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<br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met at the County
<br />Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, September 4,
<br />1986, for a public hearing on Zoning Atlas and Text amendments, a Minimum
<br />Housing Code Text amendment, and the Cabarrus County Thoroughfare Plan as
<br />proposed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
<br /> Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz
<br /> Commissioners: Kenneth F. Payne
<br /> William G. Hamby, Jr.
<br /> Archie Y. Barnhardt
<br /> Marcelle M. Upright
<br /> Mr. F. A. Rankin, Jr., Chairman of the Cabarrus County Planning Board,
<br />presented each of the proposed Zoning Atlas amendments as approved by the
<br />Planning Board. Mr. Phillip Kingsland, member of the Planning staff,
<br />reviewed the location of each of the areas proposed for rezoning. Public
<br />input was received prior to action by the Board of Commissioners.
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<br />ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENTS
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<br />(1)
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<br />Petition 86-21. Betty Gay Bivens, off Rock Hill Church Road,
<br />township 2, Map/PIN 5610-36-2367. Wishes to rezone from R-40 to R-15.
<br />Planning Board voted to approve 5-0.
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<br /> Mr. Howard Hurlocker stated he proposed to purchase the property for the
<br />development of five residential lots. He pointed out that County water was
<br />available at the site and that Rock Hill Church Road had recently been
<br />widened and improved by the Department of Transportation.
<br /> Mr. Tom Small of Brown Realty Company and representing Ms. Betty Gay
<br />Bivens reported that adjacent property owners had been contacted regarding
<br />the proposed rezoning and all were in consent to the rezoning. There was no one present to speak against the petition.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt
<br />and unanimously carried, the Board approved Petition 86-21 by Betty Gay
<br />Bivens to rezone property off Rock Hill Church Road, Map/PIN 5610-36-2367,
<br />from R-40 to R-15.
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<br />(2)
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<br />Petition 86-22. A.J. Blackwelder, off Highway 29, township 2, Map/PIN
<br />5509-22-5546, 5509(17)-22-4014, 1084. Wishes to rezone from A-I to C-4.
<br />Planning Staff wishes the Board to consider rezoning to I-1. Planning
<br />Board voted to deny 5-0.
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<br /> Mr. Rankin explained that the Planning Board had voted to deny the
<br />request to rezone the property from A-I to C~4 as the petitioner had not been
<br />present at the Planning Board meeting to authorize the change to I-1.
<br /> Mr. A. J. Blackwelder, petitioner, stated that the proposed I-1 classi-
<br />fication would meet his needs and that he was in agreement to the proposed
<br />rezoning to I-1 as recommended by the Planning staff.
<br /> Mr. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney, stated in his opinion
<br />the rezoning petition was advertised in such a way to permit the Board to
<br />consider rezoning to I-1.
<br /> There was no one present to speak against the rezoning request.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Payne and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved Petition 86-22 by Mr. A. J.
<br />Blackwelder and rezoned the property off Highway 29, Map/PIN 5509-22-5546,
<br />5509(17)-22-4014, 1084, from A-I to I-1.
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<br />(3)
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<br />Petition 86-24. John Wayne Josey, off South Ridge Avenue, township 4,
<br />Map/PIN 5613(11)-55-7502, 7416, 7412. Wishes to rezone from R-7.2 to
<br />C-3. Planning Board voted to deny 5-0.
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<br /> Ms. Mildred Fisher, resident of the community, spoke in support of the
<br />back portion of the property being zoned C-3 and asked that the front portion
<br />of the property remain zoned residential.
<br /> Friends and neighbors speaking in support of Mr. Josey and his request
<br />for rezoning included Messrs. Guy Adkins, R. B. Moose, Ken Grimer, and David
<br />Fisher.
<br /> Mr. Farrar Griggs, attorney representing Mr. Josey, presented a survey
<br />of the property and asked that the portion of the property from the chain
<br />link fence to the rear of the property at the railroad tracks be rezoned C-3.
<br />He also presented a petition signed by residents of South Ridge Avenue
<br />stating they "support and endorse the Petition to allow Mr. Josey to have a
<br />portion of his property rezoned to a designation of C-3".
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