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Volume 33
Burnsville To Adopt Zoning Ordinance
As Basis For Community Improvement
Burnsville is taking final steps
toward the adoption of a zoning
ordinance, a long contemplatod
action toward protecting pro -
perty values and assuring the
Yancey Sheriff Died Friday
Son Appointed To Fill Post
Donald Banks, Sheriff of Yan
cey County, died unexpectedly
last Friday. He was 53 years of
age.
Mr. Banks, a graduate of
Bald Creek High School and a
native of Yancey County was
first elected sheriff here in 1938.
He was only 22 years old at the
time and was the youngest she -
riff in the nation.
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Doiflld Banks
Community In
Competition
Winners of the Roadside Im
provement Contest of the 1969
Western North Carolina Commu
nity Development Program will
be announced at a luncheon on
Friday, September 26 at 12 noon
at Bailey's Cafeteria, Tunnel Rd.
Shopping Center, Asheville.
A total of 72 organized com
munities competed in the Road
side Contest this year and 1 4
county winners were judged in
area competition earlier this
month. Rocky Springs Heights
represented Yancey County in
the judging.
The presentation of awaixfc in
the special rural beautification
effort will be held in conjunctiai
with a planning meeting of the
area improvement program's '69
Steering Committee representing
the IS county west rn area.
town's future growth in an order
ly, efficient way.
The proposed zoning ordinate
will apply not only throughout
Burnsville, but will cover, in
Formerly State Senator in
1951, he was elected to the
second term as chief county
lawman in 1958 serving until
1962. His third term began in
1968.
A member of the Natio n a 1
Sheriffs Association, Mr. Banks
was also former chairman of
the Yancey County Republican
Party.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Pauline Maney Banks; a
daughter, Miss Dianne Banks of
the home; three sons, Johnny,
Robert and Kermit Banks, all
of Burnsville; and litree grand
children.
Services for the deceased wet
held at 2:30 p. m. Monday in
the Cane River BaptistChurdyof
which he was a member. The
Reverend M. H. Kendall and
the Reverend Bert Styles offi -
ciated and burial was in the
church cemetery.
Masonic rites were conducted
by Burnsville Lodge No. 717 AF
and AM, of which he was a
charter member.
Honorary pallbearers were
Burnsville and Yancey County
law enforcement officers and
members of Troop F of theN.C.
Highway Patrol.
Sheriff Banks will long be re
membered by his friends and
fellow officers for his rendering
of fair and just decisions in his
official capacity and his warm
and generous nature in personal
affairs.
His son, Kermit Banks, was
elected to his father's post as
Sheriff of Yancey County. Al
though we grieve for the father
we trust his duties to the capa -
ble hands of his son.
Attending the funeral from
out-of-state were Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Ledford of Newport New%
Virginia; Mr. Bobby Ayers of
Newport News, Virginia; Mr.
and Mis. Leo Celano and son,
Mark of Brooklyn, New York;
Mr. Ilal Mane; of
Virginia.
Thursday, September 25, 1969
addition, a mile wide band out
side the town limits. Under
North Carolina law municipali
ties are empowered to apply zo -
ning beyond the town limits.
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Hunter Receives Medal
Vietnam - Army Specialist 4
Danny Hunter, 20, son of Mt and
Mrs. Charles C. Hunter, Rt Burns
ville, received the Bronze Star
Medal during ceremonies near
1 ay Ninh, Vietnam, August 15.
Congratulating him is Bri -
gadier General Henderson, as
sistant commander of the 25th
Infantry Division.
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Gen Henderson Congratulates Hunter
A public hearing will be held
on October 14 at 7:30 p.m. in
the courtroom of the Coun t y
Courthouse relative to the pro -
posed ordinance. Questions will
Spec. 4 Hunter received the
award for heroism in action as
engaged in ground operations
against a hostile force in Viet
nam.
Spec. 4 Hunter, a mechanfc
with Battery B, 7th Battalion, lift
Field Artillery of the 25th In
fantry Division, entered the Ar
my in June 1968.
Number Fifty-Five
be answered, and any criticisms
and objections will be received
by the Town Board. Follow in g
this meeting the Board may make
changes in the proposed ordin -
ance before its formal adoption.
Interested citizens, in the
meantime, may examine the
proposed ordinance at the town
hall, where a large map is post
ed showing the several residence,
commercial and industrial zones
being established for the area.
The preparation of the zoning
ordinance has been under the su
pervision of the Town's planning
board, of which David Powers is
chairman. Technical assistance
relative to the ordinance ha been
provided both by the West e m
North Carolina Regional Plan
ning Commission, who havebeoi
employed by the Town with the
aid of a Federal planning grant,
and by the State's Division of
Community Planning. This lat
ter agency, which has recent 1 y
se,t up an Asheville office to take
over the work of the Region a 1
Planning Commission, will have
representatives present at the
hearing to help answer questions
7oning for Burnsville has been
under consideration for a num
ber of years, with civic organi
zations and town planning con
sultants being unan imo us in
urging the adoption of an or
dinance. In the past ten years
nearly all towns in Western North
Carolina have adopted zoning ,
and Burnsville is now one of the
last to take this step.
A special reason for taking
the step is that a town's eligibi
lity for receiving Federal grants
is now dependent on the town's
having "a workable plan for
community improvement", and
a zoning ordinance is one of the
requirements for such a plan.
Any zoning ordinance restricts
to some extent the property own
er in the use to which he may
put his property. A business, for
example may not be placed in
an area zoned for residence only.
At the same time, the acbption
of zoning is not retroactive.
buildings now in existencq what
ever their present use, maycon
tinue in their present location.
Following the adoption of a
zoning ordinance, a board of ad
justment will be formed, with
the power to make decisions re
garding application of the ordi
nance. This board will consist
of five citizens of Burnsville and
five from the mile-wide zdne
adjacent to the town.