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BOOK � � F'AGE <br />DEC 11 199® <br />was zoned RM -10, and when we changed the Comp Plan, it was <br />squared off and not included as commercially designated land. <br />Chairman Eggert opened the Public Hearing, and asked if <br />anyone wished to be heard in this matter. <br />Warren Dill, attorney representing several of the applicants <br />in this request who are the grandchildren of the people who <br />settled the subject property in 1916, emphasized that these <br />people have been paying commercial taxes on this property for <br />years. <br />Chairman Eggert understood that part of the property was <br />rezoned residential and part was zoned commercial, and Attorney <br />Dill wished to impress upon the Board that they really are not <br />asking for everything they had before, but just trying to get <br />back maybe to where they were before, in part, and maybe move <br />ahead a little bit. The location of the property is very <br />critical to their presentation in that over 50 percent of the <br />property is adjacent to heavy commercial and industrial uses. <br />He noted that Wal-Mart was built on a high elevation and the <br />6 -ft. fence behind the store doesn't do much good. When the <br />Kennedy Groves are doing their processing, the smell can get a <br />little intensive, which is not really conducive to an adjacent <br />residential use. Attorney Dill noted that his clients believe <br />that there are some really important factors that were not <br />imparted to the PSZ Commission. Namely, his clients are not land <br />speculators. His clients' mother is 82 years old and lives on <br />the site, and quite frankly, these folks cannot continue to <br />maintain this property as their homestead. Just last year a <br />shoplifter at Wal-Mart climbed over the fence, came through their <br />yard and got into the grandmother's home, and it was a very <br />terrorizing experience. It is unfortunate that some very <br />oldtimers in the community are forced to move out because of <br />growth, but that is what happens and that is a fact of life. <br />Attorney Dill realized that a tremendous amount of effort <br />and time went into creating the new Comp Plan, but everything <br />114 <br />