Industrial and or industrial/office zoning with conditional use permits is not compatible with Eagle Rim and Las Colonias Parks, adjacent neighborhoods nor the birds and animals along the flood plain of the Colorado River.
Appropriate zoning ensures compatibility of uses in communities. Neighborhoods must always have the protection of compatible zoning. Each land parcel must go through the zoning process and a new owner does not automatically get what he demands. There is no “grandfathering in” of old zoning by the city when an area is annexed. Public hearings are held to determine the zoning.
I have lived for 28 years on Orchard Mesa and I received an official notice in January of 2007 from the city regarding the proposed request from Brady Trucking of Utah to place industrial zoning near my home. I respect property rights, but when someone willfully seeks to do something at the hurt and expense of my neighbors, my family and others, then I must act to seek a solution that is fair and reasonable for protection of our basic rights.
Those who have lived in an area for many years deserve far more consideration than those seeking financial profit by operating a business that would be far better suited in a different location.
In the past, performance standards of the old rendering plant were not adhered to and regulation was difficult. The performance standards of industrial zoning cannot be met. It is the nature of a trucking business that operates 24/7 to be excessively noisy for neighborhoods and parks. How can the noise of diesel trucks be reduced to meet performance standard criteria?
Penny Heuscher
Grand Junction

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