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se Bb U. _Z 21 36 lro Mr. Cannity said the only condition for a Class A Special Use Permit, jo as authorized in Article 8 of the Zoning Ordinance, American Stone Company u, had not met was the paying of the $180.0O.fee set. by the Board of Commissioners at a recent meeting; otherwise, American Stone Company had fulfilled all 3•_ requirements. Mr. Cannity enumerated the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance for a Special Use Permit with American Stone Company's responses. Commissioner Barnes thanked Mr. Cannity for his presentation. She asked -•� the applicant, American.tStone Company, to make its presentation. Mr. Paxton '• Badham represented American Stone Company; his remarks follow in an abbrev- 1 • iated version. American Stone Company has never had a public hearing before -•-Z�• and this is a new experience for them. They have hired a court recorder so ~_ that they would know what occurred and perhaps aid them in another County at a future date. Mr. Badham introduced a letter into evidence from Phillip R. Berger & Associates, Inc. (A copy of that letter is on permanent 1j. file in the office of the Clerk to the Board and a copy is included on page (p� % of these minutes.) American Stone Company first learned of the proposed Zoning Ordinance in 1979, and were disappointed there was no grandfather clause permitting operation of those non-conforming uses already in existence. Mr. Badham noted the discrepancy between what they had been told for the past two years and aY• what had happened during the last- two months (he did not elaborate). Mr. ]• Badham said American Stone Company had begun operation in 1969 at the old site �• across SR 1154 and operated there until 1978, with no complaints from the citizens. In 1977 American Stone Company began operation at the new site 2 G. (described by Mr. Cannity on the previous page),- He said there had been no 29. complaints from citizens about operations on the new site. He listed various �J4 State and Federal Regulations and Bureaus which oversee American Stone Company's operation (two examples are the North Carolina Mining Act and North Carolina • Department of Labor). Mr. Badham said American Stone Company has an enormous 6 "desire to grow with tomorrow." American Stone Company made its old sits '- available to OWASA for a resevoir and supplies dirt for the Morgan Creek Plant, free of charge. :6• Mr. Badham outlined those factors which must be met for a quarrying site: 37 Quality stone to rneet•Federal and State requirements; sizable tract of land; � • a willing lessor; market for the stone; water and electric supplies; land must 39 be zoned for this use. Mr. Badham said American Stone Company has a substantial 40-