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REQUEST FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TEE IREDELL COUNTY LAND
DEVELOPMENT PLAN (LDP); REZONING REQUEST; CHARLIE C. i ANNIE R.
SHBRRILL PROPERTY, CASE NO. 9611-4s Allison advised the owners
requested to rezone their property from RA, Residential
Agricultural to GB, General Business District and amend the Iredell
County Land Development Plan by identifying this property as a
general commercial node. The property is located at the
intersection of Ostwalt Amity Road and South Main Street/US Hwy
21/115South in Troutman; more specifically identified as Lots 1 &
84, Block A, of Iredell County Tax Map 4F. On November 6, 1996,
the Iredell County Planning Board unanimously recommended approval
of amending the LDP and the rezoning request.
Beatrice Mullis - Owns the Property Across from the Site:
Concerned about what will be situated on the property. Will fast
food restaurants be able to build on the site? Mentioned the area
was a quiet neighborhood. Allison responded that a General
Business district would allow a variety of uses. Restaurants,
convenience stores, etc., would be allowable.
Lynn Sherrill - Parents are Charlie and Annie Sherrill):
Mentioned he owned part of New -South Electric and that since his
business was at the site he desired to help the neighborhood rather
than bringing in businesses that would hurt the area.
MOTION by Commissioner Johnson to amend the Iredell County
Land Development Plan as a General Commercial node.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
MOTION by Commissioner Fortner to rezone the property from RA
to GB as requested.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
Chairman Haire declared the meeting to be in public hearing.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE IREDELL COUNTY LAND
DEVELOPMENT PLAN; REZONING REQUEST; SAMUEL T. HART PROPERTY (TOM &
SANDY MCCURDY - AGENT), CASE NO. 9611-5: Allison stated that on
Monday, November 25, 1996, the applicants notified the planning
office by fax that they desired to withdraw the request.
Chairman Haire adjourned the public hearing.
MOTION by Commissioner Boone to grant the withdrawal request.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
Chairman Haire declared the meeting to be in public hearing
session.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE IREDELL COUNTY ZONING
ORDINANCE; SECTION 61.2(A)(4), PERMITTED SIGN SIZE, SUBMITTED BY
ROBERT H. WILLARD (HORIZON OUTDOOR ADVERTISING INC.): Allison said
that Horizon Outdoor Advertising, Inc. requested that Section
61.2.A.4 (Permitted Sign Size) be amended to increase the height of
advertising signs from "thirty feet as measured from the grade of
the road surface" to fifty feet. On November 6, 1996, the Planning
Board denied the request in a 7-0 vote.
Mr. Robert H. Willard, of Horizon Outdoor Advertising,
Charlotte, N.C., stated the request strictly pertained to the
interstates. He was not asking for anything on county roads.
Also, he was not asking for the size of signs to be changed, or the
spacing of signs be changed. The request deals with the elevation
of the signs. Using diagrams, Willard illustrated his request and
said that signs do not serve a purpose unless they are visible and
readable. Willard said his company could not figure out what was
objectionable to a fifty ft. sign, when a thirty ft. sign was not