HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1612 (2)CASE NO. 0706-1
OWNERIAPPLICANT Susan M Brooks
131 Twilight Lane
Statesville, NC 28677
LOCATION 161 Triplett Road, more specifically PIN# 4773-62-3066. Directions: US
Highway 70 east, right on Triplett Road, on the left at the corner of the new section of US
Highway 70.
REQUESTED ACTION: Rezone the property from RA, Residential Agricultural Zoning
District to GB, General Business Zoning District.
PROPOSED USE. Produce market.
SIZE: The property is 1.3 acres.
EXISTING LAND USE. Vacant.
SURROUNDING LAND USE: Residential, agricultural, and vacant.
WATERSHED REGULATIONS: This property is not located in a watershed.
TRAFFIC: According to the 1993 Iredell County Thoroughfare Plan, the capacity for this
stretch of US Highway 70 is 10,500 vehicles per day and 8, 000 for Triplett Road. In 2005, the
estimated daily traffic count for US Highway 70 was 11,000 vehicles per day and 1,400
vehicles per day for Triplett Road. The State is currently in the process of re-routing and
widening US Highway 70. This property will have frontage on the new stretch of US
Highway 70. The proposed capacity of the new US Highway 70 route is 26,000 vehicles per
day.
ZONING HISTORY. This property has been zoned RA since County -wide zoning went into
effect in 1990. The property that adjoins this lot was rezoned to GB on December 4, 2006
The property to the north was rezoned to GB in 1996 and 2004.
STAFF COMMENTS: The area is in the midst of transition due to new highway construction
slated for completion next summer. Approximately 200 linear feet of the applicant's property
fronts the new US Highway 70 right-of-way. It is anticipated by staff that owners of frontage
properties will continue to request zoning changes in anticipation of the road improvements.
This particular tract also has frontage on Triplett Road. The US 70 East Corridor Plan
identifies this area as suitable for future industrial expansion. The applicant has chosen the
GB District classification which allows many business uses including some light industrial
uses. A GB District lies to the north, across the new Highway 70 right-of-way and to the south
and east of this property. Planning staff recommends in favor of this request. This property is
more suitable for future GB uses based on the US 70 East Corridor Plan, the road
improvements, and the nearby zoning districts and land uses.
PLANNING BOARD ACTION: On June 6, 1007, the Planning Board voted 8-0 to recommend
approval of this request and to advise that it is consistent with the US 70 East Corridor Plan.
No one else desired to speak.
OTION by Commissioner Tice to approve the zoning map amendment and to make a
finding that the approval was consistent with the adopted US 70 East Corridor Plan and that said
approval is reasonable and in the public interest due to its consistency with the US 70 East
Corridor Plan; as a result, said approval furthers the goals and objectives of the US 70 East
Corridor Plan.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Case No. 0706-2: Agent Bedford Cannon (Attorney) on behalf of Owner/Applicant
EJJ Holdings, LTD; the Great Brittany Trading Company; Mooresville Church of God
Seventh Day, Independent; Piedmont Landco, LLC; and Superior Properties of Iredell
Limited Partnership to Rezone Properties from Residential Agricultural, General Business
Conditional Use District & Neighborhood Business to Highway Business Conditional Use
District: Planning Director Smith said five property owners were involved in this case. He said