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One property owner stands to gain, perhaps at the expense of the surrounding property owners; certainly they will have to give up a portion of their peace and quiet, and they may lose some of the investment they have made in their property. It would be difficult to make a case for neighborhood .improvement if the change were allowed. There are suitable locations for commercial development in the vicinity, and I am sure that a need for the business and Mr. Gates, ability would allow the business to prosper if it had tc relocate to a more suitable site. I see no reason why orange Ceunt� would have to Lose either the industry or the employment provided. The question arises of whether a person should be able to do what he wants on his own land without interference from government or hi neighbors. In the past, when people were few and far between, notY3 much might have been said, but -the rate of growth in Orange County and the type of growth that has occurred has taught us that the efJ of any person's actions do not magically stop at the property line, Increasing growth has brought increasing regulation. None of us is allowed to do what we want on our own land without restriction, either by zoning, or permits, or neighborhood pressure, whatever. Ali, of us suffer restrictions that may gall us as indivi.dual.s, but we recognize that as citizens such restrictions may be necessary evils. We ask only 'that such restrictions be fairly applied to all citizens in similar circumstances. As a citizen of the neighbor hood in question, I ask 'that you consider the rezoning request as it might affect the neighborhood as a whole, not as it might affec' an isolated part of that neighborhood. Your decision can not exist in a vacuum. Please reject 'this rezoning request. Sincerel , E. Gordon Warren, Jr.