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4 M that if this mobile home community goes in there, those people are not going to want any manufacturing near them, and there will be complaint upon complaint. He reported that Mrs. Wiehunt, resident of the area already has made two or three complaints about the airport noise. Mrs. Wiehunt denied it, stating their only complaint was when her daughter was afraid an experimental plane was going to crash into the tower. Mr. Orth continued to emphasize that it is the airport that gets the complaints and gets sued. He noted that they already have had to move their flight pattern because they got so many complaints from the mobile home units just east of I-95, and if they had to change from a left hand traffic pattern, he believed it would put them out of business. Mr. Orth then reported that he has a petition signed by many pilots of the ultra lights opposing the rezoning because they would not be able to operate over a congested area. He urged that the Board give the airport consideration because they were there first and they did have confidence in their zoning. Attorney Block wished to have some time for rebuttal to clarify some of the points raised in 3h hours of discussion. He did not believe he had said the airport was not an issue, but that the issue had been talked about and the Planning Department did not feel it was an issue. Mr.Block then quoted excerpts from a letter from Herbert Brown, Aviation Specialist of the DOT, which stated that it is clear that the proposed development is not in the accident potential _ hazard area and that he did not believe a mobile home park would be prohibited in this location. As to noise, Mr. Brown stated that at a range of 800 feet, the noise produced by planes would produce 60 decibels; Attorney Block reported that he had determined this would be similar to the sound produced from a TV at normal range. He noted that Mr. Orth 66 NOV 17 1982 WK 2 , FAoE .