By TERRY L. JONES
Hattiesburg City Council decided Tuesday there was no room in Ward 5 for a scrap metal salvage yard.
The decision thoroughly pleased the residents in Irene Chapel and Palmer's Crossing who spent weeks trying to convince city officials the facility they called a junkyard had no place in their community.
"I don't think there's any neighborhood or community in town that wants that there," Council President Kim Bradley said before Tuesday night's vote to deny an open storage variance for developers seeking to erect the salvage yard in the 100 block of Dixie Pine Road.
The council heard arguments from both sides Monday during a public hearing on appeals filed by Palmer's Crossing resident Frankie Benton and Irene Chapel resident David Rankin.
Residents of Irene Chapel and Palmer's Crossing have protested the facility since the Hattiesburg Planning Commission approved a request on Dec. 3 for an open storage variance for David Hickman of Hattiesburg Concrete Products.
The property is currently zoned light industrial, which the owner and developers said Monday they thought made it the perfect location for the facility.
The council agreed both communities are struggling to rebuild their communities and to allow entry of a salvage yard into the area would downgrade their efforts.
"We've been begging and fighting for so long," Rankin told the council after Tuesday's vote.
"This is just one small battle that was won. I'm sure there will be others that come along."
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