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.
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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.