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'- TUESDAY AUGUST 26, 1975 -- reside or own property in the adjacent area and on Sheraton Court, all of whom expressed vigorous opposition to the requested rezoning and to the proposed conduct of any business operation onfue south side of Rives Road in the area in question and in contiguous areas, citing noise-and-sight "pollutions" aS,one reason for registered objections as well as anticipated depreciation of residential property values. Mr. Charles Barnes, an Associate of Wiley & Wilson, Consulting Engineers, and Project Director for the City's "1995 Land-Use Plan" prepared for the City and recently adopted by City Council, appeared before Council and stated that the Plan, as related to the area in question, is predicated upon the assumption that industrial operations would remain to the west of Rives Road and, conversely, projected usage of property on the south side of Rives Road would be of residential nature. Mr. Barnes, in addition, recommended that the properties on the south side of Rives Road remain residentially zoned; otherwise, rezoning the tract in question to industrial usage would constitute "spot zoning". Attorney Kiser then pointed out that, of the information being presented to Council at this hearing, all had been previously presented to the Planning Commission with the exception of statements and recommendations herein presented by Mr. Barnes, of Wiley & Wilson. In response to further questioning by Attorney Kiser, Assistant City Manager-Public Works Director George W. Brown reviewed the background history of the development of Rives Road (Extension) as an industrial access construction project to connect with Route 220 South in Henry County, indicating that this street was constructed generally for residential usage traffic and would require re-building to accomodate heavy truck traffic. In response to inquiry from Attorney Kiser, Mr. Irving R. McGhee, Traffic & Planning Director and Ex-Officio Secretary to the Planning Commission, stated that the July 18th (1975) report and recommendation (of approval of petitioner's request for rezoning) from the Planning Commission resulted from action by the Commission in which, of its nine members, eight were present when the vote for recommended approval was taken, with three of the eight members present abstaining from voting, with one member voting against recommending approval, and with the remaining - ,-