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Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
Case No. 0601-1: Dwight Somers, Administrator for the Frances Somers
Estate, Requests to Rezone Property from Residential Agricultural & General
Business to M-2 Heavy Manufacturing District: Planning Supervisor Steve Warren
shared the planning staff report, a copy of which is as follows:
PLANNING STAFF REPORT
CASE NO. 0601-1
OWNER: Frances Somers Estate APPLICANT: Same
(Dwight Somers, Admin.)
1357 Jennings Rd.
Statesville, NC 28625
Phone: (704)876-0494
LOCATION: 1872 West Memorial Highway, Union Grove, NC 28689; more
specifically identified as PIN(s) 4843-92-6587, 4843-924706, and 4843-93-
3019. Directions: North from Statesville on I-77, take Hwy 901 Exit and tum
left. Continue on 901 and turn right onto Union Grove Road directly across
from Union Grove Elementary School. Entrance to subject property is on the
right just past Post Office.
REQUESTED ACTION AND CONDITIONS: Rezone the subject parcels
from RA, Residential Agricultural and GB, General Business, to M-2, Heavy
Manufacturing.
PROPOSED USE: Expansion of existing lumber mill operations
SIZE: 11.86 acres total.
EXISTING LAND USE: Lumber mill.
SURROUNDING LAND USE: Feed Mill, Post Office, Residential,
Agricultural.
WATERSHED REGULATIONS: The subject parcels are located within the
WS -III -Balance watershed.
TRAFFIC: According to NCDOT traffic counts during 2004, this stretch of
Memorial Highway had an average of 6,000 vehicles per day with a carrying
capacity of 9,000.
ZONING HISTORY: This property has been zoned RA and GB since
countywide zoning took effect in 1990.
STAFF COMMENTS: This property has been used as a lumber mill for over
40 years. Countywide zoning took effect in 1990 and, as staff has discovered,
the former GB zoning allowed for lumber yards at that time. This rezoning
would allow the applicant to bring the property into compliance with the
modem zoning code and thereby add a desired lumber shed to the present
operation. Because the subject parcels were largely included in a GB zoning
classification that originally allowed for the lumber mill to operate, the
County's intent of having the property suitably zoned was established early on.
Staff therefore recommends in favor of the request. Statement of Land -Use
Plan Consistency: The Future Land -Use Plan indicates the suitability of
general commercial uses along the Hwy 901 corridor while taking into
consideration all existing land -uses (i.e. the lumber mill) at the time the Plan
was adopted. It should be noted that the Plan shows commercial areas holding
tightly to the Hwy 901 corridor. Hence, if the present rezoning should occur,
this should not be viewed necessarily as a preference for the addition or
expansion of commercial designations on the Land -Use Plan. Therefore,
adjustment to the Land -Use Plan is not recommended at this time.