HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1267 (2)TRAFFIC: In 2004 there was an average of 11,000 vehicles per day on this
stretch of Charlotte Highway, with a carrying capacity of 10,500 according to the
Iredell County Thoroughfare Plan.
ZONING HISTORY: The subject parcel has been zoned RA since countywide
zoning took effect in 1990.
STAFF COMMENTS: The applicants plan to utilize 18 acres of the subject
property to construct a 125,000 square -foot building for wholesale and
distribution of building products (primarily insulation). The remainder of the
property will be developed for other office, service, and retail businesses yet to be
determined. This request is for property that is part of the "General Business
Conditional Use District" of the Exit 42 Small Area Plan. The applicants are
proposing conditions that are consistent with the instructions in the Exit 42 Small
Area Plan and that have been implemented as part of other rezonings along the
Charlotte Highway corridor. Should rezoning be approved and the project
commences, the Zoning Ordinance will require a minimum 30 -foot buffer be
maintained against all residentially zoned property; this setback must also include
a screening device to separate the land uses. Staff finds this request in order due
to its consistency with the Exit 42 Small Area Plan objectives and would therefore
recommend in favor.
PLANNING BOARD ACTION: On July 5, 2006 the Planning Board voted
unanimously (8-0) to recommend approval of this request and to advise that it is
consistent with the Exit 42 Small Area Plan.
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Attorney Bedford Cannon, representing the land owners, said he was available to respond
to any questions.
Commissioner Johnson asked if the developers had talked to the state transportation
officials about turn lanes.
Cannon said he would envision tum lanes. He said the property was subject to the
Department of Transportation's overlay, and the road frontage consisted of approximately 1,230
feet (Smith and Superior Properties tracts).
No one else desired to speak, and Chairman Tice adjourned the hearing.
OTIO by Commissioner Robertson to approve the proposed zoning map amendment
and to make a finding that approval is consistent with the adopted Exit 42 Small Area Plan and
that said approval is reasonable and in the public interest due to its consistency with the Exit 42
Small Area Plan; as a result, said approval furthers the goals and objectives of the Exit 42 Small
Area Plan.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
OTIO by Commissioner Robertson to approve the Conditional Use Findings of Fact.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing and requested all persons
desiring to speak in regards to the conditional uses of Case No. 0607-3 to proceed to the dais for
the administering of the oaths.
Case No. 0607-3: Pamela Edwards Ford Requests to Rezone Property from Single
Family Residential to Highway Business Conditional Use District: Planning Supervisor
Warren described the staff report for this request as follows: