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Approved 6/13/2011 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 3/14/11 Page 32 of 59 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />Noral Stewart: Initially it was 16 animals in the site plan I had. <br />David Blankfard: Will it make a difference to your report if it was 30 or 16? <br />Noral Stewart: I have to base that on opinion this evening. My opinion initially would be no but without having <br />some further analysis it would be difficult to say that. <br />David Blankfard: The 30 animals, does that include 30 total animals, eight cats, 22 dogs or some variation of the <br />30. <br />Thomas C. West: It would be 30 dogs. <br />David Blankfard: What about the cats? <br />Thomas C. West: The cats would be inside. <br />David Blankfard: They would be in addition? <br />Thomas C. West: Yes. <br />Michael Harvey: Mr. Chairman, I have two more individuals that signed up to speak. Ms. Judy Von Wyk. <br />Tom Brown: Would you state your name and if you have been sworn in. <br />Judy Von Wyk: Yes, I have been sworn in and my name is Judy Von Wyk and I am Gene Poveromo’s wife and I <br />also live at 4639 Old Greensboro Road. I am here to express, I very much agree with what he has said but I have <br />some very direct personal concerns about this kennel. I work at home and my work is a writer and a video editor <br />and requires prolonged periods of quiet and focus and that is one of the reasons we moved to where we are. I am <br />concerned about the traffic going right by our house to and from the kennel and if you have 30 dogs plus cats that <br />could potentially add up to quite a bit of traffic and I am also concerned about the noise of barking dogs. I know <br />you have noise mitigation at night but during the day, if you get a couple of dogs barking and there are also a lot <br />of dogs in the neighborhood. It tends to happen when you get a couple dogs barking it becomes, it is like pass <br />the Posey and I have a concern that they will start barking and that our own dog who has a hound dog bark will <br />respond and he will start barking and pretty sooner you have a concert of barking dogs in the neighborhood. That <br />is my real major concern and I am here to ask you help and I understand that this kennel may be well be <br />approved but if you do approve it I want you to please take into account these concerns and require the kennel be <br />designed to mitigate, not only at night but the impact of noise during the day and the impact of traffic and so forth. <br />Thank you very much. <br />Michael Harvey: Mr. Chairman, the final individual signed up to speak is Mr. Frank Williams. <br />Frank Williams: Before I get up I want to have a chance to give full disclosure. My dad is the one that owns the <br />property. My dad is 81 years old so I don’t know if I would be entitled to speak but I wanted to say that. <br />Tom Brown: You are certainly entitled to speak. State you name and if you have been sworn in. <br />Frank Williams: My name is Frank Williams and I have been sworn in. I appreciate your time and I appreciate the <br />notification of this hearing today. Had it not been for Gene and the notification my father would not have known <br />about it. As we heard in previous testimony, he talked to all the neighbors and that was the one that had a <br />residential building and about half the distance to the kennel. The reason it was there was that I had mentioned to <br />my dad at some point that he needed to remove the residence that was there in order to put a traditional stick built <br />family residence there. Once we did that we were unable to get, as Mr. Abbott had testified, a traditional septic <br />system. That would have put the single family residence in less of half to all the neighbors. The other location