HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0697Crescent Resources, Town of Mooresville, various county department heads and other agencies met
to develop the plan. He said the current land use plan had failed to guide rezoning decisions. Mr.
Smith said there had been 1700 recorded lots since 1990, plus several hundred had been platted but
not yet recorded, along with 700 vested Crescent
esources I Smith said an updated plan was
also needed due to the n wLowe's Corporate Center. Smith said the encroachment by the Town of
Mooresville was another factor to be considered.
Mr. Smith said a public input meeting was held at Bawley Middle School and
approximately 60 residents attended. He said that on March 6, 2002, the planning board
recommended approval of the plan.
Smith e major categories
facilities) along with tthe esix h nodes e (residential, nstitutiioonal„rtcommerspoation cial,lsmixed use l'c
commercial, transitional, and mixed use — transitional) in the plan.
Commissioner Johnson said citizens should have their property rights, but not to the
extent that others were prohibited from traveling. He said that some of the initial
recommendations in the Exit 42 plan would be beneficial for the peninsula. He said a
highway criteria
lan with tsirtirandopriate or the earhiatoal review, limiting thezeand compsion of signs, setbacks.Johnson said
he understood that one of the criteria that would be considered in the future if someone
requested a rezoning on the peninsula would be traffic. He said that if a rezoning request had
a tendency to draw traffic, it would be looked at less favorably.
down.” Smith said the "current scenario was a blank canvas and the plan would scale it
Commissioner Ray said she understood that any new commercial development in the
referenced areas would be looked at on an individual basis.
Smith said this was correct. He said the small area plan was trying to "better the
peninsula." Mr. Smith said the recommendations had to be placed in an implementation
phase, and at that point, the logistics and design standards would be reviewed. He said a
new Roadway Protection Overlay would probably be developed.
Johnson said the commissioners had some control over land use, but as far as
transportation issues were concerned, improvements were achieved through the State
Department of Transportation.
Commissioner Williams said he felt the Lake Norman Rural Planning Organization
(RPO) might have some impact on transportation improvements.
Smith said the coalition of counties in the Lake Norman RPO would be helpful in
lobbying for road improvements.
Commissioner Bowles asked how Iredell County would convince the other RPO
members that our transportation needs were greater.
Smith said he understood that an "overall benefit" would be considered by the RPO
members.
Chairman Tice said Iredell County was fortunate to have Mr. Frank Johnson on the
North Carolina Board of Transportation.
Tom Sgritta said he was glad that planning was occurring for the peninsula area. Mr.
Sgritta said he was representing his neighbors (approximately 30 people in the audience)
about the possible bridge connecting Oak Tree Road and Doolie Road. He said some type of
connector was investigated in 1963, but the North Carolina Department of Transportation
abandoned the idea. He said that in 1986, a group of people again asked the state if there
were plans for a connector road. Sgritta said the people were told the state had no intentions
of a connector road, so they built and purchased their homes. He said that in 1997 the
peninsula was discussed by the Mooresville Planning Commission. Mr. Sgritta said the