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Vote on a request to approve a legislative request for a general use rezoning request by Jeff Wilson dba Wilson Brothers Milling Co., Inc to rezone Parcel No. 63839, from R-1 Residential to IL Light Industrial, located off NC HWY 902, Bear Creek Township.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a request to approve a legislative request for a general use rezoning request by Jeff Wilson dba Wilson Brothers Milling Co., Inc to rezone Parcel No. 63839, from R-1 Residential to IL Light Industrial, located off NC HWY 902, Bear Creek Township. The Planning reviewed this application during their March 3, 2020 meeting.
Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held on February 17, 2020. The public hearing was held open for an additional month by staff because of a misplacement of a public hearing sign on the adjacent property and not the property requested to be rezoned.
Planning staff presented the request to the Board of Commissioners and Ken Smith, Operations Manager in place of Jeff Wilson, was available to answer questions. No one signed up to speak.
Planning staff has received several comments on the proposed rezoning in favor of denial. Concerns include additional noise, traffic, dust, pollution, bicycle route on 902, and how the proposed rezoning relates to the comprehensive land use plan (copies of the comments are provided on the planning website).
Discussion & Analysis:
The property is currently zoned R-1, Residential, the property to the west is zoned IND-L, Light Industrial, all other adjacent properties are zoned R-1, Residential. The property adjacent to the west is the current Wilson Brothers Trucking operation. The property currently occupied by Wilson Bros. Trucking was initially zoned as residential in 2016. They were then rezoned to Light Industrial in June 2018 as part of the first round of business rezoning cases that were offered at no charge by the Board of Commissioners.
When considering a general use zoning classificati...
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