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189 <br /> • <br /> ti�l i E�:"i.d """';° 't r . Jr*";°1 rr:r-e' ;f4 <br /> �..., t. .:,•,.�,.: :a �c s ,..J, .�I:..Lt <br /> • <br /> • <br /> Wes: Franklin 068 <br /> Gt C:^. A.. w <br /> •• <br /> • <br /> • May 16' :98A.. • <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br /> *fir. Mar v= Co*11,*s, Director ' V • <br /> Orange Cersuty Ple**^,"Is Depa r=e:t . <br /> • 'S{r-.�. sborough, NC <br /> • <br /> Dear' *,M'. Co;l 4. s: • <br /> • <br /> • I understand the Orange County Flee+:1+*+g Depa.*~tment. s ns .dering a pro- <br /> ' posed amendment which would permit car lots and car sales w.Jain certain <br /> coamxereiai zoning districts. Please include in your =sidecar-taus allow- <br /> - . tug such uses within the C . districts. <br /> • <br /> Our company's owner, William D. Rogers, bought a sectiam of land on.April 17, <br /> 1984 on the west side of Smith Level Road where it meets U.S. 13-501, di- <br /> rectly am the Chathaxa County line. This property is also refereed to as <br /> Lot 19 on page 120 of the Orange County tax maps. <br /> • Our company, V e Imports, has y been r <br /> � prim��zit mean .,n the business of ire- <br /> porter luxury cars from Europe and converting them for au.stome;s to U.S. <br /> specifications. Our efforts are coorrill ed through the. United States <br /> Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of Trans- <br /> portaion. . <br /> • I <br /> lecently we have decided to enter into the automobile sales business. We • <br /> are concentrating primarily on. establishing a wholesale business where we <br /> would be selling cars to other dealers around the state. We also want to <br /> be able -to offer for rerri1 sale a fear cats in this area. <br /> Our total business operation will not be visible to the public from D.S. <br /> 15-501, Smith Level Road or Booth Road. We do not want or plan to use <br /> any of these road frontages for exposure. Our total operation will be -• <br /> conducted at the back corner of this lot away from all public eye. <br /> • I also want to add that our business Is a totally first-class and low- <br /> keyed operation that would not distract from our Orange County and Chapel <br /> Rill Carrboro scenic area. We feel our business would only add to the <br /> area's economic well-bpire by offering additional employment and benefi- <br /> coral. tax revenue for the county residents. <br /> Mr. Collins, I want to r' elk you and your staff and the County P?a„D4i <br /> • <br /> • <br />