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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1345I 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.)