HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1111 (2)property was vacant at the present, and the surrounding uses were vacant and commercial. He
said the property was adjacent General Business zoned property and it was shown in the Iredell
County Land Use Plan as being in a commercial node. He said the staff recommended approval,
and on April 2, 2003, the planning board unanimously voted in favor of the request.
Jan Woodside, representing the property owners, offered to answer any questions
No one else desired to speak, and Chairman Johnson adjourned the hearing.
OTIO by Commissioner Madison to grant the rezoning request of Case No. 0304-3
(Lackey & Bustle) from Residential Agricultural to General Business Zoning District.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Chairman Johnson declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
Proposed U.S. Highway 70 East Corridor Study (Update to the Iredell County Land
Use Plan): Smith said this type of plan was one of the recommendations from the Balanced
Growth Committee. He said several months ago, the board of commissioners agreed to
designate industrial areas in the county to aid the tax base and to provide employment
opportunities. Smith said the industrial designation priority, along with the planned Department
of Transportation (DOT) realignment, were some of the reasons behind the Hwy. 70 study. He
said the roadway was a major connector between Statesville and Salisbury, and the Norfolk -
Southern Railway had a track that ran parallel to it. Smith said the proposed DOT improvements
consisted of five lanes, with the portion in Iredell County costing $29 million.
Topics included in the study and summarized by Smith were:
Factors and Issues Influencing the Future Land Use Plan for the Corridor
• The railroad line that parallels the north side of the existing US 70 alignment.
• The widening of the existing US 70 and alignment adjoining the Beaver Farms Development.
• The relocation of US 70 on a new, approximately four mile long alignment to the south.
• The bisecting of the Statesville Business Park by the new alignment.
• The location of the six significant concentrated residential areas.
Land Use Plan (Major Land Use Categories)
• Residential
• Residential -Agricultural
• Consumer Commercial
• industrial and Future Industrial
• Proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD)
• Transitional Area
The study contained the following "principles" that were recommended to be observed in the
implementation of the future land use plan.
1. Future rezonings to commercial or industrial to "fill in"or create the proposed new zoning
districts should take into consideration the boundary relationships with land that is designated
or used for residential or institutional purposes. Conditional use zoning may be indicated in
order to ensure proper boundary relationships between commercial -industrial developments
and adjoining residential or institutional uses.
2. Site plan review should concentrate on controlling the number and spacing of "curb cuts," the
need for acceleration -deceleration lanes, and the relationship of those elements with existing
and proposed street intersections and median breaks, particularly on the relocated US 70 East.
In addition, site plan review should ensure proper boundary relationships between unlike
uses.
3. For both areas designated for shopping, the rezoning and site plan review process should not
only focus on 1 and 2 above, but also require, in so far as possible, that the areas be
developed as a unit with planned and shared ingress, egress and parking and coordinated
architectural design and signage.
4. In order to prevent through traffic on the new US 70 from using Bell Farm Road as a "short-
cut" to access I-40, the design of traffic circulation of any future shopping center at the
convergence of the old US 70 and new US 70 should be such that a direct new US 70 — Bell
Farm Road connection is prevented.