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REZONING PETITION 93-02 April 15, 1993 Phil Cline, Petitioner Additionally, the petitioner unilaterally offers, through a submitted site plan, (please refer to attachment 4) to leave a natural 100' vegetative buffer area intact about the majority of the properties' perimeter to protect existing residential properties east of the site and any others possibly developed in the future. Petitioner Cline owns parcel 5539-43-6068, the site of his business, Cline Trucking. Prior to Cline Trucking, a John Deere dealership occupied the site. The petitioner seeks the rezoning in order to buy these neighboring properties. His immediate use for them is to develop parking space for his facility. Currently, his truck fleet is relatively constricted in a close parking situation. The bigger parking space will give his fleet greater maneuverability and lessen small but costly collisions. It will also have the effect of moving his fleet farther away from his residential neighbors. Begun in 1990, the facility functions as a trucking dispatch center with fueling and maintenance capabilities. There are no loading docks or onsite warehousing and the current fleet numbers approximately 90 tractor-trailers rigs. Rezoning Impacts: The immediate neighborhood. While much of the land area surrounding the proposed rezoning is undeveloped or industrial, some is used residentially. Windrose subdivision lies east of the current Cline Trucking facility and the proposed rezoning. The land area of Windrose is currently both within the City limits and, consequently, under its zoning. This land area has not always been within the City. In 1989, it was annexed into Concord and its zoning designation was changed to R-2. Prior to its annexation, it held County zoning designations of I-1 and C4 (commercial 4). Its frontage, under Concord zoning, held B-3 (Business 3). Its 1989 annexation and subsequent rezoning by the City created the generally avoided situation of a common boundary between industrial and residentially used property. It should be remembered that the industrial use of the Cline property occurred before adjoining property was changed from industrial and commercial designations and put into residential use. The most immediate impact of this rezoning is a mitigation or lessening of friction between the industrial/residential matchup. The rezoning and subsequent purchase of the property will enable Mr. Cline to both move his operation away from the commonly held boundary line and to commit to a permanent vegetative buffer between his operation and neighboring properties. The community/region. The region or community can be considered to be that of the Highway 49 corridor. In general, the surrounding area is that of diminishing residential development as the City limits of Concord are pulled away from. It is suited to both light industrial use and the high density residential development (townhouses, condominiums) often found off major four-lanes. "Walden Court" and "The Hunt Club" off the four-lane Highway 29 in the University area are prime examples of high density living set back off major roadways. Highway 49's importance as a major transportation route in the County can not be understated. Its importance and utility will increase with its projected widening. In 1994,