HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_150440. Since each new home yields an average 9.6 automobile trips per day (see Finding
Number 11) 150 new homes on Brawley Peninsula would increase traffic on Brawley
School Road by an additional 1440 trips per day. 120 new homes would result in
1152 additional daily trips and 100 new homes would increase daily traffic by 960
trips.
41. A growth rate in daily traffic of 4% per annum is approximately 1000 trips per day
over current traffic.
42. A growth rate in excess of 1000 trips per day is not manageable and is more than the
infrastructure can support and will ultimately lead to a breakdown in the
government's ability to provide services to the area. A growth rate of 100 new homes
per annum will yield less than 1000 new daily trips and can be managed.
43. The growth rate in the Brawley Peninsula affects the County's ability to provide
services in many areas each of which is directly dependent upon the fact that the
Peninsula is served by one Primary road and that road is inadequate to handle
existing traffic and cannot accept much additional traffic without severe compromise
of the County's ability to provide services and without compromise of the public
safety and welfare.
44. It is in the interest of the public safety and the welfare of the citizens of Brawley
Peninsula that the growth on Brawley School Road at Brawley Peninsula be slowed
to the maximum extent possible pending the completion of the contemplated
improvements to Brawley School Road by NCDOT.
45. Experts have recommended to Iredell County and the Iredell County Board of
Commissioners finds as a fact that the issuance of more than 100 Building Permits
per annum pending the completion of the contemplated improvements to Brawley
School Road by the NCDOT will be more than the infrastructure can support and will
jeopardize the County's ability to provide rescue, fire and emergency services during
critical times. A growth rate in excess of 100 new homes per year will compromise
public safety and welfare.
46. The Iredell County Planning staff has been directed to prepare an ordinance limiting
the number of Building Permits issued on Brawley Peninsula to a maximum of 100
per year with the same to be issued in an as fair and equitable manner as is permitted
under the circumstances.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing Findings of Fact, the Iredell County
Board of Commissioners makes thefollowing:
CONCLUSIONS
1. Iredell County possesses the police power to regulate activities affecting the general
health and welfare of its citizens.
2. Controlling the issuance of Building Permits is reasonably related to the
government's ability to provide services in the Brawley Peninsula area of Iredell
County.
3. The public safety and the government's ability to provide services will be
compromised by the issuance of building permits in excess of 100 per year on
Brawley Peninsula until such time as the contemplated improvements to Brawley
School Road have been completed.
4. It is in the interest of the citizens of Brawley Peninsula that the no more than 100
building permits be issued annually until the contemplated improvements to Brawley
School Road are completed.
5. The duration of the limitations and the manner in which they are imposed hereby is
reasonable and is no more than is necessary to accomplish the intended result of
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