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natures of 47 people opposed the kennel.
BZA Representative Butch Zindel opened Commission comments by noting that Special Use Permit decisions involve consideration of the immediate neighborhood. Jackson District Commissioner Ray Brown remarked that he lives “two miles from the pound (the County Animal Shelter) and I hear barking all the time.”
Supervisors’ Representative Ron Frazier noted that there was “a lot of opposition.” He said, however, that he had been a neighbor of the Chamberlins and that he never heard any noise then. He said that he was “searching . . . wondering if we can help you do what you want to do without impacting the neighbors.”
Chairman Junk noted that the property was divided into a section of six acres that was zoned agricultural where and a section of four acres zoned residential. He said that a kennel had been approved in Castleton on a twenty-five acre parcel, but that he felt that the Smith application for a kennel on such a small parcel was “a bad use.”
Wakefield District Commissioner Werner Krebser pointed out that Mr. Chamberlin’s kennel operation was different from the commercial operation proposed by the Smiths and “to do this to the neighbors would not be very fair.” Stonewall-Hawthorne District Commissioner Tom Tepper expressed dissatisfaction with the site plan, noting that the expansion kennel and the exercise area were not depicted.
Hampton District Commissioner A1 Henry noted that there were only four runs now and that the Smiths’ plan called for an expansion to fifty runs and activities including retail sales. He referred to last winter’s disapproval of the New Harvest Christian Fellowship’s application for a church in the same Viewtown Road neighborhood, commenting that “Not all areas are suitable for a church and I can say the same for a kennel. . . I think it’s better elsewhere.”
Mr. Brown moved to recommend disapproval, and the Commission voted unanimously to do so. Payne athletic field
The Commission also held a public hearing on a Special Exception Application by William and Mary Payne “to construct a softball diamond used by girls’ softball teams and invited guests.” The proposed field would be located on the US 211 side of their auction gallery property in the Jackson District. Mauri Payne, speaking on behalf of the elder Paynes, said that the field would be built for girls currently playing at Stuart Field and
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