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09SeptemberPB t$1 *4 M0*4 o ,•,,,,,57 c. MINUTES dam, Sil `i '2;1 There is concern of children' s safety with the increase in traffic congestion of large trucks being added to Loflin Pond Road and Dewey Pugh Road. Burrow spoke of the concern of this type of development lowering their residential property values. Burrow ended by saying that if this zoning was approved their community will be left with the eyesore of ugly industrial buildings (in a short period of time) adjoining their land and homes that has taken a lifetime to acquire . There were 20 people present in opposition to this request. Johnson reminded the Board that there is not a site plan available for this proposed zoning change due to the fact that this is a request for general use rezoning, not conditional use (a plan is not required) . Board member Bill Dorsett expressed his opinion that Highway Commercial (HC) zoning would be more compatible to the community, rather than industrial development. Board member Jim Routh said that the Pugh' s probably have some sort of plan for setbacks, buffers , etc. and asked Pugh if they did. Pugh said that they did not have a plan at this time but that he has a lot of respect for this neighborhood. Pugh said that his father grew up here and his grandparents lived here. Pugh said that they would probably develop the property more restrictive than the Board would request. Routh said that currently there is no buffering that could be retained on Dewey Pugh Road and Craven said that there ' s not much of a buffer to be retained (on this property) on Loflin Pond Road. Lynden Craven said that he was concerned with the traffic congestion problems currently on Loflin Pond Road and that he felt with this amount of property being requested to be zoned the Board should have a site plan. Craven said that personally he would not want this in his backyard. All the Board seemed not to be comfortable rezoning this large tract of land, general use, Light Industrial. Jim Routh said that when dealing with development ''� of this magnitude and development that is this controversial the Board would need a site plan. Routh said that he is not sure that the use of Dewey Pugh or Loflin Pond Road would be possible at all. Routh said that he is very concerned with who this would effect adjoining residences and how this would effect traffic patterns/flow on Hwy 64 . For these reasons, Routh made the motion, seconded by Lynden Craven, to recommend to the Board of Commissioners that this request be denied. The motion passed unanimously. B: JAMES GLAUSER, Charlotte, North Carolina, is requesting that 2 . 64 acres located at 6228 Prospect Street, Trinity Township, be rezoned from Light Industrial to Heavy Industrial/Conditional Use. Zoning Map #6798 . It is the desire of the applicant to operate a chemical manufacturing facility. Glauser was not present for the meeting. Johnson said that this property is at the peak of a watershed area and that the County primarily sees Highway Commercial (HC) and Light Industrial (LI) development currently. Johnson advised that there is no established Heavy Industrial (HI) patterns (in this area) and the reason is due to the watershed and the many residences close by. Johnson stated that as a Planning Director he would not recommend a chemical manufacturing operation be approved at this site. Adams said that as a resident of the community he would not be in favor of this request. Craven said that being in water quality for several years he would be opposed to this request. Robert Thompson, adjoining resident, spoke in opposition to the request. There were 2 people present in opposition. Lynden Craven made the motion, seconded by Aweilda Williams , to recommend to the Commissioners that this request be denied. The motion passed unanimously. C: UNITED INVESTMENTS, Staley, North Carolina, is requesting that 30 . 95 acres located on Langley Road (approximately 4/10 mile off Browns Crossroads Road) , Columbia Township, be rezoned from Residential Agricultural to Residential Mixed. It is the desire of the applicant to develop a subdivision of 10 lots that would allow site built homes, single wide manufactured homes , double wide manufactured homes, and modular homes . Jim Wilson, attorney representing United Investments, said that the proposed lots range from 1 to 8+ acres , with the cheapest lot being $13 , 000 with a well and septic tank. Wilson said that the restrictions will only allow: **single-family dwellings **no home older than 3 years **must be permanently underpinned within 90 days **all under private ownership (no rental lots) Wilson described a 1 mile radius of the area to be developed with 18 site built homes, 10 single wide mobile homes , and 3 double wide mobile homes . Tim Sillmon, adjoining homeowner, discussed his concerns of owner financing being provided by United Investments could cause things to become more of rental property. Wilson said that Hampton Pike only owner financed for the land, not the mobile homes . Sillmon said that he was concern that the narrow lots would create the appearance of a mobile home park and the homes would be stacked too close together (not compatible with the community) . Wilson said that the lots are 125 feet in width, 25 feet wider than the minimum requirement of the County. Sillmon told the Board that this is farm country and a rural community and he would like to see this area remain this way. Aweilda Williams asked Wilson if his client would be willing the restrict the development to double-wide mobile homes only, no single wide homes . Wilson said he would not want to be restricted. Doug Coble, Langley Road, said that his family has lived in this community for 80+ years and he would be concerned of this becoming an eyesore for the community. Coble