HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0696recommended approval of the 8.64 acre rezoning. (Planning Board unanimously agreed on March
6, 2002.)
Mr. Wade Blackwelder (applicant) said that in the year 2000, his brother sold some
applied for the Highway Business designation. He said that in an
property, and the new owner app to request the HB zoning. Blackwelder said
effort to help the new owner, he (Blackwelder) agreedvaluation req had nearly tripled. Mr. Blackwelder
that when he received his tax notice the property' had created i hardship.
said he was a 76 -year -old -retiree, and the taxes on the property
No one else spoke, and Chairman Tice adjourned the hearing.
OTIO by Commissioner Williams to grant the rezoning request of Wade and Nancy
Blackwelder (Case #023-2) of 8.64 acres from Highway Business District to Residential
Agricultural.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
(Note: The Iredell County Land Use Development Plan did not need to be amended due to only a
portion of the tract being rezoned. If the entire tract had been rezoned, the land use plan would have been
amended.)
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
Proposed Expansion of a Non -Conforming Use: L. Harold Jorda 3 etesviile NC): Mr.
(Texaco Station), Case No. 0203-3 (Location: 5233 Wilkesboro Hwy.,
Smith said this request had been submitted because ase gallyaople at�ing arnonconformingt4u0s sq.
ft. storage building. Smith said the app
d was
business in a Residential Agricultural area. (The 6 an
lopTexaco
n 1990`) Station
Smith said 7 he property
'•grandfathered" when countywide zoning was acresidential and
consisted of 8.64 acres (PIN# 482 ing a enlargement
He said the surrounding land use hes following four
vacant. Smith said that in granting an enlargement of a nonconforming use,
factors should be considered.
1. The enlargement would not cause substantial harm to adjoining property owners.
2. The enlargement would not result in traffic increases beyond the capacity of the roads
serving the use. noise, odor, or dust,
3. The enlargement would not result in emission of smoke, fumes,
which would be detrimental to the character of the district or the health, safety, or
general welfare of the community.
4. The enlargement would maintain all minimum setbacks and buffer requirements oft e
use district in which said use would be permitted.
Smith said the planning board on March 6, 2002, reviewed the four standards, found them to
be in order, and unanimously recommended approval .
No one else spoke, and Chairman Tice adjourned the hearing.
OT1O by Commissioner Johnson to grant the expansion request involving the
nonconforming use pertaining to Case No. 0203-3 (Jordan).
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
anning
Proposed Small Area Plan for the
Land UsePIan was apPooved iol n 998 as a guide forgrowth
Supervisor Smith said an Iredell Countyroach" and designated certain land use
and development. He said the plan was a "br o brush approach
in the southern end, a more
designations. He said that as the countybegan
specific plan was needed. Mr. Smith said the Bra non School haneeded area
was further by the he Balanced
Growth Committee as he number one site or priority Department of Transportation,
during he Past few months, representatives from a subcommittee of the planning board, Centralina
Council of Governments, Iredell-Statesville Schools, North Carolina Dep