HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0366Johnson then gave a brief summary on the events that had transpired concerning the Exit 42
issue. He said an Exit 42 Committee was formed to study the area and develop a land use plan. A
plan was developed and it was sent to the Troutman Planning Board. The Troutman Planning Board
adopted the plan and it was sent to the Troutman Town Board. The Troutman Town Board then
rejected the recommendations of its own planning board, and instead, adopted a plan that called for
more restrictive commercial development and for increased residential development. This plan, the
one created by the Troutman Town Board, then went before the Iredell County Planning Board
where it was unanimously defeated. Next, Johnson said the plan was presented to the Iredell County
Board of Commissioners where several revisions were made before it was adopted. Johnson said
the board ofcommissioners was criticized for making the revisions; however, he said the county was
only abiding by what was initially approved by the Troutman Planning Board. He further said the
board of commissioners had actually followed the recommendations of the Exit 42 Committee, the
Troutman Planning Board, and the Iredell County Planning Board.
Commissioner Johnson said he opposed the House bill, and he wanted it known that the
people residing in the Exit 42 area were Iredell County residents and they had a right to conduct
business, on their property, the way they saw fit. Mr. Johnson said he intended to call Senator
Cunningham and Senator Forrester and express his opposition to the legislation.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
REZONING REQUEST; GEORGE & JOYCE A. ECKART, APPLICANTS FOR
THE BARBARA DAVIDSON PROPERTY, CASE NO. 0102-1 FROM RESIDENTIAL.
AGRICULTURAL TO NB & HB(CUD), NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS & HIGHWAY
CONDITIONAL USE DISTRICT: Planning Supervisor Smith said the applicants were requesting
to rezone six acres located at 941 Old Mountain Road (near Buffalo Shoals Road/Kyles Crossroads
in Statesville, NC (PIN # 4722-28-1180). He said the existing land use was residential and open
space. Smith said the applicants had voluntarily established the conditional uses as a part of the
rezoning request. He said the conditions would offset any "negative externalities," and the staff felt
the request, as petitioned, would be in agreement with the 1997 Future Land Use Plan. Smith said
that on February 7, 2001, the planning board approved the request, with the following conditions
in a 7-2 vote.
Highway Business Conditional Uses for Mini -Warehouse Storage Business:
1) To be used for a mini -warehouse storage business including an area for outside storage.
2) Business Operation: Shall not allow any noise generating uses in the mini -warehouse units.
3) Lighting: All lighting shall be positioned so the primary cone of illumination shall not
extend beyond the property lines along Old Mountain Highway or Buffalo Shoals Road
and shall be directed inward, and shall not create glare on residentially zoned property.
4) Traffic Control:
i. One (1) Driveway access on Buffalo Shoals Road.
ii. No provision for cut-thru traffic.
5) Signage: Mini -Warehouse Sign Specifications: Sign copy 80 sq. ft. maximum. Sign lighting
to be either back or external (internal lighting prohibited).
6) Screening: A solid wall, or fence, or vegetative (trees, bushes, or shrubs) screening to 8'
height shall provide 90% visual screening along Buffalo Shoals Road and any adjacent
properties zoned for residential use at the time of mini -warehouse construction
(screening not required at driveway access).
George Eckart, one of the applicants for the owners, offered to answer any questions.
No one else spoke, and Chairman Tice adjourned the hearing.