HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1220IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
JUNE 20, 2006
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
June 20, 2006, at 7:00 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center (Commissioners' Meeting
Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Steve Johnson
Marvin Norman
Ken Robertson
Staff present: Acting County Manager Susan Blumenstein, County Attorney Bill Pope, Code
Enforcement & Planning Director Lynn Niblock, Planning Supervisor Steve Warren, Planner Rebecca
Harper, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Johnson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Tice to approve the following
agenda adjustments.
Additions: • Request for Approval of Budget Amendment #54 to Appropriate $12,890 in Fund
Balance & to Transfer the Same Amount to the Parks Capital Reserve Fund
• Request from the Register of Deeds for Approval, in Accordance with G.S. 153A-103,
to Hire a Relative
• Announcement of Three Openings for the School Facilities Task Force
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Consideration of a Proposed Amendment to the Iredell County Zoning Ordinance, Article
VII, Section 7.0, Minimum Lot Size: To Increase the Minimum Lot Sizes for the Entire County
with the Exception of the Back Creek and Coddle Creek Water Supply Watersheds: Planning
Supervisor Steve Warren described a map (PowerPoint illustration) containing five color -coded areas
depicting (1) the WS -II Watershed/balance (minimum lot size of 43,560 sq. ft., blue color), (2) the WS -
IV Critical and Protected Area Watersheds (minimum lot size of 40,000 sq. ft., orange color), (3)
municipal ETJ areas (coded with blocked print), (4) the Davidson/Coddle Creek Township remainder
(minimum lot size of 40,000 sq. ft., yellow color) and all other areas of the county (proposed minimum
lot sizes of 30,000 sq. ft., green color). Warren said the proposal was to increase minimum lot sizes of
40,000 sq. ft. in the Catawba/Lake Norman and Lookout Shoals Water Supply Watershed areas and in
the remainder of Davidson and Coddle Creek townships. He said the proposal would also increase the
lot sizes in the remainder of the county up to 30,000 sq. ft. Warren said in the RU -R districts, there was
an increase to 40,000 sq. ft., since the minimum was already 30,000 sq. ft. Additionally, Mr. Warren
said the 43,560 sq. ft. lot sizes in the Coddle Creek/Back Creek Water Supply areas were already being
enforced through the watershed ordinance. He said the changes would not apply to any plats already
reviewed by the staff, any vested rights, or lots "of record." Warren said on June 7, 2006, the planning
board approved the text amendment by a vote of 6-4. He then read the statement of land use plan
consistency both for, and against, the proposal.
Commissioner Johnson complimented the planning department employees for their research and
study on the growth management proposals. He said the staff had the board's full confidence.