is loca~ed directly in front of the church property. The church objects to the expansion of Triangle Cremation Service for the following reasons:" 1) The crematory site is directly in front of the proposed church building site. The cost of construction the new church facility will be in excess of $175,000. 2) The church selected this site because it was zoned residential. 3) The church members abject to the existing pollution in the form of smoke and odor from Triangle Cremation Services. For copy of the petition submitted by church members, see page 8 3 7 of this book. Gommissioner Wi1lhoit said this is a good example of the benefit of zoning. Commissioner Whitted asked whether the property was located within the one mile extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the Town of Hillsborough. Mr. Horace Johnson, member of the Hillsborough Town Board, said this area is included in the extraterritorial mile and is zoned residential- He suggested the property owners arrange to be on the agenda of the Town Board and present objections to Hillsborough Planning Board.