NATCHEZ — Some Main Street residents are up in arms about a coin-operated laundry business coming to the old Goodyear Tire building and next door to their house.

Clay and Angela Gibson live in a downstairs apartment in the house next door to the building. Holes have been made in the wall of the building adjacent to the Gibson’s house for the laundry’s dryer vents.

Angela said she and her husband are concerned about the noise, pollution and heat from the dryer exhaust.

Angela said she and her husband like to keep their windows open, and she said she believes they will no longer be able to enjoy their open windows, sitting on their porch or picnicking in their yard with their grandchildren if the dryer vents are blowing exhaust on their house.

“We love where we live,” she said “We don’t ever want to move.”

Main Street is no place for a laundry business, Angela said.

“This is historic Main Street,” she said. “What a place for a Laundromat. I don’t think people realize what is being done to the entryway into their city. ”

Caroline Harrington, owner of the house, said she is concerned that she will lose a considerable amount of income if the Gibsons move out.

“We have invested a great deal of money to restore the house, and a laundry can be a pretty edgy place,” she said.

West Foster, who plans to open the laundry business with his stepfather Sam Middleton, said concerns have also been rasised about crime and other issues associated with laundries, but he said his business will be an upscale laundry service that will have security cameras, an attendant and be well-maintained.

Foster said all the work that has been done on the building is in accordance with city code.

Richard Durkin, owner of the building, said he would be willing to put up a fence or anything that could help offset the dryer exhaust fumes.

Natchez City Planner Bob Nix said the holes in the building’s wall for the dryer vents require approval from the Natchez Preservation Commission. Nix said if the commission denies approval for the vents, the wall will have to be restored to its original state.

Foster said he made the holes in the wall without first seeking approval from the preservation commission because he was unaware that type of work needed approval.

Foster said he and his crew have stopped working on the building so he does not spend any more money on the business until he knows he has permission from the commission.

Gibson and Harrington said they will both be at the preservation commission’s next meeting to voice their concerns about the laundry business to the commission.

Foster said he will also be at the commission meeting and is confident the situation will come to a conclusion upon which all parties can agree on.

The preservation commission’s next meeting is at 5:15 p.m. on Dec. 14 in the Natchez City Council Chambers.