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a 6 eons 121 651 Nay: Cox, Hall, and Matthews Chairman Stafford ruled the motion had been adopted by a four to three vote. Mr. Barefoot stated that the Planning Board recommends that the Board of Commissioners deny Karl Lewis' petition to rezone approximately 387 acres of land located at the intersection of Colon Road and U. S. Highway 1 from Residential Agricultural District to Light Industrial Conditional Use District for the location of a planned business development with industrial, child care, and recreational facilities, as well as billboard advertisement on the property. The Planning Board in its deliberation cited that an industrial development the size and magnitude of Mr. Lewis' proposal is clearly not in keeping with the residential integrity of the area, not in compliance with the Lee County Land Development Plan, and would be more appropriately located in an industrial park or on other vacant land which is currently zoned Light or Heavy Industrial. The negative impact of customer and/or employee traffic along Colon Road was also a concern of the Planning Board. The Planning Board noted that the concerns expressed by Mary Seymore McKimmon at the public hearing regarding a right-of-way to her family's property is a legal matter between the Seymore family and the Department of Transportation and is not relevant to Mr. Lewis' rezoning petition. Commissioner Reives moved to table the rezoning request. Commissioner Hall seconded the motion, and upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Cox, Hall, Matthews, Paschal, Reives, Stafford, and Wicker Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Mr. Barefoot stated the Planning Board unanimously recommended that the Board of Commissioners deny the petition by Jack C. and Alice Ann Maxwell to rezone approximately 87 acres of land at the southwestern corner of Cedar Lane Road and Jefferson Davis Highway (excluding the portion of the parcel which is currently zoned Highway Commercial District) from Residential Agricultural District to Residential Mixed District. The Planning Board in its deliberation cited the residential and agricultural character of the area, their concern about the negative impact from increased traffic, and the impact a major subdivision of the property would have on farms in the area. The Planning Board also noted James Stone's, the Maxwell's real estate agent, comments during the public hearing that the subdivision would be primarily used for single-wide manufactured homes and cited the availability of other manufactured home