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64 <br />COMBS REZONING REQUEST <br />Page Pour <br />November 27, 1991 Notice of Appeal to the Hoard of Adjustment of <br />the orders given the Combs in Certified Letter <br />of October 31, 1991, sent by Hinkley, is <br />submitted for the following reasons: <br />�. A home occupation permit application is <br />pending to repair automobiles. <br />2. This property has been used continuously <br />since 1979 for the storage of junked <br />motor vehicles. <br />3. No erosion control permit was required <br />since there was no clearing of more than <br />an acre of land. <br />December 3 -12 About 125 junked motor vehicles are crushed <br />and removed from the property by Shredded <br />Products Corporation of Montvale, Virginia. <br />The vehicles were sold for a reported <br />$4806.60. <br />December 27 Smith writes a letter to Hinkley which <br />includes a proposal based on the meeting of <br />December 18 and a statement about the cleared <br />area. Provisions of the proposal were: <br />1. Grant Combs a Home Occupation permit to <br />repair automobiles. <br />2. Allow storage of no more than 100 junk <br />motor vehicles on an area roughly 1 1/2 <br />acres. A photocopy of a 1987 aerial <br />photo with the proposed area delineated <br />in red was included. <br />The following is quoted from the letter: <br />1. Mr. Combs has already plowed a recently <br />cleared area, and planted oats to meet <br />Orange County's erosion concerns, and <br />will continue to keep this area planted. <br />2. Mr. Combs has gone to great lengths to <br />meet the concerns of Orange County in <br />this matter. <br />3. Over 200 cars have been removed from the <br />property. <br />