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Chairman Michelotti asked Mr. Har-rick if he saw Less traffic since the storage shed had been ~-nnved to a different location. Mr. Harrick said there was less, but he did not feel it was a prnblem before that. Sherry Huff , 2455 k'ott i agar , sai d her property i s below McCarthy"s and she has lived there for i~J years. She spnke in f a~ror of the application , saying that she feI t the storage of trees was an additinn to the envirnnment rather than a detriment. She said that she doesn't even notice any traffic as Mr. McCarthy is gnne by b:~+La am. She had no problem with the transportatinn of the stored trees. Bruce Fiedler, 2sf l=~ottinger, Rdministrator far F'leasantnn Gardens, spoke in favor of the application. He said he is a zealous prntectnr of the senior citizens` rights at the Gardens, whose propertyr is abc+~.+t ~5' Exam the McCarth}j property line. He and his wife have lived there for aver two years and the resident= have never complained about the McCarthy operation. He felt the trees Mr. McCarthy stared and transported was an additinn to the en~:irnnment. Charles Huff, 2b5 F~:ottinger, spoF~e in favor of the application. He said that since Mr. McCarthy purchased his douse from Sim E~alch that he has upgraded sn that it is now waarth about ~L ;~,rl~'~G~. He felt that Mr. McCarthy`s request should be approved. He felt tt-+at the operation created nc- prnt~lem of saf et~j for chi 3 drer~ as the applicant also has three. Cnmmissianer Hovingh asked if the McCartl-~y`s dri•feway is an a pr i ~:~ate street . Mr . Huf f sai d i t i s a semi -private street . I f a fire truck' corr~es in it can turn around. He indicated that t!-:e nsaners maintain the road. He said Mr. McCarthy has a gnnd reI ati nnst-ii p with tt-ie neighbor and i t appears that onI y one person is complaining. Margaret Hernandez, 271 Y:ottinger, spoke in nppositinn to the application. She felt the McCarthy nperatinn increased the traffic and that the use of a flatbed truck to transport the trees posed a safety proble~ri fnr their children. 5t-:e ash-:ed that the big truck be ~:ept away from tt-~e hnusea she did rot mind the pic~;up. Len Hec;:athnrn, 42x,12 Stanley E~Ivd. , asked for ciarificatinn regarding the staring of the trees_ He said he had a r:eighbor wi-:n at one time had a a:ater heater business and stored water heaters. He expressed concern that if Mr. 4'°lcCar'thy`s request for the storing of trees ;races granted that other people might asF: fnr the same thing. Mr. McCarthyf returned to the podiu:r+. He anted that the inspector has seen and approved the vehicles which would be i.ept nn the McCarthy site. He t4-:aught Mr. Hernandez`s main complaint was about the one-ton vehicle that has been approved that he dri ire. Page b