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CABARRUS COUNTY' PLANNING DEPARTMENT Post Office Box 707 CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA 28025 March 12, 1986 Minutes of the Cabarrus County Planning Board The Cabarrus County Planning Board met in requ!ar session on March !2, !986, at 7-02 P.M., in the. Cabarrus County Commissioners Room of'_the Cabarrus County Courthouse Rol 1 Call. The meeting was: called to order by Chairman, F.~~"'"Jack" Rankin, Jr. Members present in addition to Mr. Rankin were . Robert EWan'' Mr. R.M. Faggart, Jr., Mr. Larry LOving and Mr. Ronald Page. Attending from the Planning Department were Mr. Thomas B. Robinson, ~lanning Director, Mr. James F. Owens, Assistant Planning Director, Mr. Mike Byrd and Ms. Phyllis Co Carr Also attending was Mr. Gordon L. Belo, Attorney for the Planning Board. Approval of Minutes- With there being no corrections to the February 12, 1986 Minutes, Mr.. Loving M01IONED, seconded by Mr. Page to approve the minutes as mailed. The vote was unanimous. New Busi ness Lake Shore Estates, I nc., Rezoning ARR to I-2/RDO- With there being no corrections to the February 19, 1986 Minutes, Mr. Page MOTIONED, seconded by Mr. Faggart to approve the minutes as mailed. The vote was unanimous. Petition 86-06, was a request by Lake Shore Estates, Inc., off Highway ~ at Concord Speedway to have their property rezoned from ARR to I-2/RDO,. to have Concord Speedway zoned as a permitted use. Mr. Cecil Jenkins addressed' the Board on behalf of Concord Motor Speedway and presented the Board with plans on the speedway's sixteen (16) unit motel. Mr. Jenkins asked the Board to give this request for the speedway favorable consideration because this is. a industry in the county that got the acknowledgment as being the finest dirt track in the U~'ited States, and it is bringing l~ax revenue into the county. Mr' Jenkins also stated that he thinks Mr. Furr has constructed the speedway well and he is trying to operate a business that is beneficial to Cabarrus County and he would like ~for the Board to give Mr. Furr a favorable report so he can improve his facilities. , Mr. Furr addressed the Board stating he just want~d:..to ~be-treai~ed fairly. Mr. Sam Davis addressed the Board stating-he wiSh~d~to speak agaihst the proposed rezoning. Mr. Davis stated he was at.'the'meeting on behalf of a number of residents, and he presented a petition to the Board with some 180 signatures. Mr. Davis stated that the Board has already determined that the issue is not the racetrack. The issue is whether the property is appropriate for industrial zoning. Mr. Davis stated that there are five (5) reasons why the property should not be rezoned to I-2.