HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1250 (2)WATERSHED REGULATIONS: The subject parcel is located within the WSIV
Critical Area.
TRAFFIC: In 2003, there was an average of 6,800 vehicles per day on this
section of Perth Road. According to the Iredell County Thoroughfare Plan, Perth
Road has a carrying capacity of 12,000 vehicles per day.
ZONING HISTORY: The subject parcel has been zoned RA since countywide
zoning took effect in 1990.
STAFF COMMENTS: The applicant seeks to have the subject parcel rezoned
from RA to RO-CUD with the condition that the only use to occupy the property
will be an office for insurance/finance/real estate services. This property is near
the comer of Lakeshore School Road. With the recent alignment of Perth Road
with Doolie Road at the River Highway intersection, this area has opened up to
commercial development; indeed, the Small Area Plan stated that "Once this
intersection is realigned it will be necessary to reexamine the recommendations
for this node." The Town of Mooresville has annexed much of this area for a
future shopping center near River Highway. The Town has also annexed 19 acres
on the east side of Lakeshore School Road. This pattern of development was
recognized as a future possibility in the River Highway Small -Area Plan in 2000.
With the conditions proposed and the growing transitional nature of this corridor,
staff would recommend the amendment to the River Highway Small -Area Plan
(Transitional) and approval of the rezoning request.
PLANNING BOARD ACTION: On June 7, 2006 the Planning Board voted 8-2
to: 1) recommend amendment of the River Highway Small -Area Plan; and 2)
recommend in favor of this request and to advise that it is consistent with the
River Highway Small -Area Plan.
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Commissioner Johnson asked Mr. Warren if this part of Perth Road in the future would be
undesirable for residential uses.
Warren said it was a "foregone conclusion" the area in the future would be primarily
commercial.
Thomas Brett Sawver, the owner/applicant, said he and his wife had owned the property
(Sawyer Insurance) for about five years, and his parents first purchased it in the 1980s. He said
the road traffic was primarily through -traffic, and the request had strict limitations.
No one else desired to speak, and Chairman Tice adjourned the hearing
OTIby Commissioner Williams to amend the River Highway Small Area Plan.
MOTIO by Commissioner Williams to approve the proposed amendment and to make
a finding that approval is consistent with the adopted River Highway Small -Area Plan and that
said approval is reasonable and in the public interest due to its consistency with the River
Highway Small -Area Plan; as a result, said approval furthers the goals and objectives of the
River Highway Small -Area Plan.
OTIO by Commissioner Williams to approve the Conditional Use Findings of Fact.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0 (all three motions)
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing, and requested all persons
desiring to speak in reference to Case No 0606-03, and its conditional uses, to come forward for
the administering of the oaths.