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93 Since this was not a super majority, the petition was forwarded to the Board for consideration. Finally, Mr. Marshall reviewed the location of the property on the map and pointed out land uses in the i~nediate ares. Chairman Fennel questioned the location of a home between the Hinson property and Highway 601. Mr. Marshall advised that a home was indicated on the map; h~wever, he stated he had not visited the site. Commissioner Freeman reported that ha had visited the site and there is a home occupied by Ms. Edna Freeze located on the adjacent property. He said another dwelling is located in front of the Freeze home, but stated he did not know if it is occupied. Vice Chaiz~uan Carruth questioned the difference between the MDR zoning and the O/LC zoning. He asked if this type of business could locate in the MDR district without the property being.rezoned. Mr. Marshall indicated that Mr. Hinson could operate his business as a home based business on the property aa it is currently zoned. However, he stated Mr. Binson would have to occupy the h6me and the storage building could be no larger than 2,000 square feet. Also, he pointed out the MDR district does permit some non-residential uses. Mr. Ronnie Hinson, Petitioner and owner ~f Concord Heating and Air Conditioningi stated he wished to rezone the property in order to' relocate his business to that site. He presented pictures showing the existing structure he plans to make into an office and other dilapidated structures that will be demolished and replaced with a masonry structure. He showed pictures of the facility from which he is currently operating in a residential neighborhood and stated there have been no problems with residents in that co,unity. Mr. Hinaon said he plans to build a si~lar type structure on Flowes Store Road behind the existing house. He referenced a letter dated May 7, 2001 that ha stated he had sent to Board men, oars comparing the types of businesses allowed in the MDR and O/LC districts. He expressed concern that he could not put his office and storage building in the MDR district but other buildings such as the following could he located there simply by meeting setback requirements: Bank with ATM, convenience store, landfill, multi-family, day care, church, recreational facility, rest home and restaurant with drive through such as McDonald's. He stated he planned significant improvements to the property and had agreed to extra setbacks from the adjoining Joyner property as well as extra setbacks and screening from Flowes Store Road. Mr. Hartsell stated Mr. Hinson had mentioned a letter dated May 7~ that he said he had sent to County Commissioners. He asked Mr. Hinson if he was introducing that letter, which began with the phrase wi would like to address some concerns," and accompanying document as a part of the hearing. Mr. Hlnson confirmed that he was introducing the May 7t~ letter and accompanying document as a part of the public hearing. ~urther, Mr. Hlnson reported he had talked with Ms. Freeze who lives on adjacent property and stated she had no problems with the proposed rezoning. Also, he stated he had talked with other adjoining property owners, including Mr. Joyner, and was unaware of any objections to the rezoning until the public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission in March. Finally, Mr. Hinson reported that he had been told that Mr. Brian Joyner, adjoining property owner, operates a home-based business of installing garage doors. Chairman Fennel asked Mr. Hinson if there was an occupied home between his property and Highway 601. Mr. Hinson confirmed there is an unoccupied house located on the property. Chairman Fennel asked Mr. Brian Joyner and Mr. Darrell Joyner if they wished to speak during the public hearing. They indicated they did not. There was no one else present to address the Hoard, and Chairman Fennel closed the public hearing at 7:09 p.m. There was lengthy discussion both for and against the proposed rezoning. ~rguments in support of the rezoning included the following: {1) the significant improvements to be made to the property by Mr. Hinson; (2) the need to create enterprise zones along major intersections; (3) the need to promote existing businesses; (4) the business could operate es a home