HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1086 (2)Proposed Amendment to the Iredell County Zoning Ordinance; SR50 —
Wireless Telecommunication Towers, Ron Smith, representing the Berkley Group:
Planning Supervisor Steve Warren said this was a privately initiated text amendment, but
the staff and planning board felt it had "good technical sense." He said a Berkley Group
representative had requested to speak, but the person was unable to attend the meeting.
Warren said the amendment centered around one key point that would give some
flexibility to the cell tower provision. He said the change would decrease the required
setback from the current ordinance providing the applicant's engineers certified the fall
zone radius around the tower. Warren said a lesser setback would be allowed, if the
engineer could show the tower would collapse within the ratio. He said the ordinance
would still require the tower to be at least 500 ft. away from existing residences, but a
lesser setback could be granted upon engineers' certification. Mr. Warren said the
applicant had requested for the case to be continued until the next meeting date.
No one else desired to speak.
OTIO by Chairman Tice to continue the public hearing to the next scheduled
meeting.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
Proposed Amendment to the Iredell County Zoning Ordinance; Including
the Addition and Revision of Various Definitions to the "Defmitions" Section &
Revisions to the following uses: restaurant & bar, bona fide farm, farm buildings,
farm type enterprises, kennels/animal shelters/grooming, landclearing and inert
debris (LCID) landfills, and rural commercial recreational facilities: Planner
Richard McHargue said the planning board last fall appointed a subcommittee to work
with the staff on amendments to the zoning ordinance. McHargue said the revisions
were offered to provide clarification on definitions and to give the staff and public some
guidance when dealing with application permits. He said Article XIV was new, and it
brought out the definition section that was buried in the ordinance text.
Planner McHargue said the planning board took action on the amendments at the
February meeting and approved the Statement of Land -Use Plan as follows: "The
amendments are consistent with the Land Use Plan's purpose of serving as a policy guide
in making future recommendations dealing with the growth and development of the
county; specifically, these Amendments are consistent with the plan's recommendation
that the Zoning Ordinance text undergo a comprehensive review and expansion of its
various junctions. "
Commissioner Johnson said at the briefing, he had indicated some verbiage that
might be acceptable for the bona fide farm amendment. He asked McHargue if anything
different had been drafted.
McHargue said that in the bona fide farm section, there were four criteria. He
said one way to address some of the concerns from the briefing session was to keep
requirements 1, 2, and 3 and break out requirement 4 as a statement to read'as such: "If
the applicant can not meet requirements 1, 2, or 3 above, the applicant or owner has the
option of applying for bona fide farm status by showing that the applicant has farm
income by submitting the previous years' farm schedule form from the owner's Federal
Income Tax Return."
Johnson said he could agree to the suggestion. He said as long as there was an
understanding that they were not required to do this, that if they could meet any of the
other requirements, they would be looked at first. He said if they could not meet the
requirements, it was their option to submit the information. Johnson said it would
eliminate problems the board members had to resolve a few years ago.
No one else desired to speak, and Chairman Tice adjourned the public hearing.
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