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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
AUGUST 20, 1996
BRIEFING MINUTES
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, August
20, 1996, 5:00 p.m., for an agenda briefing in the South Wing
Conference Room of the Iredell County Government Center, 200 South
Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were: Chairman Sara K. Haire
Vice Chairman David A. Boone
Steve Johnson
Doug Madison
Alice Stewart
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
Evie Caldwell, Purchasing Agent
William Allison, Planner
Lynn Niblock, Dir. of Planning & Enforcement
Brent Weisner, Tax Assessor
Jean Moore, Clerk to the Board
DISCUSSION OF R-20 MOBILE HONE HARDSHIP CASES$ William
Allison explained that on July 23, 1996, the board of commissioners
asked the planning staff to research procedures in allowing mobile
homes in R-20 zoning areas as a hardship. Using the criteria
already in the present ordinance, i.e., six month temporary permits
that could be renewed, Allison said he didn't think the County
would receive many calls for this type of permit. The Planning
Board in a 7-2 voted to disallow R-20 hardship cases. Commissioner
Johnson asked what would happen if a dilapidated mobile home was
left on a site after a hardship (death in family, etc.) no longer
existed. Allison stated these situations would be hard to police.
If a mobile home was left on a site and the petitioner did not
renew the permit, violation procedures would be initiated. Allison
said some Planning Board members felt that amending the ordinance
would be creating a "Pandora's box," and that people generally move
into R-20 areas to get away from mobile homes.
DISCUSSION OF INTERMEDIATE ZONING CLASSIFICATION$ Allison
advised that the Planning Board agreed on August 7, 1996, in a 5-2
vote to recommend an intermediate zoning classification (RU -R,
Rural Residential District). This action was prompted by a
request of the board of commissioners on July 23, 1996, to review
the matter. This classification would stipulate that a mobile home
could be situated on a lot of two acres or more in size. Also,
that a mobile home could be situated on a lot of less than two
acres in size only if it is at least two -hundred (200 ft.) in
distance from any other mobile home.
Allison indicated he had received several calls from
developers, as well as from the mobile home industry advising of
dissatisfaction with this type of classification.
Commissioner Boone (illustrating with a diagram on blackboard)
indicated that he did not feel the densities in the classification
would create that much of a problem. The separation allowances
could be obtained if the lots were proportioned correctly.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR COMMUNITY BASED
ALTERNATIVES (REMAINING FUNDS): Greg LeTourneau, Youth Services
Task Force Chairman, advised that $24,952 was remaining in CBA
funds for FY 96-97. On August 19, 1996, the Youth Task Force voted
to request that the funds be directed to the Iredell County Youth
Home for the purchase of a new van in the amount of $23,240. (The
HeadsUp Program had also made a request in the amount of $24,952.)