HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_047430,000 sq.ft. lake front lots. This is what has been required in
the restrictive covenants and deeds and I think that was good
planning in the original development, and I would like to continue.
But in the real world, you have to sometimes make compromises and
I was willing to settle for 25,000 sq.ft., that's 83% of it, a
significant improvement over what was passed by the planning board.
Of course, I agree with those who don't want a spray field in their
back yard. if I lived where those people do adjacent to the spray
field, I would have been fighting it just as hard as they have, and
I told them that.
This motion does address the spray field problem.
One other thing that I would like to comment on. This is a
separate issue from the rezoning. It has nothing to do with it
legally whatsoever. I think it may be time to ask members of our
General Assembly to consider some sort of impact fee, especially
for new school construction that is caused by development. I think
it is more fair that these costs be paid by the people who are
causing the cost than by the people who have always lived here. I
said this in December and I will say it again. I originally got
interested in county government because I disagreed with some
things the board has done. I have been on the opposite side. I
have in the past been frustrated with some of the things the county
has done, and I will tell you what, this is one time I had rather
trade places with you all. ----I think what we are doing here
tonight will set a precedent for future development of the lake
area. In future years when I look back on my tenure as
commissioner I would like to be able to say that I did my part to
try to maintain the quality of life that attracts people here in
the first place.
HAIRE: I would like to say that I am a lake dweller and that
I have lived in this communkty for 50+ years. I built a house
about five years ago across from where I was born and raised, and
I am very much interested in the quality of life of Iredell County.
I agree with Mr. Boone on all of the points he made so I will not
repeat all of those points, but I can assure you that I love
Iredell County and I am certainly interested in the quality of life
in Iredell County.
STEWART: Regarding the overlay. I had a conversation with
Mr. Boone and I told him in looking at an overlay for the county,
that it is very important that we meet with some of the other
counties that surround the lake and perhaps involve ourselves with
some discussion about what would be the best way to pursue an
overlay in all the counties surrounding the lake so that our
efforts on our shoreline will be contiguous with the other
shorelines, because whatever we do in Iredell County will affect
all of the lake and thereby, I feel we should at least communicate
with the other counties and try to come to some agreement about
what is good for the lake as a whole. I hope that we can pursue
this overlay sometime in the very near future and start out by
meeting with boards of commissioners from the other counties that
surround the lake, and come to something agreeable or palatable for
all the counties.
I also agree with some of the points Mr. Boone made and
thereby will not pursue that line of discussion at this point in
time. But I have a very serious concern for the environment, not
only around the lake, but for the environment in Iredell County,
and I think that this board as a whole and future boards are going
to have to take some very long hard looks at the development that
is taking place in this county and make some hard decisions before
we make some serious mistakes.
MADISON: I an not pleased with the recommendation that has
been made, but I realize, too, that politics is the art of
compromise. It seems to be acceptable to most everyone who is here
on both sides, and if we can accomplish this with the difficulty
and complexity of the issue, then I think we have done a real good
job tonight. One thing I would ask you all not to lose site of is
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