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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
WINTER PLANNING SESSION MINUTES
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2005
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met for a Winter Planning Session
on Friday, February 25, 2005, at 8:00 a.m., in the Agricultural Resource Center
(Conference Rooms I & 2), 444 Bristol Drive, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Steve D. Johnson
Marvin Norman
Ken Robertson
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Support Services Director Jim
Vernon, Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, Cooperative Extension Director
Ken Vaughn, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
Planning/Zoning Issues
Joining the commissioners for this segment of the meeting were Planning &
Enforcement Director Lynn Niblock, Planning Supervisor Steve Warren, Planner
William Allison, and Planner Whitney Hodges.
Warren & Associates Study of South Iredell: Planning Supervisor Warren
gave a brief overview of the findings (demographics, employment, and land demand
forecasts) in the south Iredell study. He said the area studied included 34 census blocks,
or approximately 186 sq. miles with 70% of the property being in the county's
jurisdiction.
Stormwater Runoff: Warren said there had been a few complaints from
residents in the Lake Norman area about stormwater runoff. He said that for the most
part, the people complaining had "view" lots near the lake and water from higher
elevations was "washing out" parts of their property. Warren said counties across the
state typically did not have ordinances to remedy the situation, and in most cases the
problems were resolved in court.
Commissioner Robertson added that silt was also a problem.
Commissioner Johnson said he had visited some of the areas with the problems
and the property owners had legitimate complaints.
Warren then presented the following solutions that might help to alleviate some
of the stormwater problems.
• Prohibit curb and gutter systems in the critical area of the Lake Norman
Watershed (1/2 mile from any portion of the lake)
• Prohibit curb and gutter in the critical area of the Lake Norman Watershed, unless
more than 50% of the run-off discharges directly into a USGS (United States
Geological Survey) recognized annual or perennial stream
• Adopt an ordinance addressing stormwater and contract out engineering services
for plans review and assistance with enforcement
• Amend the subdivision ordinance to provide some guidelines; require developers
to provide some guidelines; require developers to get a grading permit from the
county; and contract out engineering services to assist