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Property Rights

James A. Grigsby, landowner across the street from the N.P.E.A. lot, said he is a plumbing foreman who often has to leave for work at 5 a.m. “Many a night (during last year’s camp meeting) I couldn’t sleep. Every body has rights. Where are my rights?” he asked.

He cited near accidents from heavy traffic unfamiliar with the road, erosion at the site, lights shining directly at his house, litter blown on his property and trespassers who refused to abide by posted signs as further reasons for denying the variance request.

Lloyd Grigsby, property owner who plans on building a home 200 yards from the camp site, expressed concern over the sewer system installed just 100 yards from the springs that feed his recreational pond. "I don’t like the idea of a cess pool draining into the springs that feed my pond...They have religious rights but property owners and taxpayers have rights too.”

Grigsby maintained that the camp ground will adversely affect property values in the nieghborhood. "I’m not opposed to saving souls but I'm not sure a soul can be saved in ten days at a camp meeting if it can’t be saved during the balance of the year in church,” he concluded.

Steve Nicolavitch noted l^e previous low traffic volume on the private road next to the N.P.E.A. site that leads

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