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r • The EC-5 zoning district is applied only in previously unzoned townships to accommodate existing commercial uses not located within Activity Nodes designated in the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. • The proposed zoning lot is located outside an Activity Node in a Ten-year Transition Area designated in the Land Use Element. • The Bradley Company began operations on the premises in 1961, some 23 years prior to adoption of zoning for Cheeks Township. • The company was incorporated in 1981. • The company grades properties in preparation for construction. builds driveways and roads, and installs and services septic systems. • The current land use in the northern three-acre portion of the requested zoning lot is dedicated to the existing business where sheds are located and rolling stock, equipment, and materials are stored. The southern three-acre portion of the proposed lot lies in pasture. • Existing land uses surrounding the proposed zoning lot are: To the North - Mobile home park on the premises and woods To the West - Woods, pasture, and cropland To the South - Pasture and US 70 To the East - Pasture, family residence, woods, and mobile home park on the premises • Air photos of 1974, 1979, 1987, 1991, and 1996, show that the business has consistently been located on about three acres along the western property line, approximately 420 feet to the north of US 70. • In January 1997, the corporation applied for a building permit in to construct an equipment shelter. The application was not accepted because the property is zoned R-1.