History may

play a big part in whether a new day care center is

allowed to be built on Jenkins Road in Tyrone.

During last

week's meeting of the Tyrone Planning Commission,

developer Doug Krepps, who was representing Stanley

Bishop, asked the commission to consider a proposal to

build a day care center and offices on an eight-acre

tract on Jenkins Road.

But after

town resident Teresa Lee told the commission about the

property, the commission postponed any vote on the

property until some key questions were answered.

Lee said

the property is special because an old log cabin still

occupies the land and a spring spouts forth water.

She added

there is also a Gothic wrought iron gate and asked the

commission to take special care of the property and try

to avoid clear-cutting it to make way for a day care

center.

The

commission asked the developer if he was aware of the log

cabin on the property and he said the owners of the

property, the Hobgoods, plan to disassemble the cabin and

move it to another location.

Planning

Commission Chairman Tom Williams suggested maybe

something could be worked out between the Hobgoods and

the developer to keep the log cabin on the property and

serve as a living history lesson for the county's

children.

Planning

Commission member Lyn Redwood also suggested the

developer do more to create a parklike setting instead of

just having a few trees around the buildings.

Another

concern of the Planning Commission was the traffic the

day care center would cause on the already busy road.

The

Planning Commission asked the developer to do a

historical and archaeological study, along with a traffic

study and tree count, and present the information at the

group's June 24 meeting.

In other

news, town manager Barry Amos announced the formation of

a committee to draft a proposed tree ordinance for the

town.

The town

currently has a tree protection ordinance, but Amos

believes the ordinance needs to be strengthened.

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