
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, June 1, 1990                   TAG: 9006010071
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV5   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: PETER MATHEWS NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG                                LENGTH: Medium

MONTGOMERY REZONING REQUEST HEARD

Bill Greear says new regulations are making his Riner dairy operation too expensive to run, so he would like to remove 43 acres from an agricultural and forestal district and build houses there.

Greear encountered no real opposition at a public hearing before the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors Tuesday night.

He has been told he must build a manure pit costing $50,000-$75,000, said his agent, Donald P. Marks. Instead, he would like to remove land adjacent to Auburn High School from the district. His preliminary plan calls for 49 lots.

However, Jeffrey London, who said he owns land four miles from Greear's farm, had an alternative plan. He suggested reducing the number of lots to 45, cutting the number of entrances to the property, and making some other changes.

London said he did not oppose the request to withdraw land from the agricultural and forestal district. Those districts give landowners tax breaks in exchange for preserving land in its current use. The board will act on Greear's request later.

Supervisors also made the following appointments:

\ Planning Commission: Named London, Ray Alcorn and Taylor P. Jones and reappointed Harry C. Neumann to four-year terms. Member Dean Allen's term expired; Larry Linkous resigned.

\ Public Service Authority: Reappointed Supervisor Todd Solberg to a term ending Dec. 31, 1992.

\ Zoning Appeals: Reappointed Frank Ashley to a five-year term.

\ Human Services: Named Alison S. Limoges and Maple Anderson to three-year terms. Mary Fessler's, Virginia Kennedy's and Vernon D. Miller's terms expired Thursday.

In other business from meetings Tuesday and Wednesday, the board:

Heard again from members of Shawnee Hunt Club and neighbors who have complained about noise from the club's McCoy shooting range.

County Attorney Roy Thorpe said he believed the county noise ordinance applied because the range was reconstructed after the law took effect. But he said the issue was open to other interpretations.

"Looks like we may end up in court," said Sam Roop, who initiated a petition in November to have the range moved.

Accepted bids from E.C. Pace Co. of $267,960.50 and William G. Simmons Co. of $72,000 for improvements to the Elliston-Lafayette industrial park.

by CNB