HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0536County Planner Lindsey Hobbs said initially, a letter had been received from Lonnie
Troutman and Johnny Byers advising that they did not want to be included in the rezoning.
Hobbs said later, Mr. Byers contacted him and indicated that he had not authorized for his name
to be used in the letter.
JoAnn Hedrick a proponent of the rezoning, said she had lived in the area for 46 years,
and she also wanted to protect the value of her property.
Patricia Warren a proponent of the rezoning, she had nothing against mobile homes or
mobile home parks, but she was against too many of them being located in the same area.
Warren said the traffic on North Shady Rest Road was already a problem. She said her mother
lived across the road from where some property was being developed and erosion problems had
occurred. Warren showed pictures of the rezoning vicinity.
opponents of the rezoning. He said the Troutman couple owned property in the area, and they
were against the rezoning due to:
1. The R-20 zoning was inconsistent with the area due to there being 38 doublewides
and 163 singlewide mobile homes within a one-half mile radius of the Lonnie and
Clara Troutman property. He also said there were 72 doublewides and 259
singlewides within a one -mile radius. Chapman said these mobile homes would be
grandfathered if the rezoning were approved. He said Mr. & Mrs. Troutman had
subdivided their property into fee simple lots, and they had never intended to place a
mobile home park at the site.
2. The couple already had (1) environmental approval to develop the property, (2) they
had obtained a plat (3) they had roads cut/graveled, and (4) they had thus far, invested
about $54,000. He said their property was listed on the tax books at $100,000, and
when the project was completed, the Troutman's investment would be $130,000.
3. The rezoning process had been unfair. He said the rezoning petition had been
prepared and distributed to prohibit Mr. and Mrs. Troutman in developing their
property. Chapman said no one had asked them what they planned to do with the
property.
Chapman said Ronda Hoke, James Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. James Waugh, Frank
Davidson, and Joe Alexander did not support the petition, but they had previously signed it.
Chapman said that in addition, a Mrs. Templeton, upon realizing she would not be able to place a
mobile home on her property if the rezoning were approved, had requested for her name to be
removed from the petition.
Ronda Hoke an opponent of the rezoning, said he owned property in the request. He
said that if the rezoning passed, his property would be split with part of it in residential
agricultural and another section in the R-20 designation.
Clyde Adams an opponent of the rezoning, said he was against the request, because he
wanted the ability to place a mobile home on his property, especially for any elderly or sick
relatives.
Commissioner Johnson asked Smith if there was a possibility the commissioners might
have the option of voting on a less restrictive zoning classification. Johnson said he already
understood it would be necessary for the petitioner to withdraw the petition and resubmit, if a
less restrictive zoning were requested.
Smith said he wouldn't advise making a decision on an RU -R classification at "tonight's
meeting."
Johnson said that with this being the case, the commissioners had the choice of either
voting on the request as presented, or to table it.
Smith said this was correct.