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that was before the county commissioners signed by the opponents to the rezoning
request.
Mr. Parker asked if there were any of the people opposed to the rezoning who
wanted.to speak or ask questions in addition to this representationof the opposition.
Bert Walser, representing Heronwood, addressed the board. Mr. Walser brought a
letter from Mr. David Brotherton which he summarized. lie said there are seven pro-
perty owners that adjoin the Heronwood property, and six of these seven property
owners are unopposed to the project.
Mr. Parker inquired if these letters submitted by Mr. Walser in evidence were
to be submitted in the Special Use Hearing. If so, he said he would object to their
introduction. Mr. Walswer said the letters were entered at this point to show the
sentiments of the adjacent land owners to the rezoning.
Mr. Walser said the only land owner who had not given a letter of approval
of the project was Mrs. Johnson, whose property touches the Heronwood property at
one pinpoint, diagonally across. Mr. Walser said the adjacent property owners'
sentiments regarding this project were important in this rezoning request.
The two largestland owners contiguous to the property are Crescent Land and
timber and Duke Power State Park. A very great percentage of the land in this
bordered by these two property owners, and is somewhat isolated, he said.
He said that a large number of the opponents to the development were not close -
by land owners, but maybe just did not want to see the lake developed.
He referred to the earlier petition containing 100+ names, and said he could not
conceive of that many people living in this general area.
Mr. Walser gave a history of the development of the Heronwood and the rulings
of the planning board regarding the rezoning during the past few years.
Chairman Troutman asked that the rezoning of the property remain the subject of
the hearing rather than the project itself.
Mr. Walser said under R-20, the density is 2.9 dwellin units per acre, and his
proposal for PRd was less than that density, even tough the zoning could go up to 4.
He referred to the channel of water located between the island and the mainland
where water skiing would be prohibited in the event the rezoning is allowed, but
said that in the event one 80' pier is built, it would prohibit skiiing. As the law
is presently written, it is illegal to make a wake within 50 yards of a pier.
Mr. Walser said probably the biggest problem with Lake Norman at the present
time is that it is being filled with silt, and probably the biggest contributor to
this silt is the high speed boats which do more to erode the banks than anything
other than a sever storm. In development of the property, he said, retainer walls
would be built by the developer which could control the erosion, being an advantage
' rather than a disadvantage.
}ie addressed the narrowness of the lake at this point, saying that there are