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Vice Chairman Mills recognized Mr. Bedford Cannon, Mr. Ostwalt's attorney. Mr. Cannon said the
property in question is located primarily on the southern side of Mt. Herman Church Road, which is
the road that Mr. Ostwalt lives on. Mr. Ostwalt has a tract of land which is approximately 60
acres, which extends back from I-40 a good deal in excess of the 1000' limit.
Mr. Ostwalt has a well on the property. Currently the only use of the well is for Mr. Ost-
walt's residence. Mr. Ostwalt has a hook -on to West Iredell Water. The well has a 14 -gallon per
minute capability, and Mr. Cannon said a water system could be developed from this well. The type
of light businesses included in Ceneral Business would not necessarily have to use West Iredell
Water Corporation water.
Mr. Ostwalt has no specific plan in mind as far as the development of this property. Mr.
Cannon said they were seeking a general upgrading of the uses to which this property can be put.
They believe it will have beneficial effect of increasing the value of the property, and it would
make the property more marketable if it was decided later to sell a portion of the property.
Mr. Cannon said there seemed to be a lot of emphasis placed on problems encountered with
regards to trucks or tractor -trailer trucks, if such were to come into a business in this area. Mr.
Cannon has had a neighbor, who is a truck driver, who took his rig and drove it through all the
intersections which are in question; and Mr. Cannon said he believed he could demonstrate that this
issue is not a negative issue as far as the zoning request is concerned.
There are three intersections in question: one at Fame Plastics, one farther north, off Old
Mountain Road, and one to the south of I-40. So there are three accesses off Old Mountain Road into
this area. Mr. Cannon showed photographs to the board members showing a tractor -trailer negotiating
the intersections.
Mr. Wayne Deal, owner of Deal's Machine Shop, was present to answer questions concerning
tractor -trailers negotiating the intersections while making deliveries to his place of business.
One of the problems, Mr. Cannon said, was that in the past there has been some development
around the I-40/Old Mountain Road interchange which could be described as undesirable. Mr. Cannon
believes that what has happened in the past has made the people who own property in this area
hesitant about any type of further development. Mr. Cannon asked when the board makes a decision
that the board base its decision strictly on the facts that are presented rather than what has
happened in the past. He said that with regards to Mr. Yount or any other potential investor, he
was not there to have the zoning changed for someone else. There are no contracts with any person
at the present time for the development of this property, he said. The location and the general
tenor in that area lead them to believe that it would be beneficial to upgrade the zoning on this
particular piece of property.
A number of the adjoining landowners were present in support of this petition, Mr. Cannon said.
He also had affidavits signed by the landowners which he presented to the board of commissioners.
He gave some distances from his client's home to various strategic areas, dwellings and businesses.
Mr. Cannon asked those in support of the rezoning to stand. Six people stood in favor of the
rezoning.
If Mr. Ostwalt decides to utilize this property himself, he would probably build a woodworking
shop. Mr. Cannon showed a drawing by Mr. Gerald Grant showing where a woodworking shop could be
located south of Mt. Herman Church Road. Mr. Cannon said his client would not want to be confined
to building the woodworking shop as the intended use.
In summarizing, Mr. Cannon said he believed there is going to be development in the area. He is
present because he believes he presents a case for orderly development. He said he realized that
-- there may have been some unplanned or hasty development in this area prior to this time, but he
doesn't think that his request would follow that course. He believes h'�s request is a logical
request and lends itself nicely to the businesses that are already in place. It will not appreciab-
ly increase the traffic on this road, which he believes is a sparsely populated, rural paved road.
It is a nice community and he does not believe that any of the land uses which are contained in
General Business would change that to any degree. The types of businesses that are in General
Business could be handled by the water capacity that his client has in his existing well, so he
would not be dependent upon West Iredell Water Corporation. He said he did not envision any appre-
ciable amount of heavy truck traffic, and whatever truck traffic, there was could easily negotiate
these three interchanges, which would further diminish the traffic.
Vice Chairman Mills asked if there were questions from the board members. Commissioner Murdock
inquired about the affidavits and the use of the property. The affidavit said from R/A to M-1,
where the request from the planning board is P,/A to G/B, Commissioner Murdock said. Mr. Cannon said
the board had the wrong set of affidavits, because the original affidavits addressed the M-1, and
when the application was changed they had new affidavits for G/B. Affidavits in the same form were
done for G/B.
Vice Chairman Mills inquired about the length of a trailer. Mr. Cannon said the length of a
trailer is 20'; the cab another 15'. The maximum length of trailer plus tractor is 601. Mr. Wayne
Deal and Mr. Miller have had extensive use in 60' trailer length. Mr. Deal said his suppliers did
have 60' tractor -trailers, and they posed no problem.
Mr. Wayne Deal said they had tractor trailers from Edgecombe Steel, Common Carriers, Ryerson
Steel, and Alcoa Aluminum. All of those are huge trailers, and none seem to have any problems
getting to his place and back. Mr. Deal's place of business's primary access is off Old Mountain
Road, onto Beulah Church Road.