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garage. The definitions applicable to that use are motor vehicle repair garage and motor vehicle <br />service station. A use table showing the permitted uses in the EC-5 zoning district was included in <br />the agenda material. This use is not a use permitted in the EC-5 zoning district, thus the <br />CombslVl/ilson operation was at all times in violation of Zoning Ordinance. This violation was not <br />cured by the 1990 rezoning." She said that she could not get beyond the legal analysis. <br />Chair Halkiotis said that this has been going on for twenty years. He said that he was <br />going to change his vote and he asked the staff to look at what Commissioner Brown said about a <br />grandfathering case. He would like to know what this case has cost the County. <br />Jahn Link said that, given the comments made by the Board of Caunty Commissioners and <br />other comments made by the public speakers, he suggests that we take the legal opinion of the <br />attorney, the legal opinion of the judge, and ask Mr. Wilson's attorney to reduce his opinion in writing <br />and let the staff pursue this issue again. He suggested delaying this for thirty days with no penalties <br />assessed during that time. <br />Commissioner Carey said that he does not mind delaying this for another 30 days. He is <br />familiar with this area and said that he knows it was once a junkyard. He does not feel that his <br />opinion will be changed. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to table <br />this item for thirty days with no penalties or assessments to Mr. Wilson. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />e. Fifteenth Annual CROP Walk <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Brown to <br />approve and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation as stated below: <br />A PROCLAMATION TO CO-SPONSOR THE 15T" ANNUAL CROP WALK WITH THE INTER-FAITH <br />COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE AND TO ENCOURAGE ORANGE COUNTY RESIDENTS TO <br />WALK OR SPONSOR A WALKER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY <br />WHEREAS, hunger and poverty are serious issues that affect people around the world, in every <br />country, in the United States, in the state of North Carolina, in every community and in Orange <br />County; and <br />WHEREAS, CROP WALK is Community Reaching Out to People, an annual event sponsored <br />nationally by Church World Services, one of the most effective relief services in the world; and <br />WHEREAS, CROP WALK is locally sponsored by the Inter-Faith Council far Social Service; and <br />WHEREAS, CROP WALK is a 10 kilometer walk through the diverse streets of Carrboro and Chapel <br />Hill where anyone who wants to make a difference in the lives of hungry people can walk; and <br />WHEREAS, contributions from CROP WALK will be used for refugees, disaster relief, and self-help <br />projects in more than 80 countries and to support IFC hunger-relief programs such as the Community <br />Kitchen in Chapel Hill and the IFC Food Pantry in Carrboro; and <br />WHEREAS, on Sunday, April 1, 2001 the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service invites walkers from <br />the Orange County to meet in the Carrboro Tawn Commons at 2:OOPM to walk in the 15t" Annual <br />Carrboro--Chapel Hill CROP WALK; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners encourages residents to become <br />CROPWALKERS or sponsor a WALKER and make a difference far our community and the world; <br />1VOlN, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange Caunty Board of Commissioners that we <br />