HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93008_0834 (2)HEDRICK: Just for curiosity purposes, roughly where are we talking about the
location of the four acres that you do have definite plans for?
BOYER: Taking advantage of the exposure on the inter -state, this four acres is right
here, with the riverboat mooring right here.
HEDRICK: Mr. Grier also is here. I believe he has available some information that
you might share with us at this time relative to the location and construction of the
support systems for the Robert E. Lee. Anybody that has any questions that they might
like to direct to him or to Mr. Boyer.
STEWART: I have a question, Mr. Chairman. In order for, and I'm not familiar with
the riverboat operation and that type of thing, but in order for that to come around to
that side of that point, is there any dredging, that sort of thing, have to take place in
the lake?
GRIER: We don't anticipate anything. The depth is adequate. The depth of the water
(not clear). It is flat bottom construction and I don't think (not clear).
STEWART: Mr. Boyer, what do you propose to do with the remainder of this land over a
time frame? Do you have any developmental plans? Do you plan to lease it to other (not
clear)?
BOYER: Once we start, the sooner the better, no developer likes to have idle land.
The highway/business district includes all the permitted useages in the
neighborhood/business district, and I'll just read through the type uses that to us are
suitable. To the occupant, for example, the second item in the neighborhood/business is a
bank. Well that's a very desirable use from our standpoint, whether that site is very
attractive to a bank, certainly not today, but who knows what the future might bring. Dry
cleaning, floral, food stores, laundries, laundromats, libraries, medical, dental ciincs,
laboratories, nursery schools, offices, business, professional and public. There could be
office space built there. Fire and police stations. Radio shops, restaurants. That
could very well be a prime restaurant location. A variety of retail establishments with
access from water and by land. Service stations for automobiles. I would think there
could be a service station for automobiles there. Shoe repair shops, I don't know.
Signs, tailors, indoor movie theatres. There could be a movie theatre. I understand they
are becoming more attractive, according to national trends. !-Then we get over into the
highway/business district, alcoholic beverages. Well Iredell County, at least today, is
dry. It may be dry for a long time, I don't know. Assembly halls. There could be a
convention center there, combined with a motel and a tourist attraction of a boat, a
lake, and a highway. It just seems like there might be some (not clear) a nice convention
motel with an assembly hall.
STEWART: But at this point in time you don't have any plans to develop it?
BOYER: I don't have an operator in hand. That's correct.
STEWART: And I can only assume, then, that you would be leasing this property or
selling, leasing it more than likely to interested parties?
BOYER: More than likely. We would, It is our preference to develop this for our
own account.
STEWART: With no restrictions?
BOYER: Oh no, we have an awful lot of restrictions. More than possibly, for
example, we have architrectural controls which the county doesn't have except in terms of
a building code. It'll have some uses that may be permitted that I wouldn't like to have.
For example, building materials and equipment. Even if it is included, I don't want it on
that property.
HEDRICK: I'm sure there is some people in the auditorium who would like to speak in
reference to this. We'll allow that in just a moment. Do you have any other exceptions
that come to mind from the permitted use that you might address and therefore may relieve
someone else's mind?
BOYER: Yes, automobile repair garages. Even automobile sales, new and used. I
think that's just a poor place for an automobile dealer, on the lake front there.
Building materials, camp grounds, they just don't appeal to me on that site. Mobile home,
recreational equipment display lots, same as an automobile dealer, I don't want them.
Drive-in theatre, that's just not a good use for that property, for an open-air theatre.
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