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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1731STAFF COMMENTS: This property is currently zoned for Highway Business uses, which includes the proposed uses of the property listed by the applicant. However, the height restrictions for the HB zoning district are 35 feet and the applicant would like to have the 50 foot height limit allowed in the GB zoning district. This property is designated in the Exit 42 Future Land Use Plan as Neighborhood Retail. This designation is designed for small-scale commercial developments that are intended to serve the adjoining and nearby developments with low -impact retail type uses. Other areas have been addressed as suitable for these type uses in the Exit 42 Future Land Use Plan. These areas are categorized as Interchange Commercial, which includes retail and service uses primarily geared toward the traveling public, including such uses as motels and restaurants. The Neighborhood Retail designation in this area was intended to provide services to the adjoining residential areas as well as providing a buffer between the residential area and the interchange commercial areas. The Planning staff can support the request. PLANNING BOARD ACTION On October 3, 2007, the Planning Board voted 11-0 to recommend approval of amending the Exit 42 Future Land Use Plan and voted 11-0 to recommend approval of this request and to advise that it is consistent with the Exit 42 Future Land Use Plan. «srse John Massey, Attorney for the Ostwalt family, announced that he was present if there were questions about the project. No one else requested to speak, and Chairman Norman adjourned the hearing. fOTIO by Commissioner Johnson to amend the Exit 42 Future Land Use Plan in regards to Case No. 0709-2. VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0. OTIO by Commissioner Johnson to (1) approve the zoning map amendment and to make a finding that the approval is consistent with the adopted Exit 42 Future Land Use Plan and that said approval is reasonable and in the public interest due to its consistency with the Exit 42 Future Land Use Plan; as a result, said approval furthers the goals and objectives of the Exit 42 Future Land Use Plan and (2) approve the Conditional -Use Permit based on the Findings -of - Fact. VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0. Chairman Norman declared the meeting to be in a public hearing. PROPOSED AMENDMENT to the Iredell County Zoning Ordinance; Article XIII, Special Requirements for Facilities Located On or Adjacent to Lake Norman: Planning/Development Director Ron Smith said one reason this amendment was being requested was due to the difficulty in calculating pier projection lines based on property comers, and the second reason was due to the county's ordinance not concurring with Duke Power regulations. Smith said Duke Power already regulated the items being proposed for removal. He continued by saying (1 ) Duke Power had ro objections to the removal of the verbiage as long as there was a continuance by the county in requiring zoning/building permits for the piers and (2) the planning board on October 3, 2007 unanimously voted to approve the following revisions: ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance SECTION: Article XIII, Special Requirements for Facilities Located on or Adjacent to Lake Norman SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO LAKE NORMAN Section 13.0 General All uses of land and any facilities, structures, construction or alterations to Lake Norman and its shoreline shall be subject to the provisions of this Section in addition to other general or specific requirements of this Ordinance.