11NovemberPB MINUTES
RANDOLPH COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
November 13, 1985
There was a meeting of the County Planning Board on Wednesday night,
November 13, 1985 at 7:30 p.m. in Courtroom B, County Courthouse, Asheboro,
North Carolina. The following members were present:
Don Hancock, Chairman ABSENT
Doyle Stout, Vice-Chairman
Tal Harrison Charles Adams
Terry Coble Ray Farlow
Bud Osborne
1. Chairman Hancock called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. The purpose of the
meeting was to review the current status of the update of Randolph County's Land
Development Plan.
2. Lindsay Cox, Executive Director of the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
addressed the Planning Board. The PTCOG had been contracted by Randolph County to
conduct a study of development patterns within the county.
Mr. Cox used slides and maps to point out locations of the growing number of
Mobile Home parks; the confusing road patterns of existing subdivisions; and the
potential for future industry. The study indicated the high number of mobile homes
in the northern townships. The PTCOG study indicated that there are a lot of mixed
land uses in the northern half of Randolph County.
The Planning Board discussed the need for good industrial sites; and to target
areas that would be single family residential. This would protect the areas from
encroachment and provide orderly growth. The Board asked the PTCOG to develop an
updated Land Use Plan that would serve as a guideline for county development patterns
during the next 20 years. Mr. Cox advised the Board that he felt the PTCOG could have
a final report by January. Recommendations from the Planning Board would be brought
to the Randolph County Board of Commissioners.
Dwight Holland, Curator of Design for the North Carolina Zoo suggested the
importance of countywide planning & zoning. Mr. Holland said that if zoning and
land use restrictions are placed only on the northern townships undesirable develop-
ment would be pushed into other areas of the county.
George Fleetwood, Superintendent of Randolph County Schools, was in attendance
at the meeting. Mr. Fleetwood advised the Planning Board that control of development
was critical to all areas of the county. He specifically mentioned that high density
residential development, as in mobile home parks, directly affects the number of
teachers that may be required in various county school districts.
3. After review and discussion it was decided that the PTCOG should present a final
recommendation for Planning Board review in January for land use planning updates.
The Planning Board targeted February, 1986 as the date for the Board's recommendations
to the County Commissioners.
4. Being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
RANDOLPH COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
Hal Johnson
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