HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1996 (2)Chairman Haire adjourned the public hearing.
MOTION by Commissioner Boone to grant the petitioner's request to withdraw this
rezoning matter.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
Chairman Haire declared the meeting to be in public hearing session.
REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND
REZONING: JAMES H. & PATRICIA C. JONES AND JONES FARMSTEAD
NURSERY/ GARDEN SHOP INC., PROPERTY, CASE NO. 9810-1: Mr. Allison said the
applicants were requesting to rezone their property from Residential Agricultural to Highway
Business Conditional Use and amend the Land Development Plan. The 10.3 acre site is located
off Brawley School Road near Picardy Place & Canvasback Road; more specifically identified as
PIN#s 4636992754, 4636897831, 4636898922, and 4636895774. The proposed use would be for
a garden center. Allison continued by saying the property was 500' south of a
transitional/commercial area (Land Development Plan) and the conditional use of the property
(garden center) would significantly limit the future use. Mr. Allison said that if the request were
approved, an amendment to the Land Development Plan would be required. He also mentioned
the board might wish to consider the time of the project due to traffic congestion and other concerns.
On October 7, 1998, the Iredell County Planning Board unanimously (9-0 vote) recommended an
amendment to the Land Development Plan and approval of the rezoning request.
Cliff Homesley. an attorney for Lisa and David Doss (DOSS Garden Center. LLC),
distributed a booklet of photographs showing the existing use for the property. Homesley said the
Doss family was from Georgia and they had many years of experience in the operation of a garden
center. (A contract has been entered into with the Jones family for purchase of the property.) There
is an existing nonconforming greenhouse business currently on the site, and Homesley said it was
arguable that someone could come in and resume the business as it was operated in the past. Mr.
Homesley said the Doss' intended to invest a substantial amount of money in improving the
property and they were asking for an amendment to the Land Development Plan. The amendment
would be to put the property into the transitional node and then to zone the property (conditional
use). Homesley said the proposed site plan added very little to what already existed at the site. He
also mentioned there was a house on the property and there was an idea to expand it for a total of
5000 sq. ft. of retail space. Mr. Homesley said the Doss' planned to preserve the area for agricultural
use and this would serve as a nice buffer between the residential area and the commercial sites (near
Williamson Road). He went on to say the 1109 corridor was being developed heavily commercial
and there were concerns about Brawley School Road being a dead-end road. He noted that
residential development continued at a heavy pace, and the homeowners needed nearby places to
buy goods and services.
David Doss then spoke, and said he hoped to have the opportunity to operate the garden
center in Mooresville.
No one else spoke regarding the matter.
Chairman Haire adjourned the public hearing.
MOTION by Commissioner Fortner to postpone the decision on this request until the
November 17, 1998 meeting.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
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