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ate# PUBLIC HEARINGS: MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to enter public hearing.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
REZONING REQUEST - STEVE HALE, APPLICANT, Case #8810-2: Mr. Jerry Lundy identified this
property on the Iredell County Zoning Map. Mr. Steve Hale has requested a portion of the water
surface adjacent to Lot 31, Block A, of Iredell County Tax Map 2N, be rezoned from R-20, Single
Family Residential, to GB, General Business, to construct thirty boat slips for marina use. Mr.
Lundy stated the proposed pier would have to be approved by Lake Norman Marine Commission and
Iredell County Board of Adjustment. The planning board voted unanimously in favor of the rezoning.
Dr. Frank Felice: Inquired about provisions for disposal of sewage on the large boats, since
there are no waste facilities in the plan.
No one else spoke for or against the proposed rezoning request.
REZONING REQUEST - LAKE NORMAN CRUISES, INC., CASE #8810-3: Mr. Lundy identified this property
on the Iredell County Zoning Map. Mr. Lundy said the request comes from Richard M. Lattimer,
president of Lake Norman Cruises, Inc., to request a portion of the water surface adjacent to a
portion of Lot 20, Block 1, of Iredell County Tax Map 2N, be rezoned from R-10 to GB for
commercial/recreational use. The planning board unanimously recommended approval of the request.
Those speaking in reference to the rezoning request are:
Mr. Lancaster: Inquired about the 760 water line and going beyond this mark to accommodate
boat slips.
Mr. Ferris Ervin: Protested because he did not think there was room for the boat traffic to go
into the small cove.
Mrs. Beth Lattimer: Said she was representing her husband, the president of the Lake Norman
Cruises, Inc., who could not be present. She said they proposed to have two boats for dinner
cruises and sight-seeing tours on Lake Norman, with each boat accommodating approximately 150
people.
Also proposed, according to Mrs. Lattimer, are a principal dock for the cruise boats,
office/snack bar/gift shop, additional slips for transient boats, and landscaping for the entire
area. The proposed schedule of cruises during the winter is to be approximately three trips per
day, beginning at 2:00 p.m. on weekdays, and beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Dinner cruises will be departing at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and returning at
approximately 10:00 p.m. During the summer the company principals are proposing four cruises per
day instead of the three in the winter.
Mr. Ferris Ervin: Questioned the distance across the cove.
Mr. Lundy said: Approximately 600'.
Mr. Ervin was interested in the noise level and the hours of operation. He lives close by and
believes noise will be a problem.
Mrs. Lattimer said in the winter the hours would be 11:00 a.m, until 11:00 p.m. In the summer
the hours will be 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 a.m.
Mr. Ervin: Said his biggest concern was the noise level.
Chairman Hedrick: Said the county is moving in the direction of adopting a noise ordinance.
Mr. James Davis: In favor of the project.
Mr. Roy Meadows: In favor of the project.
Dr. Felice: Not in favor of the project.
Joe Durfee: In favor of the project. Thinks it would be an asset.
Joe Bezanson: In favor of project.
Paul Summerville: In favor of project.
Barbara Durfee: In favor of project.
Mr. Ervin: Inquired if this doesn't make it as a cruise operation, what would happen then?
Rick Farrar: In favor of project.
Mr. Ervin: Questioned about the dinner to be served on the cruise.
No one else spoke for or against the proposed rezoning request.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 82.1 of IREDELL COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE, Richard Lattimer,
Owner/Operator of Lake Norman Cruises, Inc., Application: Mr. Lundy was requesting the board's