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Continued from page 1 for a small used car lot seemed to fit best under the “automotive garage” category.

The Fryes’ application is for the right to display three or four cars at one time on the front lawn of Mrs. Dwight Frye’s house. All body work and maintenance on the cars would be done in Mount Jackson, Va., where the Fryes’ father has a car repair shop.

Mr. Frye submitted a petition to the BZA with 13 signatures of people who live or work in the vicinity of the proposed car lot, who do not object to the application.

The BZA also read three letters into the record by concerned citizens opposing the application. Virginia Smith and Marion Kuhn gave testimony against the application, while Everett Estes voiced his approval. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Kuhn own property near the intended car lot; Mr. Estes is Dwight Frye’s fatherin-law.

Mrs. Smith said she and her husband “were very disturbed when we heard we would have another used car lot directly across from our driveway. If we sat on our front porch we would view it.” She also said, “What I’m objecting to is increasing what is already there. I think it is commercial business you can’t control.” Mrs. Smith called the B&B auto lot that is directly across from their field “a blight.”

Mrs. Kuhn raised the issue of zoning at the proposed car lot site. “I don’t know how a variance can be given to agricultural land for commercial use,” she said. She is also concerned about highway safety. She said the locale, which “has four to five houses and a grocery, is already a dangerous intersection anrl has to be approached around a curve.” She also expressed concern about enforcement of the BZA’s special use permits and variances.

Mr. Estes addressed the safety issue raised by Mrs. Kuhn, pointing , out there was a highway shoulder at the site. He said “I could pack in all my trucks at my shop and it would be a worse hazard.”

Colonel Knupfer also spoke against the danger of slack enforcement of BZA recommendations. “You’ve got to maintain control,” he said. “Apparently, control has not been maintained in other car lots. Beware the nose of the camel. ”

Speaking of the B&B used car lot, Attorney David Konick said that at the present time the lot is not zoned for commercial use. However, Mr. Konick added, “I understand that under the new zoning ordinance the property has been zoned commercial.”