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Hal Jolly: Felt some people in the audience had the wrong
understanding of the new classification. Stated that recently much
land had been zoned R-20 and this eliminates any mobile homes.
Felt that people were not against mobile homes, but that they
didn't want them clustered together.
Bert Hodgton: Advised that he worked with a company called
Acreage Investments, a developer for the manufactured home
industry. Stated the proposal, as written, would make it difficult
for a developer to make any profit. Felt that appearance criteria
was a good idea and this helped to keep property values up.
Requested the matter be tabled and looked at more closely.
Allen Kingsley Division Sales Manager for Liberty Mobile
Homes: Requested that the commissioners allow the institute to
assist in drafting any new amendments.
Leon Gray: Advised that if you buy a 76 ft. mobile home and
install a carport on it a person would need a 300 ft. lot. Did not
feel it would be fair to ask a person wanting a mobile home to buy
approximately four times as much acreage as a regular stick -built
house.
Eric Holly: Stated he worked for a mobile home company in
Iredell County. Advised that his customers didn't want to live in
a "trashy" area. Mentioned that land was scarce enough already and
that if the zoning classification was passed, as written, it would
"wipe out an industry."
Chairman Haire adjourned the public hearing.
Commissioner Johnson said he concurred that the way the
classification was written that there appeared to be an inequity
between conventional housing and manufactured.
MOTION by Commissioner Johnson to table the matter.
Commissioner Boone mentioned that in the past year many people
had been requesting R-20 zoning. About 12,000-13,000 acres had
been rezoned. Boone advised that if this trend continued that most
of the county would be R-20. The intent of the Board was to look
at the possibility of more zoning choices.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
Chairman Haire requested that Commissioners Johnson and Boone
serve on a committee, along with the planning staff, and the
manufactured mobile home industry, to most and work on a zoning
proposal.
DISCUSSION OB BRAWLEY SCHOOL ROAD LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Mr.
Allison explained that on June 24, 1996, the board of commissioners
had asked the planning staff to submit a copy of this plan to the
Planning Board for its review and consideration as to the
implementation of a plan of this type. The questions and answers
used by the Planning Staff/Board to study this issue are as
follows:
1. Question: Should the County consider adopting a plan of this type?
Answer: It would be appropriate to use the technical data from this
plan and whatever else that may be deemed relevant to the
County's Zoning Ordinance and Land Development Plan.
2. Question: Should the County consider establishing separate zoning,
subdivision, and watershed guidelines for an area such as the
WSIV-Critical Area of Lake Norman?