presented pictures to the Board of the community and then presented the Board with pictures of other developments these developers have developed. Coble said that he would not be so against the development if the development was restricted to double-wides on permanent foundations and site built homes . Coble said that if single-wide homes are moved onto the front lots the remainder of the development will be single-wides. Tammy Blakely, Browns Crossroads Road, presented `-- the Board with a petition of 198 signatures in opposition to this request. Blakely explained to the Board that this is a rural farming community. Blakely said that there are 15 poultry farms , 12 cattle farms, 1 sheep farm, and 1 hog farm in this community. Blakely said that they would like to see this area remain agricultural. Boyd Langley, Langley Road, said that he is a chicken farmer and he spreads his manure out over his fields that adjoins this site. Langley said that he is concerned that once this subdivision is developed, the residents will start complaining about the smell. There were 22 people present in opposition to this request. Lynden Craven said that this is a beautiful rural area of Randolph County and these small lots on the front of the development (6 lots) concerned Craven with their small size. Craven said that he was also concerned of the housing type not being specific, because if one single wide goes in the chances are great that all ten lots will be developed the same. Craven said this is a rural farming community as the petition states . Aweilda Williams agreed (concerning the development of single wides) and that being in real estate she said she knew for a fact that there are many people looking for lots for double wide mobile homes. Craven said for these reasons he made the motion to recommend the request be denied. Wilson said that his client would be willing to change the request to Residential Restricted (which would only allow double wide ' s on permanent foundations or site built homes) . Routh said that he did not feel comfortable with the change at this point because there was all ready a motion on the floor. Craven withdrew his motion for this change in request to be considered. Aweilda Williams made the motion to recommend to the Commissioners that the request for Residential Restricted be accepted and approved. Lynden Craven seconded this request. �-' Routh said that he had listened to the Board discussion that this is a beautiful rural farming community and that the small lot sizes were not compatible with the area. Routh said he agreed with this opinion and that just a change in housing type would not make the development consistent with current land patterns in the area. Routh said his primary objection to the request was the layout of the site plan. Chairman Adams asked for a vote of the motion on the floor. The motion failed with a vote of 2 to 3 with Routh, Dorsett, and Adams voting against the motion. Routh made the motion to recommend to the Commissioners that the request for the property to be rezoned from Residential Mixed be denied based on the his reasons previously stated. The motion passed unanimously. D: DON BRISTOW, Asheboro, North Carolina, is requesting that 22 .59 acres (out of a 118 . 40 acre tract) located on Moore Road (just before the Sam Jackson Road) , Cedar Grove Township, be rezoned from Residential Agricultural to Residential Restricted. Zoning Map #7721 . It is the desire of the applicant to develop a restricted residential subdivision of 11 lots. Property Owner: Stuart M. & Betty K. Love . Ed Swicegood was present representing Don Bristow and explained their intentions of developing a site built subdivision that would be in-keeping with the neighborhood and would be restricted to stick built homes with a minimum of 1400 sq. ft. heating space. There would be no modular or manufactured homes allowed. There was no one present in opposition to the request. Aweilda Williams said that her only concern would be so many entrances on to this road so near a curve, but due to the fact that this would be the highest and best use of the property she made the motion, seconded by Jim Routh, to recommend to the Commissioners this request be approve. The motion passed unanimously. E: EVERETTE VARNER, Asheboro, North Carolina, is requesting that 8 . 82 acres located on Green Farm Road (just off SR 1004N) , Back Creek Township, be rezoned from Residential Agricultural to Light Industrial/Conditional Use. Zoning Map #7732 . It is the desire of the applicant to construct a 16 , 000 sq. ft. tool & die shop. Fred Davis , agent, 1039 Back Creek Road, spoke to the Board concerning this request with Varner present. Davis said that it is his intentions to purchase the property from Varner and construct this building within the next 3 to 5 years . Davis said that his business is currently located at 106 Park Street in the Old Fire Stone Building and has received a beautification award from the Chamber of Commerce for the renovations and up keep of the building. Davis said that his business employees 20 people and only operates 1 shift (from 7 : 00 a.m. to 3 : 30 p.m. ) . UPS delivers once a day and a semi-truck comes in for pick up no more than twice a week. Davis stated that some of his customers were Black & Decker and Hamilton Beach. Davis said that he lives in the neighborhood and would wanted the facility to be something really nice. Davis described the plans of building a block shop with an office built like a timberland home. The remainder of the building (the block shop) would have log veneer. Davis said that he and his wife spend a lot of time in Gatlinburg, Tennessee were several of the buildings are built with this type of design. Davis said that the parking would be paved. Davis was asked about his plans for the old building on the property and he explained that his wife is in the antique business and she would use the building for her business . Don Medlin, owner of the Citco station across the road, said that he operates his business here and he also lives in the neighborhood and would like to see the Board approve this request. There was no one present in opposition to the request. Jim Routh made the motion to recommend to the Commissioners that this request be approve with the condition that applicant develop the property based on the information/plans explained to the Board this night, including the construction and parking facilities explained. Lynden Craven seconded this motion and the motion passed unanimously. 