HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1018 (2)MOTION by Commissioner Tice, after reviewing the findings of fact and
determining them to be in order, to (1) amend the Iredell County Land Use Plan, and (2)
approve the rezoning request of Case No. 0301-1 (Dalton) from Residential Agricultural &
General Business to General Business Conditional Use District.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays -- 0.
Chairman Johnson declared the meeting to be in a public hearing and requested
all persons desiring to speak in reference to Case No. 0212-4 to come forward and be
sworn in.
Case No. 0212-4: Thomas S. Wilson, the Applicant for the Lake Norman
Airport Property, Requests an Amendment to a Heavy Manufacturing Conditional
Use District Zoning and to Rezone a Portion of Property located at 149 Yeager
Road in Mooresville, NC, from Residential Agricultural (RA) and Single Family
Residential (R-20) to Heavy Manufacturing Conditional Use District (M-2 CUD)
(PIN#4638-62-0564): Planning Supervisor Smith said the applicant desired to rezone a
small piece of property (.21 acres) from RA and R-20 to M-2 CUD and to add new
conditions to an existing M-2 CUD. He said the proposed conditions were:
1. Limit the new M-2 zoning area to:
a. no new construction, paving, or expansion
b. existing paved areas shall be used for parking planes (tie -downs) and only
internal traffic movement
2. Add to the conditions of the M-2 CUD to allow for fuel sales, as approved by the
fire marshal
Smith said the existing land use was an airport surrounded by an airpark, and the
surrounding land uses were residential as well as vacant parcels. Mr. Smith said the staff
had been working with Dr. Wilson, the applicant, this past year in an effort to correct
several zoning violations involving the existing hangars, the buffering, and the M-2
conditions. Smith said the change in the conditions and the rezoning request would help to
correct the violations. He said the rezoning would allow Dr. Wilson to have a buffer that
was basically non-existent at the present. Smith said the proposed change in the existing
conditions concerned the fuel tank that was on the property. He said Dr. Wilson had
appealed the staffs interpretation of the zoning violations, but the board of adjustment had
upheld the staffs findings. He said the planning board on January 8, 2003, unanimously
recommended approval of the requests.
Mac Oueen expressed concerns about the property values for the residents and their
quality of life. Queen said he was not in favor of granting the rezoning request for the
"triangular" section, and he would limit the fuel sales to one tank containing 100 low -lead
at one location. (He also mentioned that he didn't believe any of the residents had ever
received "deeded lake access" on their deeds.)
Rick Gamble said he was opposed to any "commercialization" at the airpark, and he
was at the meeting on behalf of the Grand Bay Homeowners Association. Gamble
distributed a letter signed by Shannon Marshall, the President of the Association, requesting
that any zoning or rezoning requests be denied that might lead to further commercialization
of the airpark.
Jake Atteberry said he wanted uses at the airpark that benefited his property. Mr.
Atteberry said that at the planning board meeting, he requested that a gate be placed at the
fuel tank entrance. He said a letter had been sent to the commissioners from Sheriff Phil
Redmond regarding security concerns at the fuel area.
John Schroeder said he was in favor of the rezoning request. He said it involved an
"honest attempt to resolve some issues that could be blamed on both sides." Mr. Schroeder
said he didn't see any problems with the fuel sales, and he would simply say "aviation fuel