HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0405 (2)the roadway should be able to accommodate 35,000 vehicular trips a day. Mr. Smith said the
planning staff recommended approval ofthe request due to the close proximity of"intense" land use
zoning and being located on a busy highway. He said that on April 4, 2001, the Iredell County
Planning Board unanimously approved the land use plan amendment and rezoning.
No one else spoke, and Chairman Tice adjourned the public hearing.
MOTION by Commissioner Bowles to (1) Amend the Iredell County Land Development
Plan in reference to Case No. 0104-1 (Randall & Kay Kincaid) and (2) Grant the rezoning request
from Residential Agricultural to General Business District.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
CASE NO. 0104-2: A REQUEST TO AMEND THE IREDEL.L. COUNTY LAND
DEVELOPMENT PLAN & TO REZONE PRUITT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTIAL, AGRICULTURAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
CONDITIONAL USE DISTRICT (Location: Charlotte Hwy/US 21 at Westmoreland Road):
Planning Supervisor Ron Smith said the applicant, Pruitt Development Corporation, desired to
withdraw the rezoning request. Smith said that with the withdrawal, the identical request could be
heard again by the planning board in six months. Mr. Smith said that if the applicantlowner had not
withdrawn the case and it had been voted upon by the commissioners and denied, the same request
could not be heard again for two years. He said that if the owner/applicant requested a "lesser"
zoning classification (after a denial had occurred), it could be acted upon after one year had passed.
Chairman Tice adjourned the public hearing for Case No. 0104-2.
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing for the next case.
CASE NO. 0104-3: A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE Xt,
SECTION 11.17(C)OFTHE IREDELLCOUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE PERTAINING
TO SIGNS -- SUBMITTED BY HOPE: UNITED METHODISTCHURCH: Mr. Smith said
Hope United Methodist Church had submitted a request to revise Article XI. Signs, Section 1 1.17
(c) of the Iredell County Zoning Ordinance to increase the allowable size and height of on -premises
signs for non-profit organizations. He said the county currently allowed churches to have signs up
to 32 -square feet on their property, but Hope Methodist desired the square footage to be increased
up to 72 -square feet and for the height to be increased from 10 feet to 15 feet. Mr. Smith said the
size be increased up to 48 -square feet and to retain the 1 U foot -
staff was recommending that the
height requirement. lie said that currently, the ordinance allowed two signs, with each being up
to 32 square feet in size.
Rev. Keyes Pendleton, the pastor of Hope United Methodist Church, said his congregation
was community minded and many meetings were held at the facility during the week. He said it was
important to the ministry of the church to have a visible sign.
No one else spoke, and Chairman Tice adjourned the public hearing.
MOTION by Commissioner Bowles to offer the following two sign options for on-prenuses
signs for non-profit organizations that are located along higher -speed roadways within the county.
Option A: To allow a 48 square foot sign and to also have the option of placing a 32 square foot
sign at an additional entrance.
Option B: To allow only one sign up to 72 -square feet in size.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.