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WATERSHED REGULATIONS This property is not located in a watershed.
TRAFFIC: The portion of Old Mountain Road at the intersection of Sallie Drive had an
average of 4,700 vehicles per day in 2004; according to the Iredell County Thoroughfare
Plan, this section of Old Mountain Road has a carrying capacity of IZ000 vehicles per
day.
ZONING HISTORY: This property has been zoned RA since Countywide zoning went
into effect in 1990. The property to the west was rezoned to GB in February 2002. There
are two other properties nearby that are zoned HB CUD. One was rezoned to HB CUD
on June 2, 1992 with the following conditions: 1) no bay doors to face Old Mountain
Road and 2) allow any or all uses permitted in the NB district and transmission shops
under the HB district. The other was rezoned on November 1, 1994 with the following
condition: that is be used for a mini -warehouse. Other properties in the area have been
rezoned to GB in 1992 and 1997 and to NB in 1993.
STAFF COMMENTS: This property is near the intersection of two major roads in the
County. The applicant is expanding the current building and needs room for septic and
parking, both of which require the same zoning district as the business. There is a
required 30 foot buffer between this use and adjoining residential properties. The
County Land Use Plan designates this property as commercial. Based on the compliance
with the Land Use Plan and the proposed uses, staff recommends in favor this request.
PLANNING BOARD ACTION. On October 4, 2006, the Planning Board voted 10-0 to
recommend approval of this request and to advise that it is consistent with the Iredell
County Land Use Plan.
David Brady, President of the Brawtus Management Company, and the owner of the
property, shared diagrams of the site and explained how the existing business would be
expanded. He noted that with the expansion, trucks would no longer have to park out on the
highway.
No one else desired to speak, and Chairman Tice adjourned the hearing.
OTIO. by Commissioner Williams to approve the zoning map amendment and to
make a finding that the approval is consistent with the adopted Iredell County Land Use Plan and
that said approval is reasonable and in the public interest due to its consistency with the Iredell
County Land Use Plan; as a result, said approval furthers the goals and objectives of the Iredell
County Land Use Plan.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
Consideration/Approval of a Draft Erosion Control and Sedimentation Control
Ordinance and Permission to Submit a Petition to the North Carolina Sedimentation
Control Commission for Iredell County to be Authorized to Implement the Sedimentation
Pollution Control Act, Along with the Ordinance, in Compliance with State Regulations:
Erosion Control Administrator Mark Selquist provided a PowerPoint presentation about the draft
erosion control ordinance, and some of his comments are as follows:
■ The Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973 sets the standard for when an
erosion and sedimentation control plan is required. (No person shall initiate any land -
disturbing activity that will disturb more than one acre on a tract, unless 30 or more days prior
to initiating the activity, an erosion and sedimentation control plan for the activity is filed and
approved with the agency having jurisdiction.
a County Jurisdiction: The county will have jurisdiction in all areas that fall outside of
the municipalities and municipal ETJ. (This comprises approximately 35% of the countywide
workload.)