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Vote on a legislative request by Withers Ravenel on behalf of Joette and Manley Midgett for ST Wooten to approve a rezoning from R-1 Residential to CD-IH Conditional District Heavy Industrial for a concrete batch mixing plant and other proposed uses as indicated on Parcel 68321 being 21.26 acres, located off Pea Ridge Rd., Cape Fear Township.
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Action Requested:
Vote on a legislative request by Withers Ravenel on behalf of Joette and Manley Midgett for ST Wooten to approve a rezoning from R-1 Residential to CD-IH Conditional District Heavy Industrial for a concrete batch mixing plant and other proposed uses as indicated on Parcel 68321 being 21.26 acres, located off Pea Ridge Rd., Cape Fear Township.
Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held on November 21, 2022. Planning staff presented the request. June Cowles, consultant for the applicant, and the vice president of ST Wooten spoke on the request and answered a questions from the Board which were:
* How is the access going to change with the proposed NCDOT road reconfigurations? ST Wooten will have a controlled access via a service road.
* Will the Duke Energy coal ash site be utilized for the mixing of the concrete? Yes
No one else spoke on the matter.
The Chatham County Appearance Commission reviewed the proposed site plan August 24, 2022. They recommended unanimously to accept the landscaping and site plan as submitted.
Although, the proposed use is for a concrete batch mixing plant, the applicant did provide a list of additional permitted uses for this rezoning. They are:
* Wireless telecommunications facilities and wireless support structures
* Asphalt manufacture or refining
* Landscaping and grading business
* Public utility transmission lines
* Grain elevators
* Fire stations, emergency medical service facilities, police stations and law enforcement offices
Below is the NCDOT proposed Phase 2 reconfiguration for this area
A community meeting was held on Septemb...
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