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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF CO1MISSIONERS
MINUTES
NOVEMBER 3, 1987
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Adjourned Regular Session on Tuesday, November
3, 1967, 7:30 p.m., Agricultural Center Conference Rooms 1 and 2. Present for the meeting were:
Alice M. Stewart, Vice Chairman
Jessie S. Crosswhite
Frances L. Murdock
Samuel L. Ostwalt
Absent: Larry S. Hedrick, Chairman
Staff present: J. Wayne Deal, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Jerry Lundy, Planning Director
F. William Furches, Finance Director
William Mashburn, Health Director
CALL TO ORDER: By Vice Chairman Stewart
INVOCATION: By Vice Chairman Stewart
PUBLIC HEARING: MOTION from Commissioner Crosswhite to enter public hearing session.
t.� VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
REQUEST FOR REZONING - FRANCIS EUGENE JONES - Case #1087-1: Mr. Lundy identified the property
on the zoning map. The property is located at the intersection of S. R. 1100, Brawley School Road,
and S. R. 1179, Canvasback Road. The rezoning rgquested is from RA to NB, for the proposed use of a
delicatessen. Mr. Lundy said the planning board and staff recommended denial. Planning Board's
vote was 7-0 for denial.
The following persons spoke:
Carl Martin. Was opposed to the rezoning request. He said the community was now a farming
community and he would like for it to remain as such. He spoke of increased traffic that would
result in the zoning change.
Mr. Lundy said he had no contact with the petitioners since the application was filed.
There were no other comments for or against the rezoning request.
REQUEST FOR REZONING FROM JANE A. BROLIN, AGENT FOR NOVA DEVELOPMENT, INC., CASE #1087-2: Mr.
Lundy identified this property on the zoning map. The property is located on S. R. 1100, Brawley
School Road, between S. R. 1109, Williamson Road, and S. R. 1179 , Canvasback Road. The proposed
use of the property is lumber sales and building supplies. Approximately five acres are involved in
the request from CB to GB. Mr. Lundy said the staff recommended denial of the rezoning; however,
the planning board, on a 4-3 vote, recommended approval.
Vice Chairman Stewart inquired about the nearest business to this site. Mr. Lundy replied that
€ a beauty shop was the closest business to this.
Those speaking were:
Mr. Jim Fryer - was opposed to the rezoning. Lives in Mallard Head and is opposed to new
development on Brawley School Road. ,He said, the road was not wide enough,. and the traffic is a
problem. He said they already had one lumber yard in the area.
Mr. Dick Skaff - Inquired if this type zoning was in the Land Use Program.
Mr. Lundy said no.
Mrs. Jane Brolin, co-owner of J.M.J., agent for Nova Development, represented her request
before the board. She said she had lived in the neighborhood for nine years. She said the sales by
the proposed lumber company would increase the tax base. They hope to employee approximately 20
persons. Their client base is a five -county area, of which Brawley School Road is center.
Mrs. Brolin showed a rendering of the proposed building, 'which has 4,000 s.f. She read a list
of the businesses that could be put there under the present zoning.
Commissioner Murdock inquired where she was presently employed. Mrs. Brolin said she was
employed at the existing lumber company in the area.
Mrs. Brolin presented petitions of approval from neighbors.
No one else spoke for or against the rezoning.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 94 (M-1, LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT) OF THE IREDELL COUNTY