HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1216 (2)Nr. Jia Benton (Proponent): A ten-year resident of the
Brawley peninsula. Past work experience was in architectural and
planning field. Benton would like to have a master plan for this
area that would maintain and improve living conditions. Mr. Benton
served on the Brawley Land Development Plan and acknowledged that
the plan was a "wish list." Benton stated that people were advised
from the first committee meeting to the last public hearing that
the Town did not have the resources to annex the peninsula.
Annexation would require that the Town provide all municipal
services to all annexed areas within a few months. The peninsula
currently does not have population density to make annexation
feasible or legal. Mr. Benton said he felt the Town wanted the
plan adopted so it could begin coordination of the necessary
planning for water sewer extensions, road and street planning, and
other requirements for the tremendous growth expected in the area.
Mr. Benton advised that the Mooresville Planning Board has four
members appointed by the Iredell County Commissioners to give a
voice on any rezoning matters.
Requested that the plan be approved or at least a moratorium
be placed on pending petitions for rezoning until the plan is
either accepted or rejected.
Dan Scheidt - (Opponent): Resides on the Brawley peninsula.
Schmidt said he was a board of commissioner candidate and the only
one that resides on the peninsula. Mr. Schmidt said the last
fifteen years of his career were devoted to insuring that this
country's constitutional form of government would survive any
holocaust. He stated the issue was not the plan. The real issue
is the transfer of power from one jurisdiction to another.
America's Constitution set up a mechanism whereby citizens could
enjoy life through an elective form of government which gives
everyone a right to vote on the people that govern. The
Constitution provides for justice in the criminal justice process
in a fair and speedy manner. Mr. Schmidt requested that any public
notices about this matter state that the transfer of authority
would be without the right to vote.
Jane Laney - (opponent): Resident (lifelong) of the Brawley
peninsula. Stated that not everyone residing in the area supported
the plan. Laney asked, "Who will pay for it?" The plan mentioned
land would be set aside for schools, parks, sidewalks, and gutters.
"Who will pay for it?" Laney said that anyone that owned a
sizeable amount of land would not realize how much of a tax
increase would occur if the land was rezoned from rural
agricultural to resort residential. She said the plan would force
more development on Brawley School Road. She asked why the
residents needed the plan.
Chairman Haire declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
Request to Amend the Lana Development Plan, Rezoning Request,
Ronnie D. Thompson Property, Case No. 9603-3: William Allison
advised that Mr. Thompson was requesting his property be rezoned
from RA, Residential Agricultural to NB, Neighborhood Business
District. The proposed use of the land is for office retail space.
The property is located on Brawley School Road west of Drys Drive;
more specifically identified as Lot 10 and a portion of Lot 38,
Block A, of Iredell County Tax Map 2K. The property consists of
approximately 6.2 acres. This land is adjacent to commercially
zoned property approved before the County adopted a Land
Development Plan in 1987. The property lies more than 17001 to the
nearest commercial node. The planning staff recommends denial.
On March 6, 1996, the Planning Board recommended the Land
Development Plan be amended to include this property as commercial
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