HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0388 (2)10. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT #40 WHICH WILL
TRANSFER FUNDS FROM THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE TOWN OF MOORESVILLE'S WATERLINE REIMBURSEMENT: This
amendment, in the amount of $65,510, will be used as part ofa reimbursement payment to the Town
ofMooresville in conjunction with a waterline extended near Exit 33 or the Lake Norman Regional
Medical Center area.
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRIEFING/RECEPTION
SCHEDULED ON MAY 9, 2001 IN RALEIGH, N.C.: Chairman Tice announced the legislative
briefing and said the deadline to register was May 1, 2001. (Commissioners desiring to attend
should notify the clerk.)
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
NURSING HOME ADVISORY BOARD (I appt.): No nominations were submitted, and
Chairman Tice Fnw—fi—onedl to postpone the Nursing Home Board appointment until the next meeting.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
STATESVILLE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT -EXTRATERRITORIAL,
JURISDICTION (1 appt.): No nominations were submitted, and Chairman Tice motioned to
postpone the Statesville Board of Adjustment (ETJ) appointment until the next meeting.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Sign Ordinance: Commissioner Williams asked the staff for a clarification on the county's
procedure for sign permits. He said there had been complaints about the costs involved in the
process.
Smith said that, initially, the business owner would go to the planning office to obtain a
property description. He said if the staff could deduce from the information submitted that
everything qualified, a property description (zoning permit) was issued. Next, the individual would
need a building permit (sign permit). After this, the person could erect the sign. Smith, said,
however, the staff might have to inspect the site due to "ties to other signs and locations, etc."
Inspections/Planning Director Lynn Niblock said the state building code required building
permits (sign permits) because the signs were built. He said the building permit (state statute) was
needed along with a zoning clearance (county zoning ordinance). He said it cost $31.50 for the
building permit and $31.50 for the zoning clearance. Niblock said the county had the authority to
set the fee amounts, and the county sold four types of permits, i.e., building, electrical, mechanical,
and plumbing. Niblock said for any sign, regardless as to whether it was on a person's property, or
on someone else's property, there was a fee for a zoning clearance and a fee for the building permit.
Commissioner Bowles said he understood the state building code allowed agricultural
buildings to be built without a permit. He asked if agricultural signs could be installed without a
permit.
Niblock said the agricultural exemption did not address signs. He said it addressed buildings
used for agricultural purposes, e.g., barns, hay sheds, tractor sheds, etc. Mr. Niblock said the state
statute did not require a permit if a person erected a fence, but that was not the case for a sign. He
said fence holes were exempt from the building code but sign holes were not.
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