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RANDOLPH COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
MINUTES
April 8 , 1981
The Randolph County Planning Board met on Wednesday, April 8 , 1981
at 1 : 30 p .m. in the Public Conference Room, located in the Department of
Public Health Building , McDowell Governmental Center , Asheboro , North
Carolina. The following members were present :
Don Hancock , Chairman
Ray Farlow, Vice-Chairman
Andrew Lueker
Doyle Stout
Jim Newton
Joyce Davis
Terry Coble
Hal Johnson, Administrative Officer
._. 1. Doyle Stout made the motion, seconded by Ray Farlow to approve the
minutes of the March Planning Board meeting. This motion passed.
2 . Ray Farlow made the motion , seconded by Joyce Davis to approve the
following Subdivisions :
A. Final Plat (Minor Subdivision Approval) Country Estates Sub-
division, SR 1926 , New Market Township , 9 lots , Mrs . C . L. Dixon, owner ,
Freeman & Associates , Surveyors .
B. Preliminary Plat : Laurelwood Hills South, 67 lots , Walter V.
Roberts and Wade Yates owners , Cox Road, Grant Township .
This motion passed. The motion was made to disapprove the Final Plat
of Evergreen Acres , Section 2 , Trinity Township , SR 1547 , Walker Upholstery
owner, High Point , North Carolina, Neal Craven, Surveyor , 44 lots . The
lots were less than 40 ,000 square foot requirements of water shed and
survey lines were drawn to center of lake in subdivision. This motion
passed.
3. A Public Hearing was conducted to consider the following Special Use
Zoning Request :
Eugene Langston, High Point , North Carolina, requested that a Special
Use Zoning Permit be issued for the construction of a Junked Vehicle
Storage Yard on approximately 5 . 44 acres located on the east side of
Mendenhall Road, below SR 1614, Trinity Township , Zoning Map 1-1, Tax
Map D-1 55A. The property is currently zoned light industrial , but a
Special Use Permit is required for a Junked Vehicle Storage Yard.
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Mr. Langston told the Board that he wanted to use the property for
wrecker storage and as a place to sell used auto parts .
Opposition to the request came from adjacent land owner J . F . Grubb
and his daughter Mrs . Helen Stone . Mrs . Stone said they have three fish
lakes nearby that are fed by a creek that borders the property. She
said the junk yard is going to hurt the lakes and kill the fish. Mrs .
Stone also feared that drinking water sources from some rental homes
that they owned would also be contaminated.
It was discussed at the Public Hearing that a former owner of the
property had dug a hole on it and that the dirt was sold as fill for a
highway project . The neighbors had thought that the land owner was
going to build a large lake. Later , the property was used to dump
building materials . The scrap building materials were apparently used
as fill materials in the hole . Some persons began dumping raw garbage
in the hole .
Langston told the Board that he had owned the property for 2 months
and he planned to fence the property and cover up the garbage with dirt .
Mrs . Stone said that oil and gas is not going to help her property.
She said that she feared that oil and gas from the cars would seep into
the lakes and nearby wells . Mrs . Stone said that garbage was already
getting into the lakes . Don Hancock said that the Health Department
should have been notified about the situation. Doyle Stout said that
he felt the Health Department should have already looked into the
situation if there was a health hazard, and that anything would be an
improvement over the present condition and use of the land.
Board member Newton advised the Board that he felt the northwest
corner was becoming a dumping ground for the City of High Point and
that he did not like the idea of debris from another County being brought
into Randolph. He said that there were enough junk yards already in the
Northwestern corner.
Joyce Davis made the motion to approve the request for a Special
Use Permit . Mrs . Davis said that a controlled junked vehicle storage
yard would be an improvement over the currently uncontrolled open dump .
Terry Coble seconded the motion for purposes of discussion. A vote was
called on the Special Use Permit and Davis voted yes and Newton voted
no. The other Board members abstained for further discussion .
Jim Newton advised the Planning Board that he had talked with
Archdale Planning Board Chairman Wes Umberger and that Umberger told
him that the area was zoned by Archdale in the one mile extraterritorial
area, and that the County did not have authority to be involved.
Hal Johnson advised the Board that County Zoning Maps showed the
area to be within the County' s jurisdiction, and that if Archdale had
extended it ' s zoning area the county had not been notified. Hancock
asked Johnson to determine whose area of jurisdiction the property was
in by checking with Archdale officials .
A general discussion followed by members of the Planning Board
concerning various methods that should be used in notifying members
of information important to a Planning or Zoning decision.
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Action was deferred on the Special Use Permit until verification
could be obtained on zoning jurisdiction .
4. Hal Johnson presented a proposed schedule to be followed by the
Planning Board while conducting a Zoning Feasibility Study. The
Study outline is as follows :
1 : PLANNING BOARD MEETING: SUBJECT : (date) May
Economic Development and Countywide Growth Data. Where is the
commercial and residential growth taking place and what particular
problems are being experienced as a result of this growth .
2 : PLANNING BOARD MEETING : SUBJECT (date) June
Particular problems or benefits experienced by Builders and
Developers that are related to zoning and land use controls .
3: PLANNING BOARD MEETING : SUBJECT (date) August
Citizen Input : What type of Zoning or is Zoning the answer?
Alternatives to zoning, and particular problems experienced
by County Zoning that is currently in effect .
4: PLANNING BOARD MEETING : SUBJECT (date) September
Review of study data and Planning Board recommendation.
Being no further business the meeting was adjourned.
Hal Johnson
Administrative Officer/Planning
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