HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0404 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
MAY 12001
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
May 1, 2001, at 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Goverment Center (Commissioners' Meeting
Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Tommy E. Bowles
Karen B. Ray
R. Godfrey Williams
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, Solid Waste Director Ron Weatherman, Recycling
Coordinator Carla Parks, Recreation Director Robert Woody, Sgt. Neil Hayes with the Sheriffs Department,
Communications Director Larry Dickerson, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Conmmissioner Bowles.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA
Addition :- Request for Approval to Use the North Carolina Association ofCounty Commissioners/
Blue Cross Blue Shield as the Administrators for Iredell County's Self -Insured
Insurance Plan
• Request to Present a Special Award on behalf of N.C. House Representative Mitchell Setzer
Deletions: • Closed Session for Property Acquisition - G.S. 143-318.11 (a) (5)
PRESENTATION OF A LONG -LEAF PINE AWARD: On behalf of North Carolina
General Assembly House Representative M itchell Setzer, Chairman Tice presented a Long -Leaf Pine
Award to Iredell County Manager Joel Mashburn. Tice said the award was presented to North
Carolinians who had a proven record of service to the state. Chairman Tice and the board members
congratulated Mashburn on his statewide recognition and achievement.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
CASE NO. 0104-1: A REQUEST TO AMEND THE IREDELL COUNTY LAND
DEVELOPMENT PLAN & TO REZONE THE PROPERTY OF RANDALL & KAY
KINCAID FROM RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL TO GENERAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT (Location: 2142 Salisbury Highway/Hwy. 70 at Shiloh Road): Planning Supervisor
Ron Smith said the owners/applicants desired to rezone their property from Residential Agricultural
to General Business District and to amend the Iredell County Land Development Plan. Smith said
the proposed usage of the 3.38 acres would be any/all uses in the General Business District
including the existing plant nursery and gift shop (Farm House Gardeners). He said the property was
located at 2142 Salisbury Highway in Statesville, NC (PIN #4753-86-0089). Mr. Smith said the
existing land use was for a retail garden/ landscaping supply business, and the surrounding land uses
were in the City of Statesville's zoning districts of Business (B5), Heavy Industrial Zoning (HI),
and Iredell County's zoning districts of Residential Agricultural (RA) and Heavy Manufacturing
(M-2). Smith said the average daily traffic count along U.S. Highway 70, at its intersection with
Shiloh Road, was approximately 18,000 vehicles a day. He said the roadway was currently being
improved and realigned (Statesville planning boundary to Rowan County). Once finished, he said
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