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Continued from Page 1 ) briefly whether the business might lie considered a way'ide stand (at which an owner and his family may >*•11 produce or merchandise) but agreed that wayside 'tamls are intended for agricultural products and are usually run on a seasonal bads. not year around as Raiford plans with his shoes.
Do all yard sales require sjiecial use permits? wondered chairman Lee Bird.
No. said Konick. Yard sales are considered to be an accessory use to a single family dwelling.
"But some yard sales >eem to go on continuously." said Bird. “This is the first such case that has been presented to us.”
Thoroughfare
While the Planning Commission's rejection centered primarily on the issue of retail sales in an agricultural zone, the Board of Zoning Ap|>eals seemed more concerned with the possible traffic hazards that would be caused by the continued business.
Raiford told the board he had a letter from the highway department saying additional
work must be done along the right-of-way to make the entrance to his driveway safe. Highway department engineers said that a commercial entrance l*ermit could be issued for the west side of Raiford’s property, but that there is not an adequate sight distance on the east. According to the engineers. Raiford would need to provide a deceleration lane 200 feet long b.v 12 feet wide, an expense he said would run him between $10.000-$12,000.
Raiford said he could not afford the road project and asljed the board to approve a sjiecial use permit if he agreed to hire off-duty police officers to direct traffic during the hours of his yard sales. "There would be no more than eight or nine cars at a time." he said. “A normal family gathering would have more traffic.”
Objection
Margaret Strawser, a resident of Route 611, spoke against the proposed permit. “1 don’t want to see a retail establishment in the area," she said. “I don’t drive l'/i hours to the city to work so I can see businesses here.”
Strawser said she had observed additional traffic using the turn-around on Route 211 since the fall. She
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