HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1396 (2)PLANNING STAFF REPORT - CASE NO. 0612-1
OWNER /APPLICANT: Page Distributing Company, Inc
150 Stratford Court
Winston-Salem, NC 27113
(336) 724-0727
LOCATION: Southeast corner of River Highway and McCrary Road in Mooresville, NC;
more specifically identified as PIN#s 4637-39-0694 and 4637-39-0966 Directions: West
on River Highway from Mooresville; property on left at McCrary Road intersection.
REOUESTED ACTION: Rezone subject parcels from SC and GB -CUD, Shopping
Center and General Business Conditional Use to GB, General Business.
PROPOSED USE: Any and all GB uses.
SIZE: 12.33 acres.
EXISTING LAND USE: Vacant.
SURROUNDING LAND USE: Commercial uses surround site, with vacant land to east
along River Highway.
WATERSHED REGULATIONS: The subject parcels is located within the WSIV
Critical Area.
TRAFFIC: A section of River Highway just west of the Catawba River bridge had an
average of 18,000 vehicles per day in 2005; according to the 1993 Iredell County
Thoroughfare Plan, this section of River Highway has a carrying capacity of 10,500
vehicles per day.
ZONING HISTORY: The subject parcels were rezoned from RA, when countywide
zoning took effect in 1990, to SC and GB -CUD in January of 1995 as part of the River
Park Development. Several parcels situated west and northwest of the intersection of
River Highway and McCrary Road were rezoned to General Business in July of 1987.
Three parcels located north of River Highway were rezoned Highway Business in
September of 1985. The adjacent parcels to the south and east were included as part of the
River Park Development when rezoned to RO-CUD, GB -CUD and SC in January of 1995.
In January of 1997, the RO-CUD was rezoned to RO and in November of 2005 a small
portion of RO just west of River Park Road was rezoned to SC.
STAFF COMMENTS: The subject parcels were rezoned as part of the River Park
Development in December of 1994. The River Highway corridor has experienced
significant growth in commercial development in response to continued residential
development along Lake Norman. The River Highway Corridor Plan identifies this area as
suitable for future commercial development. The applicant has chosen the GB District
classification, which allows for a greater range of commercial uses than allowed under the
current SC designation, and intends to market the property as broadly as possible. Several
adjacent parcels are zoned GB and staff recommends in favor of this request.
PLANNING BOARD ACTION: On December 6, 2006, the Planning Board voted 9-0 to
recommend approval of this request and to advise that it is consistent with the River
Highway Corridor Plan.
No one desired to speak, and Chairman Norman adjourned the hearing.
OTION by Commissioner Williams to approve of the zoning map amendment and to make
a ftiding that approval is consistent with the adopted River Highway Corridor Plan and that said
approval is reasonable and in the public interest due to its consistency with the River Highway
Corridor Plan; as a result, said approval furthers the goals and objectives of the River Highway
Corridor Plan.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
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