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. .� .` � C.R. Laws+-Said he lives next door to the lot proposed for rezoning and he is opposed to it. He cited the intersection as dangerous and he is opposed to a business being located there. Larry Turner--Pastor of Wayside Baptist Church--Cited the problem with the traffic and said he and the residents want the neighborhood to remain residential; they don't want it rezoned. Sally Fedder--Own forty acres across from the Wayside Church. She said she eventually plans to live there and that the proposed rezoning would be detrimental to her property. There are presently no "unpleasant businesses." Orrin Pilkey--A nearby resident--Said this was a dangerous curve, that the traffic is bad and the accident rate here "must be one of the highest" in the State. He feels that the intersection needs to be redesigned and suggested that the accident rates be checked. He also asked that the residential status be maintained and that commercial zoning not be permitted. Carl Irvin--A landowner of adjoining property--Said that he and his parents (who also own adjoining land) are opposed to the rezoning request. Annie Hook--Said that her mother's property was across the road from the lot in question and she does not desire, nor does her mother desire, com- mercial development in the neighborhood. Flora Garrett--A resident of Route 4, Eno Township--Asked that the rezoning be denied for all the reasons given thus far. That the intersection is danger- ous; that the access on Palmero Grove Road is on a steep hill and needs to be redesigned to be suitable; and, local people are opposed to those who don't live there opening businesses there. L.L. Cates--Cited others (Adams, Ward, Hutchinson) who are also property owners in the area and all, including himself, are opposed to the rezoning. Michael Parker--The Attorney for the Paul Kempa Property rezoning request-- Said there were two commercial establishments across the road and that the traffic was not as great here as at the intersection of 70 and St. Mary's Road. He asserted that the site was appropriate for commercial rezoning and asked that the Planning Department's recommendation be approved. Sharlene Pilkey--Lives at Route 4, Box 46--Spoke to the accidents that had occurred over the past seventeen years. She compared it to Hillsborough Road in Durham which she said had been spot zoned and said she doesn't want it to turn into a like situation. She is opposed to any more commercial zoning