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-- - �-OM CRANGE C ^-, <br /> 57 <br /> PETITION RE Z-3-92Z0NING ATLAS AMENDMENT REQUEST <br /> In the matter of the ZONING ATLAS AKENDMENT concerning the Wayne and Brenda <br /> Combs property on Ferguson Road in Bingham Township, we, the undersigned, are <br /> unequivocally opposed to the rezoning of the :.ombs tract and we petition the <br /> Board of Commissioners tc uphold the PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION <br /> that "There was -no error Made with respect to this property when zoning was <br /> adopted for Bingham Township on September 2, 1981, • <br /> We believe. that the absence of automobiles or auto salvage/repair-related <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 property was a <br /> site of commercial activity. <br /> In regard to Mr. Comb's contentions which conflict with the evidence of the <br /> Photographs that the property was not a site of commercial activity we question the applicant 's veracity with regard to the fl activity on 9/2/n& <br /> I. On an application made 3/22/90 for a building permit for the <br /> on the property, Mr. Combs stipulated that the a used he built <br /> owner's own cars. " garage "will be used to store <br /> 2. At ,the hearing held oR August 24, 1992 it was represented that there were no <br /> employees working on the property other than members of Mr. Combs family. <br /> On a visit to the site on October 21, 1991, the Orange County zoning <br /> administrator found that the above-mentioned garage had three bays and was <br /> equipped with "two lifts and other heavy auto maintenance and repair, <br /> equipmerit, ..a machine shop and tool area, office area, and a write sign <br /> ;raen and red lettering advertising INTERSTATE BATTERIES mounted on the w <br /> ,acade' .and "four people working in the garage".' <br /> On Au r<<st 31, 1992, the zon.6 <br /> found that a s administrator again visited the cite an-,second business, Hike's Auto Service, was in business using the <br /> garage on the Combs. premises. <br /> i <br /> S. The undersigned believe that in addition to the storage, salvage and repair <br /> Q4 vehicles on the site, the Property has been used as a site to display 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 /> licensable .without a change in zoning. The EC-5 zoning would allow Mr. <br /> combs t <br /> property,c have an automobile sales business as a <br /> Permitted use on the <br /> ----------- - -- - - - - -- - , ��------- --------- <br />