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1° 2° 3. 4° commercial development because there is no access from .the Inter- 5° state highways (I-85 and proposed I-40) which will border the site b° on the north and west, respectively. He said the land to the east 7° is owned by the applicant and to the south a ridge prevents the 8' owner of adjacent land from seeing most of the site. 9° Mr. McAdams continued his remarks concerning the second 10' response saying, the intent of the owner is to offer sates at a 11. low cost and the more units placed on the site the lower the cost. 12' He added that. a variance was being requested to lower the amount �3` of separation between units from the required 38' to 28 and 18 feet. �4' He said shrubs would be planted and would grow. 15` In response to number three, Mr. McAdams said that the sites lb° would be rented with the units being owned, for the most part by 17° the dweller, and the choice of whether or not to park his home there 18. would be left up to the individual. He said the owner of the site 19. would be responsible for various maintenance tasks, including mow- ?0. ing, and having a guardhouse intermittently manned. He said the ?1` site had received FHA approval. Mr. McAdams said he thinks the 22. noise generated by the existing interstate and proposed interstate �3` would be a low hum. He added that the internal screening was a �4° private concern, not a matter of public concern- Mr. McAdams then 25. presented a taped tour of the site. 26° Commissioner Willhoit asked the location of the open space; �7° Mr. McAdams replied it was to the north of the site and was about 28. 500 feet from the fartherest unit. Mr. McAdams told Planning 29° Board Chair Crawford the applicant would seed the lsope of the site. 30. Commissioner Whitted asked where the owners of the mobile homes 31. would park; Mr. McAdams said on the street and parallel to it. '2` In response to a question from Commissioner Barnes, he said the '3° owners of the mobile homes would be responsible for the maintenance 34` of the road withing the site. 35. Planning Board member Kizer asked about redesigning the pro- 35. jest with the open area in the center and the trailers on the peri- 37. phery; Mr. McAdams said the existing ines g sewer presented a problem 38° with that design. 39. 40.