HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1730LOCATION- 912 South Main Street in Troutman, NC; more specifically a portion of PIN# 4740-7(r
1797. Directions: Highway 115 south, on the right past Flower House Loop and across from Julian
Lane.
REQUESTED ACTION AND CONDITIONS: Amend the Exit 41 Future Land Use Plan and rezone a
portion of the property from HB, Highway Business Zoning District to GB CUD, General Business
Conditional Use Zoning District with the following conditions:
• Only the uses permitted on the property under its existing zoning of HB will be allowed under the new
GB CUD zoning.
• All yard setbacks, limits on minimum distance from intersections, and number and width of
driveways, and all prohibitions on outdoor storage in Iredell Zoning Ordinance Section 6.18.1
(Roadway Protection Overlay District) will be met.
• Developer will bear the expense of adding a southbound left turn lane and northbound right turn
taper for the driveway access on Flower House Loop (SR 1312), in addition to construction of the
right in right out driveway on US 21. All driveway construction for these two access driveways must
obtain NCDOT permits and meet NCDOT construction standards. Under this zoning change, the
property owner agrees to restrict access to the property to only one right in right out driveway on US
21, and to only one full service driveway on Flower House Loop, even though the property is
intended to be divided into two lots. Free-standing signs for each lot will be limited to the size and
height limits in Zoning Ordinance Section 6.18.1.
• All utilities connections will be installed underground on the property, including all connections to
outdoor andlor parking lot lighting.
• Parking lots and frontage of the property along US 21 will be screened adjoining the US 21 right of
way by the property owner's choice of either (a) a 15 foot wide roadway yard or (b) a roadway yard
of lesser width, but not less than 3 feet wide, provided the entire length of the roadway yard is
landscaped with a vegetative cover which meets the minimum number of required shrubs per 100 feet
of length, exclusive of driveways and crosswalks.
• At least one paved stub out will be provided for possible f Lure connectivity to the adjoining property
to the north.
PROPOSED USE: Three-story chain motel and adjoining specialty restaurant.
SIZE: The property is 2.44 acres.
EXISTING LAND USE: Currently vacant, but has previously been used for a mobile home sales lot.
SURROUNDING LAND USE: Vacant and commercial.
WATERSHED REGULATIONS: This property is located in the Catawba/Lake Norman WSIV-Protected
Area Watershed.
TRAFFIC: According to the 1993 Iredell County Thoroughfare Plan, the capacity for this stretch of
Highway 21 is 40,000 vehicles per day. However, the capacity changes to 10,500 within approximately
300 feet to the north and approximately 1 mile to the south. In 2005, the estimated daily traffic count for
Highway2l was 13,000 vehicles per day and 2,600 vehicles per day for Flower House Loop. The uses
proposed would generate the following number of trips per day:
ZONING HISTORY. This property was rezoned to HB in 1998 along with the surrounding properties.
The property to the north that is zoned GB was rezoned in 1986
OTHER JURISDICTIONAL INFORMATION The Planning staff has met with Town of Troutman
representatives, who indicated that water and sewer capacity was approved by the Board of Aldermen for
this site on September 13, 1007. The Town's Land Use Plan identifies the property as Neighborhood
Retail, but they would not be opposed to an amendment to the plan due to the proximity of the property to
the interstate.