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Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes March 20, 1997 Page 19 these types of contracting businesses, a Contractor Storage Yard is only permitted in the General Commercial not the Limited Commercial. It needs to be General Commercial to meet his needs. Mr. Moose asked if the Board could make it a conditional use under the Limited Commercial. Mr. Marshall said the Board would have to go back in and change the text in the ordinance to allow contractor storage yards as a conditional use. That is our limitation. We worked with Mike Downs, Zoning Administrator, and his interpretation is that the request is for a contractor storage yard and has to be General Commercial. Mr. Foster said he does not know if there is any opposition; he has not heard of any. He does not want to pull any wool over the residents eyes; he wants them to know what he intends to do. Mr. Jerry Steiner, Resident, addressed the Board, stating he does not want the property to be rezoned. Right now it is residential and he does not want it to be changed to commercial. The land across the street is already zoned Limited Commercial. Mr. Steiner said the difference to him between Commercial and Limited Commercial is that with commercial you can leave stuff outside, and that is what he is worried about - - clutter. He wants to control clutter. He said what ever happened to a buffer zone between residential and commercial. To him Limited Commercial is a buffer, but not commercial. Mr. Steiner said once you go commercial what will stop this from becoming an auto graveyard? He said he does not know. You cannot change progress, but you can control its direction with eyes toward the future and with planning. Mr. Steiner said he does not like this, seeing what's coming. Mr. Hobbs said the first paragraph under General Commercial says, "General Commercial may border a higher density residential zone". He asked how does that fit in relation to Mr. Foster's property as lower density.