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P ti.1 r that the area to citizens property rights were being trampled on and .t~,at people who panted tPiis~~ ~"~~~' ;; stay rural needed to purchase the property. - ' LES BROWN stated that he sometimES travels to wort: past the _lmerican Stone Company where a steady stream of 20 ton trucks enter the hi;hway and traffic drops to 5 miles an '. hour. The same situation could. potentially happen on Aew Hope Church Road. at the end of that road there will soon be a school. Futtin; a commercial enterprise there with sloe: mos•ing trucks creates a great potential for disaster. PHEARS stated that he understood tl,e citizens who wanted to keep thins the way there were but it can't be done. He indicated that lie agreed that people who want to keep this land as it is need to attempt to purchasF it. Howes-er, they need to l:,urchase it at its fair market price not at a lower price caused by zoning making it unusable. He also indicated that he believes these are constitutional rights and the decision on this request needs to be made on that basis. It is not something that slaould be decided by majority vote. He also stated that the Planning Director and his staff told the Commissioners that the zoning was not appropriate. , BETTY EIDENIER asked i•ir. Phears to explain what he meant by "life of the property." PHEARS indicated that -.•hat he meant was tl~e life of a quarry a•as 3D to 50 years depending on how quickly the stone ~.as sold. A motion was made by Commissioner Halltiotis, seconded by Commissioner Hartwell, to refer this matter to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board of Commissioners no sooner than October 2, 1989. VOTE: UNANIMOUS c. Z-9-89 HARTFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY The presentation was made br Emir- Crudup. In summary this item was presented to receive citizen comment on the proposed rezoning request submitted by Hartford Construction Company. The property iri question is located on the north side of NC Highway ~4 near h`hite Cross, approximatelti• 800 feet west of Oal: Hpllaw Raad +~:hich is a new public road. It is known as part of lot 11,7 sho++n on Tax ?slap 30B in Bin;l:am Township. It is also a portion of lot 10 in Oal: Hallow 5ubdi~-ision which was a major subdivision appro~°ed in July of this z*ear. The zonin; designation requested is Local Commercial-1, The maximum amount of land which may be zoned LC-1 in any actirity node is five (5) acres. At present, there are 3.~5 acres of LC-1 in the k~hite Cross tiode. If the proposed rezoning is approved, the total acreage of LC-1 will be 4.fi5. The Comprehensive Plan states that the land use category of "Rural Community* Actiritt°2~ode - identifies rural crossroad communities throu,hout the Cauntz* where small scale commercial activities sert•ing the community and surrounding area are appropriate. The applied zoning districts include: LC-1 and NC-?." Therefore, the proposed rezoning to Local Commercial--1 would be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. QUESTIONS OR COiyLkIENTS FROM THE BOARD OF C01'iMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER HALY.IOTIS asked if Lot 10 would be dirided into two lots. bis. Crudup explained that only a portion would be rezpned; the remaining portion would remain R-1. The result is that there would be two zoning lots altliou~h it.is one subdivision lot. She also indicated that the remaining fronta5e on H+:i- :,~ is the minimum 130 feet. In response to another Question, she indicated that the Plan includes nine lots and it was a condition of subdivision approral that lots 1 through 9 --. _,