My husband and I are against rezoning the Independent Log Co. property from commercial to industrial. Our home is adjacent to ILC’s 10 acres.
Cortez’s regulations define the reasons for establishing zones. Residential Districts are created “in order to secure for the persons who reside there a comfortable, healthy, safe, and pleasant environment in which to live, sheltered from incompatible and disruptive activities.”
Further, the code describes the purpose for establishing Industrial Districts “in order to encourage a diverse employment base, provide for the production of goods and services, and minimize conflict with other land uses.”
The City Code Rezoning Policy says, “for the purpose of establishing and maintaining sound, stable, and desirable development within the city, the rezoning of land is to be discouraged.”
We have witnessed ILC filling wetlands, burning slash and bulldozing into the embankment up to our north fence line.
There is already noise from traffic on Lebanon Road and the highway. Increased heavy equipment traffic and the manufacturing ILC plans to do would add to that noise. We need to consider the following:
1. Rezoning from commercial to industrial must be considered permanent, allowing any and all use permitted in an industrial zone, now and in the future.
2. If a change in zoning is permitted, there is no point in having a zoning code at all.
Thank you.
Carol Taylor
Cortez
