HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1194 (2)Chairman Tice explained to the audience that with the withdrawal, the issue or
request could be described as "dead."
Warren agreed. He said that if the applicants wanted to pursue the same type of
request they would have to start from "scratch" (apply to the planning department, place
signs in the affected area, publish legal notices, then the matter would be heard by the
planning board and the board of commissioners).
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
Consideration of an Amendment to the Farmland Preservation Ordinance
(Section 501.1: ): Planning Supervisor Warren said the Farmland Preservation Board
unanimously recommended the following amendment to the farmland preservation
ordinance.
(502.1) An agricultural district shall initially consist of at least 25 or more
contiguous acres of qualifying farmland or be within 1 -mile of an already existing
district or at least two (2) or more qualifying farms, which collectively will create a
district. An agricultural district may be enlarged by adding qualifying, contiguous
farms.
Warren said the ordinance currently required at least 50 contiguous acres of
qualifying land or at least two or more qualifying farms. He said the amendment had
been created to increase farmland acreage in the program and to provide protection for
smaller farms such as poultry and tobacco farms. Additionally, he said the preservation
board wanted to lower the acreage requirement and to allow qualifying parcels within s-
one -mile area to join existing districts.
No one else desired to speak, and Chairman Tice adjourned the hearing.
OTIO by Commissioner Johnson to grant the request of the Farmland
Preservation Board by allowing the ordinance amendment as presented by the planning
supervisor.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing and invited all
persons desiring to speak in reference to Case No. 0605-1, and the conditional uses, to
proceed to the dais for the oaths.
CASE NO. 0605-1: Archie & Glenda Miller Request for Properties to be
Rezoned from Residential Agricultural to General Business Conditional Use
District: Planning Supervisor Warren presented the staff report for this case as
follows:
CASE NO. 0605-1
OWNER /APPLICANT: Archie & Glenda Miller
204 Kendall Road
Troutman, NC 28166
(704) 528-5069
LOCATION: 1113, 1115, and 1119 Charlotte Highway in Troutman, NC;
more specifically identified as PIN#s 4750-02-2529, 4750-02-4696, and 4750-
02-1496. Directions: From Statesville, south on Charlotte Highway under I-
77 overpass at Exit 42; property on left.
REOUESTED ACTION AND CONDITIONS: Rezone subject parcels from
RA, Residential Agricultural to GB -CUD, General Business Conditional Use
District with the following conditions:
• Underground utilities required;
• Roadway Protection Overlay District standards shall apply;
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