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along the main road, since he and some of his supporters had said most of his business was with local people. Mrs. Latham's daughter, Nancy Hoadley, asked why Jenkins couldn’t build the service station on land he already owned along Viewtown road.
Franklin Woodward, Jenkins's son-in-law, said that Jenkins's gas sales depend partly upon tourist traffic and passersby on Route 211. His repair service customers, except for emergencies, were local residents. The farm that Jenkins owns is on a secondary road, not heavily traveled, he said. He would suffer a loss in gas sales.
CAPTAIN L.B. Stuart said he was in favor of the rezoning and presented the Supervisors and Planning Commissioners two letters and a petition, all in favor. One was a letter from Douglas W. Kanney, pastor of Amissville United Methodist Church. Kanney said that the new garage would be directly across from the church and he knew of no opposition in the congregation to Jenkins locating it there. The other letter in favor of the rezoning was from Thomas ^P.G. Liverman of Amissville. Liverman emphasized the “importance” of Jenkins’s business to the Amissville Community. “I suggest to deny Elmer Jenkins’ request would impose a hardship on our community no less than on Mr. Jenkins himself,” Liverman said in the letter.
The petition which Stuart presented was signed by "approximately 250 people” in the Amissville area. The petition stated that those who had signed it favored rezoning for several reasons: "(1) his present garage and service station has been taken by the process of eminent domain by the Virginia State Highway Commission with no compensation for the business, only for his land and buildings. (2) His repair service is now the only such service in the Amissville area. (3) His gasoline service is the only one between Warrenton and Washington, Va., carrying his brand. (Exx-on). (4) The location proposed is the only location he could obtain reasonably close to his present establishment and is adjacent to the new home of the Amissville Volunteer Fire Department whose vehicles he frequently services. (5) The proposed location is within 100 yards of where another garage and service station were operated prior to Highway Commission acquisition. (6) W e consider that granting this permit would not be detrimental to the area in question since there are three other businesses now operating in the immediate vicinity. (7) We believe it is only justice that the county cooperate
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