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The Planning Commission recommended approval of the permit unanimously, with Newbill Miller abstaining, citing a conflict of interest as a neighboring landowner.
In a related development, Mr. McCarthy said Monday that he had received a letter from Resident Engineer Robert Moore informing him that the present entrance into Greenfield does not meet the highway department’s requirement of a 550-foot sight distance for commercial uses. It is unclear what effect Mr. Moore’s review will have on the application.
In a second application reviewed last Wednesday, the Planning Commission was unable to recommend issuance of a permit, citing problems with access. Harold B. Young’s application for a special exception permit to operate an indoor shooting range off Rt. 622 in Huntly was not recommended to the Board of Supervisors.
“As a life member of the NRA, I love to shoot — it’s my hobby,” said Commissioner John Clark. “It’s not what, but where. They’ve got the right use, just the wrong piece of property.”
About six of Mr. and Mrs. Young’s neighbors spoke in opposition to the permit, citing the property’s location on a private right of way which, they said, is only 20 feet wide in spots.
Garfield Burke said that his house is located only six feet off the right-of-way, and that he has complained to his neighbors about traffic visiting their homes which drives too fast. His wife pointed out that “we have grandchildren and pets; I like to let them out in the yard without having to watch them all the time.”
David Arnold, who noted that a letter from his wife opposing the permit had been read into the record, presented photographs which showed the narrow width of the road and the quiet, residential character of the neighborhood. “I think that the proposal is inappropriate to the area ... I can’t see that it would do any good.”
E. C. Bryant added that a pickyour-own orchard operation also located on the road, while admittedly creating additional traffic, is a seasonal use. “It’s also more in line with the agricultural character of the area.” Mr. Bryant also noted the proximity of Mr. Burke’s house to the road: ‘It’s so close you can almost reach out and shake hands on the way by.”
Also, he said, “it would be a large
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