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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0957the county. Mr. Austin said the grant criteria also stipulated that selected homes had to be owned by low-income individuals (50% of the area's median income based on family size). He said all federal and state regulations dealing with lead-based paints, housing quality standards, and building standards had to be met. Austin said the application was due January 6, 2003, and that around Easter, the county would be ready to start spending the money. Lastly, Austin said a selection committee needed to be established to select the homes to be repaired. Chairman Johnson said he understood Benchmark would complete the application and design an evaluation system for the home selection. Austin said most counties used a point -rating system with preference given to the elderly and handicapped. He said the board would also need to determine whether or not mobile homes would eligible for improvements. Chairman Johnson asked about the complaint process. Austin said due process would be given to anyone having a complaint. He said all information would be confidential, and the applicants would have to follow a complaint process. Commissioner Williams asked the maximum amount that could be applied per house. Austin said it could vary. He said $25,000 was one cut-off limit, but if lead-based paint problems were found, the costs could escalate ($40,000). Mr. Austin said another limit was $29,999 and licensed contractors would be needed on the projects costing more than this amount. He said written permission had to be obtained from the State, if estimates revealed a home needed $30,000 worth of repairs. No one else desired to speak, and Chairman Johnson adjourned the hearing. (No action was needed and a second public hearing on the scattered site housing program will be held December 17.) Chairman Johnson declared the meeting to be in a public hearing in reference to Case No. 0211-1. C. Wilson & Norma White (Case No. 0211-1): Request for Approval of an Amendment to the Land Use Plan and a Rezoning from R-20, Single Family Residential to HB, Highway Business District (Location: 406 Turnersburg Hwy., Statesville, NC): Planning Supervisor Smith said the applicants desired to rezone their property (3.57 acres / PIN#4746-40-2497) from R-20 to HB. He said the existing land use was for a hardware store and the surrounding properties were in institutional, residential, and vacant uses. Smith said the site had been used as a commercial property since the 1940s, and the property to the east was located in Statesville's extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction. Mr. Smith said contact had been made with the city planning staff, and no opposition was voiced about the zoning change. He said the planning board recommended approval in a unanimous vote on November 6, 2002. Wilson White said he had owned the property since the early 1980s, and the property had been in commercial use since the 1940s. He said during the 1990 county- wide zoning, no one noticed the property was already being used for commercial purposes. Mr. White said no changes were being requested for the business, and he was simply trying to correct the zoning classification. No one else desired to speak and Chairman Johnson adjourned the hearing. OTIO by Commissioner Williams to amend the Land Use Plan as it applies to Case No. 0211-1 (C. Wilson & Norma White property). VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays -- 0.