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NLTNH4 17 APRIL 1989 <br />5 <br />The following are statements of justification addressing <br />issues I through 4 as outlined on the attached Application for <br />Change of Zoning District. <br />1. The Zoning ordinance as it exists and the policies which <br />generated and administer this ordinance as they exist are <br />in error for the following reasons : <br />a. The present zoning fails to recognize negative <br />impacts of an interstate highway on adjacent <br />properties and allow for a reasonable, acceptable <br />usage of these negatively impacted properties. <br />b. The present zoning violates fundamental principles <br />of planning by not providing for a variety of <br />residential services available to the residential <br />areas. The present zoning does not allow for the <br />orderly provision o:' services to support desired <br />residential usage of the area. <br />C. The proposed amendment will correct the error of the <br />existing zoning by allowing functions other than <br />residential use at a 1 per 2 acre density at this <br />location. Residential use at this proximity to I -40 <br />is not practical and not desirable due mainly to the <br />impact of sound fror. I -40. Changing the zoning at <br />this area would allow more flexibility in the use of <br />this property. Also, the requested change would <br />establish a descending hierarchy of uses from I -40 <br />to the lower residential densities. This hierarchy <br />will provide an excellent transition from the <br />intensity of I -40. <br />2. The completion of the I -40 corridor is the major change <br />in the county that necessitates the rezoning. The <br />present zoning fails to recognize the negative impacts of <br />the interstate highway on the adjacent properties. The <br />zoning as it exists doer not allow for a reasonable, <br />acceptable usage of these negatively impacted properties. <br />This proposed change in zoning would not only give more <br />reasonable alternatives to the impacted properties but <br />also would establish a de ;irable transition between I -40 <br />and the surrounding comminity. This change would not <br />result in additional negative impacts on public health, <br />safety and general welfare and would result in an <br />improvement on the present conditions. <br />