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could legally vote on the rezoning request without a recommendation from the Planners, Dave Fannon moved that the Davis application be denied. George Muth seconded and Barksdale called for discussion.
"Agriculture is not the highest and best use for this property,” began Luke. He maintained that individuals opposed to the Davis rezoning were some of the same people who have been against all development proposals in the county—both recreational and residential—and described them as "professional ‘aginners.’ ”
The land in question has had residential status since at least 1960, he noted. “Here we have a situation with property that has its highest and best use as residential or commercial,” concluded the Supervisor Chairman.
Barksdale interjected that grazing—an agricultural enterprise—could be conducted on the Davis property and challenged the assertion that the land had no value in agricultural use.
"We have to pay some attention to property rights,” Luke responded.
Kentucky Fried Chicken?
"Would you object to Kentucky Fried Chicken there?” Fannon asked Luke.
“Yes, I would," the Supervisor Chairman replied.
“Well, there’s nothing in this ordinance that would stop one,” once the Davis property is rezoned commercial, Fannon responded. “There’s no B-2 limited,” he added.
By approving the rezoning. Miller remarked that the county could find itself in a situation similar to the problems with the ski area where the Supervisors had rezoned the property and then the Board of Zoning Appeals had tried to apply conditions on development. “I think they (Dorothy and George Davis) appealed to the wrong Board,” Miller continued. Once the three and a half acres are rezoned, there are no mechanics in the ordinance to enforce the conditions applied for iij the application, according to Miller.
In a roll call vote, the
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