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BRIEFING MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 6, 2005
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on
Tuesday, September 6, 2005, at 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center
(South Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Sara Haire Tice, Chairman
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Steve Johnson
Ken Robertson
Marvin Norman
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Deputy County Manager Susan
Blumenstein, Assistant County Manager Tracy Jackson, Inspections & Planning
Director Lynn Niblock, Planning Supervisor Steve Warren, Health Director Donna
Campbell, Environmental Health Supervisor Kelly Sheeks, Purchasing Agent Dean
Lail, Social Services Director Don Wall, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
REQUEST FROM THE HARMONY MAYOR AND ALDERMEN FOR
IREDELL COUNTY TO ADMINISTER ZONING INSIDE THE TOWN
LIMITS: Joining the commissioners to discuss this matter were Harmony Mayor
John Ray Campbell and Aldermen Ray Lewis and Robert Moore. Mayor Campbell said
the town board on August 30, 2005 requested that Iredell County administer zoning
within the town's municipal boundaries.
Inspections and Planning Director Niblock said the town did not have any
zoning, and several public hearings would be needed to make the request lawful.
Niblock said some time would be involved in accomplishing the preliminary work, but
after this, he didn't foresee that his office would be impacted that much by enforcing
the town's zoning. He said a land use plan would need to be created, and then zoning
designations would need to be applied. Niblock said rezoning requests would be
handled similarly to the county's method. He said the need for zoning had been
prompted by the town's sewer project and the desire to set aside some areas for
industrial sites.
Chairman Tice said she understood citizens would make their rezoning requests
before the county planning board.
Niblock said it could be the Harmony board or the county's planning board.
Tice mentioned that Harmony would have the final say on the requests.
Niblock said this was correct, especially since the county's planning board was
an advisory body. He said the county's planning board would hear the request and
make a rcommendation to the Harmony Town Board.
Commissioner Williams expressed concerns about the planning board members
having to learn another system.
Niblock said his recommendation would be for the county's ordinance to be
utilized along with current designations, (RA, R-20, NB & HB). He said some of the
county's zoning categories would not be needed in Harmony.
It was the consensus of the board to allow Niblock to work with the Harmony
officials on a land use plan and ordinance with the understanding that the county staff
would enforce the zoning within the town limits.