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412 !~ ~~ ti:i 14r. Rooks continued that if the project is granted, the Hoard mould lose control over the issues such a landscaping, recreational facilities and the Hoard would have to live with what the Zoning Ordinance requires i.ri Rt-8 zones. Mr.Hnoka, referxing to the Zoning Ordinance, cited "Section 201 outlining reasons for rezaninng;.. there is a manifest errox" tdx. Rooks _ said that at the time the zoni.ni.ng ardirance was established that the Board had made "a conci.ous choi.ce`•as to how to zone this property." He said the Board knew the development was undexway and still zoned it R-1. He sa2d~ "based on that...T do not believe the Board made a clear error." He said next the applicant says there "are changed conditions in the area." Mx. Rooks said there were none except the "planned development, The Timbers the trailer park, faxther down on Orange Grove Head, which had gene in since" the Zoning Ordinance was adopted. To his knowledge, Mr. Rooks', there w~.°. no other "changed condi.tions." He said this area was a "gateway" entrance to Hillsborough and the xezvning, if granted, would eliminate this single family residential "gateway," He asked that the request be denied. Mx. Ronald Wagner a resident of the Orange Grove neighborhood fox four years said that the• ead.sting_ /~8 units put in. 2 years ago, had lowered pxaperty values. Mr. Wagner said at the time, there were 20 fami].i.es living in the neighborhood with, for example, four people per home which gave a maximum of SO people and 1~0 cars, if two cars per family waxe allowc~:;?w Mx. Cates had, Mr. Llagner said, increased the population by x'70 people and the vehiclular traffic was increased proportionately. Mr. Wagnex said there were no shoulders on Orange Grove Road and kids ride bikes or walk to the store cxeating a safety hazard. He contended that there wexe "wreoks almost weekly on Orange Grove Road" in this area. He said kids would ride in the street. Mx. Wagner continued that he lives at the "top o~ the hill" and he feared that a child would someday be stxuck by a cax coming over the hill because of the lack of sight distance. He requested that the rezoning from R-1 to R-8 be denied.as incompatible with the neighborhood. - Dr.Chriatopher Byrd Route 2, Box 179, said that Mrs. Fwd. M Hines, who lives on the south of I--85 and east of Orange Grove Road was h3 s, motherin-law and he was speaking for her as well as himself. He said Mr, Homes, if he wexe alive, would have tried to prevent the development from occurring. He said i+1rs. Hines had lived in her home for 28 years and every effort