William Fuchs, owner of the Neal’s Salvage Yard in Osgood, presented an appeal to reverse the decision to deny the renewal of a salvage yard permit at the regular meeting of the Ripley County Board of Zoning Appeals on Tuesday, June 30. Fuchs was represented by attorney Larry Eaton.

According to Tad Brinson, Director of the BZA, Fuchs presented an application to renew the permit in August of 2008. After looking into the matter, Brinson learned that the permit had lapsed 13 months prior, as well as found that there were no utilities hooked up to the property. He determined that there was no business being conducted on the property, and refused to sign the permit application as per the current zoning ordinances. Because of the lapse, the property lost its “grandfather" right to keep the original zoning.