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Nov. 3, 2011
The Garrett County county commissioners held a public hearing Tuesday morning on granting a junkyard license to Oakland area businessman Don Nine of Don's Classic Car Company, 5062 Hutton Road. More than 20 neighboring property owners attended the event.
The vast majority of them indicated their opposition, either through verbal testimony or a show of hands, to granting the license. Their main concerns were a possible decline in property values and negative impacts on the environment.
"Don has made this application pursuant to the Garrett County Junkyard Ordinance; that ordinance has been in effect since the late 1970s," explained Director John Nelson, Garrett County Department of Planning and Land Development.
Nelson noted that the document is not a zoning ordinance, but a premise that falls under the authority of the State Highway Administration because of proximity issues pertaining to public roads.
"The process outlined in the application gives the commissioners the discretion to hold a public hearing on any application made by a property owner who wishes to establish a salvage yard or automobile salvage junkyard on their property," Nelson said.
The county currently has nine licensed junkyards, noted Mark Weber, licensing and enforcement inspector. He said the county has received numerous complaints from neighbors about the Nine property over the last three or four years.
"Mr. Nine has brought his property into compliance intermittently over this time," Weber said.
He said his office has been working with Nine, who wants to bring his property into compliance, try to get a junkyard license, and be "legitimate."
"He has effectively met the requirements of the junkyard license regarding setbacks," Weber said. "He does not intend to run a business as junkyard per se."
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