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Page 2 Don Wilhoit December 2 , 19851 a number of zoning complications. we asked the county to recommend a course of action which would enable us to make a modest expansion (far less than the 88 , 000 square feet we had been told would be possible) . Indeed, our present request is only for expansion (for office use only) of an additional 16,000 square feet to a total of 54 ,000 square feet) . Let me reitrate that, when our land was zoned in 1981 we were promised that it was "zoned for our use. " The split zoning in our property (GC4 and AR) was not made known to us, we were given no indication that this zoning would in any way impact our plans for expansion and, indeed, we were assured well after the zoning had taken place that expansion for the same use would not be a problem. It was not until May of 1985 that we were informed of our split zoning and of the many problems which that created. To our complete surprise, we discovered only last month that when our property was zoned in 1981 a line was drawn through our existing parking lot. This placed part of our parking lot and all of our septic fields in the part of the property that was zoned AR. If I may repeat: at the time of zoning of our property, we were not told that our land had been split into two zoning modules. We were told only that our land was "zoned for our use. " Further, in 1983 we were additionally reassured by the planning staff that we could expand our facilities well beyond our presently requested level. We now have a crowded office; we must have more space if our present employees are to be able to work efficiently let alone make room for new staff. Our plans call for building an office building on part of our existing parking lot, and moving part of our parking onto our existing septic field. We will then put a new septic field in the 3 acres of cleared field that comprise the western part of our property. I feel that the impact of this will be to have a modest expansion of our existing facilities for additional office space (which will also provide increased jobs for local residents) as well turning the grass in the 3 acre field a more pleasant shade of green. Speaking for our company and all of our employees, we certainly hope that you will look favorably upon our request to be allowed to proceed with this modest expansion. We ask only that the county permit us to expand as we were always assured we could do in the past. There may be several possible zoning solutions for this area. As the present recommendation of the planning department is for re- zoning to LC1 , we request that this be approved so that we may proceed with our plans. I can further assure you that we have no intention whatsoever of dividing our land into one acre or any other size lots, even if this is permitted under any zoning that may exist in the future.