5 . Swearing in of the Witnesses: "Do you swear or affirm that the information you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God. " 22 citizens took this Oath. 6. SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUESTS: A: BELL SOUTH PCS, Charlotte , North Carolina, is requesting a Special Use Permit to construct a cellular tower on 5. 70 acres located on Coltrane Street, Trinity Township, Zoning Map #7707 , Zoning District RA. George Harris, Bell South PCS, was present and explained that Bell South has acquired the FCC license to provide service to the North Carolina and South Carolina area. Harris explained that the tower would be 300 ' in height, be unmanned and fenced. This would be a tower operated on a digital bases (which would have much higher clarity of service, field more calls , and require less towers to provide service) and this is the first of its kind to be provided to this service area. Kevin Davenport, Engineer with Bell South PCS, said the tower would be lighted and explained that the FCC requires that anything over 200 feet be lighted every 50 feet. Davenport said that the tower would operate of such a higher frequency than TV' s that it would not impair any TV reception. Davenport was asked how Bell South determines when and where towers need to be located. Davenport answered that currently Bell South has no towers in North Carolina, but the number of towers and where they are located is determined by the number of calls (customer demand) fielded in a given area. Davenport said this would be a free-standing tower (no guidewires) that is designed to a higher code than housing construction codes . These towers could withstand higher wind conditions than conventional homes and the design allows for ice that forms (during winter) on the tower to fall within the tower compound. Cynthia Alexander, Meadowbrook Road, spoke in opposition and presented a petition of opposition with 165 signatures from area residents. Alexander said that this would be a tremendous eyesore to the community and have a negative impact on property values . Alexander said that they (signers of the petition) are residents and voters of Randolph County and they are tired of these type of requests being approved in Trinity Township. Alexander said that the Commissioners should say that these towers will not be located in Randolph County. Kay Albertson, Meadowbrook Court, from Stones Throw Subdivision, said that their community is the home of the scenic Uwharrie River and this type of eyesore should not be allowed to destroy this beautiful area. Albertson said that they are concerned for their children' s safety (if the children began climbing on such a structure) and this is an entirely residential community and should not be allowed to locate here. Albertson said that she did not want to see this eyesore in here backyard. Albertson said that the petition was signed by every home in Stones Throw, except one that said he did not want to get involved. J.D. Coltrane, Coltrane Street, said that his home would be 500 feet from this site because he adjoins the church property. Coltrane said that it was his plan to develop his property for residential homes but this would be impossible if this tower is constructed. Coltrane said that he and his neighbors have been approached to lease or sell their property for tower construction sites but they have all declined such offers . Coltrane said that the church that has agreed to this tower site, has just recently located in the community from High Point and there members live away from this area. Linda Craig, Stones Throw, said that this area all ready deals with a large gas line and is proposed to be impacted by the I-85 project. Craig said this community did not need this . Elizabeth Coltrane Beeson described the area as being in a watershed, full of history and a family community. Davenport spoke of the concerns raised. Davenport said that they felt it is important to educate the communities and work with local governments . Davenport said that the federal government could take the right to step in a determine where towers could be located and take this completely out of local governments ' hands . Davenport said that statements like "not in Randolph County" could make this happen. Davenport said that Bell South did not want this to happen, Bell South would rather educate the public and work with local governments . Davenport said that usually they bring a professional property appraiser with them to such hearings but he was unable to attend. Davenport said that it has been their experience that towers do not significantly change property values. Davenport said there are no health issues from these towers and concerning the watershed, the tower would limit the amount of future development on this property therefore protecting the watershed not hurting it. Davenport said that as for children climbing the tower, the tower will be fenced and they could not get to the tower and if they could it would be physically impossible for children or even adults to climb the tower. Board member Bill Dorsett said that the first thing he wanted