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6.1E0305 <br /> had lived in the area all their lives and these were family businesses. Mr. <br /> Vann said the property involved represented about 60 acres and a little more <br /> than $500,000 tax value. He said 99% of those in the area had signed a petition <br /> to change the zoning. <br /> Mr. Gene May, owner of the G & M Electric said he had operated the company <br /> for ten years. <br /> Mr. Norman Turner, operator of Phillips Repair Service said he'd been <br /> . . running it since 1960 and would like to continue working. <br /> Mr. Hugh Bass, lives on Dove Creek Road and owns Bass Welding, said he'd <br /> like to continue working and do it within the legal guidelines of the County. <br /> Mr. Mike Riddle, of Auto Catering Service, said he'd always run a small <br /> shop and would like to continue. <br /> Mr. Gary W. Dean, of Dove Creek Road and owner of Dean's Truck and Coach, <br /> said the business had been there for twenty years and he'd like to continue his <br /> business within the laws of Orange County. <br /> Mr. Waldrop showed slides of the businesses to the Boards. <br /> -Th <br /> Mr. Vann said the character fo.the neighborhood had changed over a period <br /> of time and that the businesses didn't make a lot of noise, there were no offensive <br /> odors, and the owners listed their taxes. He added that Mr. Dean had gone to cons' <br /> able trouble to screen his business. <br /> Mr. Don Wells, principal of Carolina Friends School, read a letter to the <br /> Boards. (That letter is on page of these minutes.) <br /> Mr. Vann asked that those in favor of the rezoning requests stand; about <br /> thirty persons did stand to demonstrate their support for the requests. Mt. Vann <br /> said Mr. Dean was a diesel expert and he read a list of customers of Mr. Dean. <br /> There were no others in favor of the requests who wished to speak. <br /> Those who were opposed to the requests addressed the Boards. <br /> Mt_ Doris Paschall Petty, a Hilisborough native, asked how many of the <br /> present businesses were operating illegally; Mr. Polatty replied two. She said <br /> the Paschall heirs owned about sixty acres of adjoining land and the heirs are <br /> opposed to the rezoning; that it would be detrimental to the land use. It's <br /> not a good Prospect for metropolitan development. Such rezoning is requested to <br /> benefit only a small number of land owners in the area. <br /> Mnda Miller, said she and her husband had signed a petition against <br />