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Approved 8.3.22 <br /> 168 Marilyn Liner: I was born in Efland and I remember a lot of stuff. The industrial buildings that are within that section were <br /> 169 placed there before zoning and there were 4 houses along that area and the property on the corner. There were houses on <br /> 170 the property that is being considered for rezoning. It was zoned residential because there were houses there. The traffic is <br /> 171 heavy there and it is difficult for me to get out of my driveway. <br /> 172 <br /> 173 Beth Bronson: This has public utilities, it has water and sewer, it serves the adjacent property also owned by the applicant <br /> 174 which zoned is 1-2 and these two parcels are adjacent to each other using the same road. <br /> 175 <br /> 176 Perdita Holtz: Depending on what they bring forward,they may be asked to combine the parcels. They have not shared <br /> 177 development plans with us. They are not required to. However, if you have two separate parcels there might be buffer <br /> 178 requirements between the two of them even if owned by the same person. <br /> 179 <br /> 180 Statler Gilfillen: To the lady who spoke, are you in favor or against it or just here to listen? <br /> 181 <br /> 182 Marilyn Liner: I am against it. <br /> 183 <br /> 184 Perdita Holtz continued the PowerPoint presentation <br /> 185 <br /> 186 Lamar Proctor: It's difficult not knowing what is going to go there and I know they are not required to tell us but anything under <br /> 187 the permissible uses is on the table. Sex oriented business, crematorium,whatever. <br /> 188 <br /> 189 Perdita Holtz: There are use specific standards for those types of uses but yes. <br /> 190 <br /> 191 Delores Bailey: Do you have any plans? <br /> 192 <br /> 193 Chad Huffine: We do not at this time. What I would tell you is there is an idea of work space for a plumber,we would call that <br /> 194 in our business,flexible space. Where you have a space that has room for an office and space for a warehouse, van or truck, <br /> 195 or where your equipment would be. We would call that flex space in a warehouse situation store have goods. A bulky item <br /> 196 storage that also fits within the 1-2 use. If you can envision a building that is separated into smaller segments they are similar <br /> 197 to the way the eastern half of the block behaves and you would have a mixture of uses that are all together. <br /> 198 <br /> 199 Britt Irwin: Warehouse, storage and office, it's highly in demand. <br /> 200 <br /> 201 Melissa Poole: They already own the land, there's not going to be a whole big building built on 2.2 acres. <br /> 202 <br /> 203 Chad Huffine: When we get to the deliberation of the members, if we need to look specifically at the table of permitted uses <br /> 204 and those uses sometimes considered not desirable,those have design standards not allowed within 1,000 ft. of a church or a <br /> 205 residence and there are both within that distance. We have no desire to bring anything but an improvement to this area. <br /> 206 <br /> 207 Britt Irwin: It will be the nicest building in Efland. I'm spending a lot of money on the mill and renovating it and bringing it up to <br /> 208 standards and I'm making it nice. I'll do the same with the proposed building. It is not going to be a metal building. It's going <br /> 209 to be a nice building that is landscaped and looks nice and will look nicer than anything in that whole commercial area now. <br /> 210 <br /> 211 Lamar Proctor: I appreciate that and I think this area is very important and very valuable. There is a lot of residential plots <br /> 212 around there and then right down the road there are giant spec warehouses going into the Buckhorn exit and then there is <br /> 213 Medline and so I am wondering if you considered potentially rezoning it commercial or 0/RM for both parcels. Why does it <br /> 214 need to be industrial? <br /> 215 <br /> 216 Chad Huffine: In an effort of being consistent you look at the 0/RM uses, then you look at the I-2 uses and what we want to <br /> 217 do in 1-2 fits the property. It is cohesive we are intending to make the property behave as if it is an internally served site and if <br /> 218 you have two separate zonings then regardless of the zoning, if it's not consistent then we have concerns. <br /> 219 <br /> 220 Britt Irwin: What you are talking about is coming elsewhere to Efland because that's what most of the people in Efland want. <br /> 221 They want a place to eat,they want another grocery store and all that stuff. 1-2 makes the most sense because we already <br /> 222 have the driveway connection and everything is already there. It's the only use that makes sense because of the size. <br /> 223 <br />