HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0197IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
MARCH 16, 2004
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on
Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center
(Commissioners' Meeting Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Doug Madison
Marvin Norman
Sara Haire Tice
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope,
Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Johnson.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Norman.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTION by Chairman Johnson to
adjust the agenda by the following actions.
Addition to Agenda: Mr. Raymond Cole was Allowed to Address the Board
Regarding a Zoning Hardship Case
Deletion from Aeenda: A Request from the Health Department for the Allocation
of Bioterrorism Grant Revenue of 5103,044
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
MR. RAYMOND COLE DISCUSSES A ZONING HARDSHIP CASE:
Mr. Cole, a resident of 248 Cedar Ridge Loop, in Statesville, said his family had
recently suffered a double loss. He said that in early February, a house fire claimed the
life of his father-in-law. Mr. Cole said his mother-in-law, Betty Seymore, survived,-
however,
urvived;however, her home was totally destroyed. He said Mrs. Seymore had received an
insurance payout, but it was not enough to construct a stick -built home. He said that to
complicate matters even further, Mrs. Seymore had property in an R-20 zoned district,
and this prohibited her from placing a mobile home on the site. Mr. Cole continued by
saying his mother-in-law was 65 years old, with numerous health problems, and she was
coping with the loss of her husband, her home, and her belongings. He asked for the
board's assistance in finding a way to allow Mrs. Seymore to locate a double -wide
mobile home on her property that was located on Odell Road in Statesville.
Commissioner Williams said he recalled a recent hardship case where an
allowance was approved.
Planning Supervisor Smith said there was an allowance for a hardship mobile
home in an R-20 district; however, the Statesville airport expansion was a factor in the
case. Smith said the amendment approved in this particular case might possibly be
retrofitted to aid Mrs. Seymore. Mr. Smith said he had visited Mrs. Seymore's property
and noted there was some RU -R property, consisting of mostly mobile homes, to the
south. He said the RU -R area abutted the R-20 general area, but not directly to Mrs.
Seymore's property. Smith said one option to assist Mrs. Seymore would be rezone her
property to RU -R or RA.
Commissioner Madison asked if the board members could legally provide any
immediate assistance.