TITLE
Vote on a legislative request by Edward Holmes, Jr. to approve a General Use rezoning on Parcels 5837, 79837 and portions of 5276 and 5806 totaling approximately 84.842 acres currently zoned R-1 Residential to Industrial Light, Cape Fear Township.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a legislative request by Edward Holmes, Jr. to approve a General Use rezoning on Parcels 5837, 79837 and portions of 5276 and 5806 totaling approximately 84.842 acres currently zoned R-1 Residential to Industrial Light, Cape Fear Township.
Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held on October 17, 2022. Planning staff presented the request and Jody Leidolf, representative for the landowner, also spoke. No one from the general public spoke on the matter.
In 2007, Chatham County Commissioners initiated a rezoning of multiple parcels totaling 533 acres along this portion of Pea Ridge Road from Industrial Heavy to Residential. The area was zoned Industrial Heavy in 1990 and in the ensuing years there were requests to construct a church, campground, and single-family dwellings all of which were denied because they weren't allowed in an industrial zoning district. Property owners who were currently using their land for residential or agricultural purposes requested the rezoning be approved so they could take advantage of lower tax bills based on the actual use of the land. This rezoning included several of the applicant's parcels which were previously owned by his father. A map of the parcels that were rezoned from Industrial Heavy to Residential 1 follows.
Parcels 5276 and 5806 will be subdivided and the remaining acreage is to remain with the current landowners and as R-1 Residential.
Map of properties rezoned from HI to R1 in 2007
Over the last several years, the Commissioners have positioned the Moncure Mega Site/Triangle Innovation Point to attract major industrial projects and rezoned other parcels to be used for commercial or industrial use in an effort...
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