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�ry <br /> I Any one of these four matters constitutes a major <br /> change in the permit, and certainly all, four together must require <br /> reapplication and review. We ask that the planning board, the s. <br /> Board of Commissioners , and the county attorney consider again <br /> whether or not this collection of requests in fact constitutes <br /> an attempt on the part of the developers to short circuit the <br /> procedures prescribed under our Zoning Law. <br /> I On the points at hand: <br /> First, on the developers ' request that they be <br /> freed up from the condition that they control the 5,000-foot <br /> approach and Ideparture fans at either end of the runway, we ask <br /> that you deny their request and maintain the condition. We bey- <br /> lieve that you made this part of the permit in order to keep <br /> another Horace Williams Airport situation from developing, and <br /> because our Zoning Law requires FAA standards . We ask that you <br /> examine the runway-obstacle free-and approach zone plans to de- <br /> termine whether or not Midway's current plan is in accord with <br /> State and County law. <br /> We believe the Buck Mountain Developers have made <br /> a weak attempt to obtain the air flyover easements. We are not <br /> a community, las the developers have pictured it, of junkyards, <br /> convenience stores , bars and unflappable "moo-cows". Not surprisingly, <br /> after treating us to several years of a condescending, cavalier <br /> attitude, almost no one in the community was willing to live them <br /> these easements. As best we can tell, they have spent only their <br /> attorney's time and postage. If they intend to inflict this <br /> community, and especially those whose properties lie in the flight <br /> lines in and out of this airport, with the constant harassment of <br /> -2.. <br />