to say is that his is not frightened by the threat that the authority could be taken out of our hands and handed to the Federal Government (Lynden Craven agreed) . Dorsett said secondly Davenport didn't even speak about the main concern of the community and that is what effect this would have on the aesthetic value of the community. Dorsett said if the Board denied this request that did not mean the Board is denying Bell South a tower it would only mean the Board is denying this location. Dorsett said that Bell South would just have to work a little harder at finding a more suitable site. Dorsett made the motion, seconded by Lynden Craven, to deny this request for a Special Use Permit. The motion passed unanimously. B: KAREN COOPER & BRENT GALLAGHER, Randleman, North Carolina, is requesting a Special Use Permit to operate a recreational vehicle repair business in the yard of his residence located on 1 .53 acres at 1926 Wicker Lovell Road, Franklinville Township, Zoning Map #7773, Zoning District RA. Cooper explained their intentions to work on 2 or 3 recreational vehicles a month a this location. Cooper said that if they began working on more they would look for a commercial site in town. Cooper said that their service is mainly mobile, where they go out to campgrounds and customers ' homes to do most of the repairs. Doris Cain, Wicker Lovell Road, said she would be opposed due to the noise and the effect the operation would have on property values. Cain said that this is a crowded neighborhood and this should not be allowed. Cain said she was concerned of what this could become in 2 or 3 years . Gallagher said they did not plan for a shop because most of their work is mobile. Gallagher said that a vehicle would not be at this site more than a couple of weeks and would not be kept in view of the road. Gallagher said that most of the work is electrical and appliance work. Lynden Craven said he did not see what the problem would be in allow one or two RV' s to be allowed on the site. Craven said there are several people that own an RV that is parked at their house. Craven made the motion to approve this Special Use Permit with the following stipulations : **no night or Sunday work **no engine repair **no outside storage **no more than 2 RV' s on property at one time **if becomes larger, must find more suitable site Williams seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously. C: KEITH SINK, Trinity, North Carolina, is requesting a Special Use Permit to use a 60 x 28 building (which is under construction) for the storage of classic cars at his residence located on 15 . 70 acres at 2503 Old Mountain Road, Tabernacle Township, Zoning Map #6795 , Zoning District RA. Sink was present and explained that he has had his dealers license for 17 years and he purchases classic cars to restore mainly for himself. Sink said he wants to construct a building 800 feet off the road to store some classic corvettes that he currently has stored at his parent' s home . On the property now is 10 cars in his basement, 7 cars in an accessory building and 4 cars out on the property. Sink presented a petition of 62 signatures from neighboring property owners in support of his request. Sink also gave the Board a packet of information of his plans for the building. Brenda Elliott, Old Mountain Road, said she has lived here beside the property for 25 years . Elliott said he started construction of this building without a building permit and it is ,—' located next to her house . Elliott wanted to know why he could not located the building somewhere else on this property instead of beside her house . Sink said he chose this site because it was the most level spot on his property. Elliott said that she is concerned of the crime possibility if people realize there are classic automobiles at this location. Elliott said that if the Board allows Sink to complete construction she felt the Board should at least require Sink to provide a buffer of a fence or trees . Elliott said that he has abandoned cars and car parts on the property that should be removed (there are 8 abandoned cars here now) . Elliott said the building should be cleaned up or painted due to the mess of red dirt stains on the block all ready placed for the foundation. Bill Dorsett said that Sink has said he needs to move the cars from his parent' s home and if the building is not allowed the cars will be parked in the yard. Dorsett said he should contain all his vehicles within his accessory buildings . Williams and Craven expressed concern that a buffer be required. Johnson said that if the Board wanted to approve the request with a buffer then the Planning Staff could go out and work out what kind of buffer would be necessary. Williams made the motion, seconded by Dorsett, to approve this request with the requirement that an appropriate buffer be worked out by the Planning Director. The motion passed unanimously. D: GEORGE PIERCE, JR. , Asheboro, North Carolina, is requesting a Special Use Permit to construct a building to operate a welding & metal fabrication shop at his residence located on 55 acres at 5390 Strieby Church Road Extension, Union Township, Zoning Map #7626, Zoning District RA. Pierce discussed his intentions to construction a 30 x 60 building and to move his business to his residence. There was no opposition present for this request. Dorsett made the motion, seconded by Craven, to approve this request for a Special Use Permit with the restriction of no outside storage allowed to be visible from the road. All storage must be contained within the building or behind the building. The motion passed unanimously. 7 . The meeting adjourned at 9: 29 p.m. There were 106 people present for this meeting. NORTH CAROLINA RANDOLPH COUNTY Planning Dire•tor (ja-7-,(L_ /- 95— Date Cl k/Secretary V 34 ✓ ei®%1 N ..r