I had a site with a similar issue. The complainant was a mini-storage owner

across the street!

Checkers was building a new store. Red, black and white, with some yellow. The zoning conditions were part of a larger industrial park that required earth-tones (from the '70s). The county new it was outdated, so it told Checkers if it would pain the nearest buildings the same color scheme they'd allow it. Owner said no problem. Dry-cleaners building changed and the other space ended up with an Advance Auto (same colors) so no problem.

Then Checkers left, but Waffle House tore down the original building and rebuilt. Their colors are, yep, red yellow black and white. Now all s good! The developer got pissed at local restrictions and moved back to Alabama.

In response to this post by TomTurkey

Posted: 06/26/2019 at 11:28AM

All politics is local -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 11:08AM

Not unusual...Vienna wouldn't let Taco Bell open because of their sign -- Vienna_Hokie 06/26/2019 2:15PM

So, the problem was the color, and not -- Riverguy 06/26/2019 1:56PM

And not any of that in the agreement -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 4:07PM

Anybody remember Bobby Sproles? -- LaneRat 06/26/2019 12:24PM

Grew up right down the road from his store. Went to school with his kids -- ETHokie 06/27/2019 6:58PM

At a 3-way intersection with 3 small stores. -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 12:56PM

Free 3 Ways ** -- bigbadbird 06/26/2019 12:59PM

He and a preacher between Bristol and Abingdon -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 12:46PM

I had a friend that used to tear out the dirty pages of the romance books -- bigbadbird 06/26/2019 12:50PM

Too funny **laughing** ** -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 12:52PM

Sounds like a town-level HOA ** -- MAHokie69 06/26/2019 12:07PM

And the president owns a competitor whose fries arent as good ** -- bigbadbird 06/26/2019 12:11PM

Abinbgdon always thought of itself as some special place -- bigbadbird 06/26/2019 12:05PM

The history is both Revolutionary and Civil War related -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 12:07PM

So they've been getting in fights for over two hundred years? ** -- Hokie360 06/26/2019 1:13PM

Thank goodness Abingdon has that plucky band of small, sad individuals -- HokieNoVA 06/26/2019 11:51AM

Citizens with too much time on their hands. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 06/26/2019 11:49AM

I had a site with a similar issue. The complainant was a mini-storage owner -- 48zip 06/26/2019 11:28AM

The absurdity is interesting -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 12:02PM

There are issues with color. (relevant ordinance inside) -- 48zip 06/26/2019 12:34PM

Painted brown in Johnson City TN after agreement -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 12:51PM

It looks like a 1970's bathroom shower- but good for Abingdon ** -- bigbadbird 06/26/2019 12:36PM

Pal's is good eats! Wish they were around here. ** -- AtlantaHokie 06/26/2019 11:12AM

I had a site with a similar issue. The complainant was a mini-storage owner

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