A proposed off-road motorcycle facility in Packer Township is generating some controversy among neighbors.

But the property's owner says he just wants to regulate illegal riders who have been destroying his property."The problem we are having is people constantly riding through fields and damaging the crops," said property owner James Dulcey.Dulcey says there are misconceptions about his proposed project. He said he plans to bring in a private, nonprofit organization that would regulate riding on his section of the mountain."We're not building anything. They are going to ride on existing roads," Dulcey said.Riders would be limited to operating between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on the property. Dulcey says that currently, children and adults ride on private property on the mountain at all hours of the day and night.He submitted his plans for the project to Packer Township last month. On Tuesday, neighbors packed a hearing about the proposed track.But before they could consider whether to grant a special exception, the board voted to deny the application because of technical issues.Cynthia Yurchak, a neighboring property owner and attorney, pointed out several flaws in the application, according to the zoning hearing board's attorney.The biggest issue was that while the application was filed by James Dulcey alone, some of the land is jointly owned by his wife - meaning she must also be listed on the application, according to Thomas Nanovic, the zoning hearing board's attorney. And while Dulcey had a drawing of the proposed site at the meeting, he didn't submit it with his application, which is required by state law.Contacted by phone on Thursday, Dulcey said that he was wrongly denied a chance to explain the project. He said he felt he did not have a chance to speak to the board before Yurchak raised her objection."If I was able to explain what I was doing, 75 percent of people would have said it's a good idea," he said.He said that the large crowd that packed the township's meeting room and even stood outside were brought there because of misinformation spread by an alternate member of the zoning hearing board.Nanovic said the board told Dulcey their decision doesn't mean that he can't refile his application, should he get the issues corrected.Dulcey said that he will do that."We're redoing the application. I'm going to change the project around a little bit," he said.