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t <br /> ORANGE C7v ��. ,t= : <br /> 7Z <br /> PETITION RE Z-3-92 ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT REQUEST <br /> In the matter of the ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT concerning the Wayne an <br /> Combs property on Ferguson Road in Bingham Township we d Brenda <br /> unequivocally opposed to the rezoning of the we,tract and undersigned,er petition <br /> Board of Commissioners to uphold the PLANNING mbs the undersigned, are <br /> that 'There was-no error made with respect to this property <br /> FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION <br /> adopted for Bingham Towhship on September 2 1981. -property when zoning was <br /> , <br /> We believe. that the absence of autcmObiles or auto salvage/repair-vela <br /> structures discernable in! the aerial photographs taken in 1979 and 1982 is <br /> sufficient. evidence in and of itself to refute claims that the <br /> site of commercial activity. s <br /> property was a <br /> In regard to Mr. Comb's contentions which conflict with the evidence of <br /> Photographs that the property was not a site of commercial activity on /2/ <br /> we question the applicant's veracity with regard to the following': 9 2/ g, <br /> 1• On an- application made 3/22/90 for a buildin <br /> on the property, Mr. Combs sti g permit for the garage he built <br /> owner's own cars. " pulated that the garage "will be used to store <br /> 2. At 'the hearing held"On' August 24, 1992 it was represented that were <br /> employees working On the property other than members of Mr. c' <br /> ombserfamily no <br /> '. <br /> on a visit to the site an October 21, 1991, the Orange <br /> county <br /> administrator found that the above-mentioned garage had three bays nand w <br /> equ-pped with "two lifts and other heavy auto maintenance and repair as <br /> equipment, .,a machine shop and tool area, office area, and a write <br /> amen and red lettering advertising INTERSTATE BATTERIES mounted on-thewwest <br /> racade• .and "four people working in the garage-. <br /> On Au;,ust 31, 1992, the zonin ; <br /> found that a g administrator again visited the Site anc <br /> second business, Mike's Auto Service, was in business using the <br /> garage on the Canrbs. premises. <br /> i <br /> S. The undersigned believe that in addition to the storage, salvage and repair <br /> �� vehicles on the site, the property has been used as a site to disolay any <br /> sell non-salvage (street usable) automobiles a business for which the state <br /> of North Carolina requires a license but for which Mr. Combs is not legally <br /> '_icensable .without a change in zoning. The EC-5 zoning would allow Mr. y <br /> Combs tc have an automobile sales business as a <br /> Property. permitted use on the <br /> _ S . <br /> ---;----��r�o�(s►_?e�tzre ,�/r�4 - - - ---------- <br /> L _ r ►_Le �Z--- <br />