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'23 JOHN CHARLTON, spoke in opposition to the rezoning. He indicated that his property has increased in value due-to I -40. He mentioned that I -40 has made access to Chapel Hill and RTP much easier STEPEHN LEVINE urged the Board to vote against this request. WAYNE RIGCINS• spoke in support of this rezoning request. He stated he believed that the citizens property rights were being trampled on and that people who wanted this area to stay rural needed to purchase the property. LES BROWN stated that he sometimes travels to work past the American Stone Company where a steady stream of 20 ton ,trucks issue out onto the highway and traffic drops to 5 miles an hour. The same situation will potentially hold for New Hope Church Road. At the end of that road there will soon be a school. Putting a commercial enterprise here with slow moving trucks creates a great potential for disaster. PHEAR3 stated that he understood the citizens who wanted to keep things the way there were but it can't be done. He indicated that he agreed that.people who want to keep this land as it is need to attempt to purchase it. However, they need to purchase it at its fair market price not at a lower price caused by the zoning making it unusable. He also indicated that he believed these were constitution rights and the decision needed to be made on that basis. It was not something that should be decided by majority vote. He also stated that the Planning Director and his staff told the Commissioners that the zoning was not appropriate. BETTY EIDENIER asked Mr. Phears to explain what he meant by "life of the property." PHEARS indicated that what he meant was the life of a quarry was 30 to 50 years depending how quickly the stone was sold. A motion was made by Steve Halkiotis, seconded by John Hartwell, to.refer this matter to the Planning Board for recommendation to be returned to the Board of Commissioners no sooner than October 2, 1989. VOTE: UNANIMOUS c. .Z -9 -89 Hartford Construction Company The presentation was made by Emily Crudup. In summary this item was presented to receive citizen comment on the proposed rezoning request submitted by Hartford Construction Company. The property is question is located on the north side of NC Highway 54 near White Cross, approximately 800 feet west of Oak Hollow Road, a new public road. It is•known as part of lot 11J shown on Tax Map 30B in Bingham Township. It is•also a portion of lot 10 in Oak Hollow Subdivision which was a major subdivision approved in July of this year. The zoning designation requested is Local Commercial -1. The maximum mount of land which may be zoned•LC -1 in any activity node is five (5) acres. At present, there are 3.45.acres of LC -1 in the White Cross !rode. If the proposed rezoning isy approved, . the total acreage of LC -1 will be 4.65. The Comprehensive Plan states that the land use category of "Rural Communits.Activity Node - Identifies rural crossroads communities throughout the County where small scale commercial activities serving the community and surrounding areas are appropriate. The applied zoning districts include: LC -1 and NC -2." Therefore, the proposed rezoning to Local Commercial -1 would be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE EOAPD OF COMI SSIONERS CMMISSIONER HALKIOTIS asked if Lot 10 would be divided into two lots.