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09SeptemberPB ' MINUTES •Li ",� " )' �' RANDOLPH COUNTY PLANNING BOARD ;779 September 13, 1994 1 . Chairman Jim Routh called to Order the Randolph County Planning Board meeting at 7 : 00 p.m. 2 . Hal Johnson, Planning Director, called roll of the members: Jim Routh, Chairman, present; Aweilda Williams, Vice Chairman, absent; Tim Poole, present; Lynden Craven, present; Charles Adams, absent; Bill Dorsett, absent; Phil Brower , present; and Maxton McDowell , Alternate, present. 3 . Lynden Craven made the motion, seconded by Phil Brower , to approve the Minutes of the Randolph County Planning Board meeting of August 2 , 1994 . The motion passed. 4 . REZONING REQUESTS: A: NEAL CRAVEN, Asheboro, North Carolina, is requesting that 35 acres located on Mack Lineberry Road (north of Tom Brown Road) , Franklinville Township, be rezoned from Residential Agricultural to Residential Restricted. Zoning Map #7785 . It is the desire of the applicant to develop a subdivision of 10 lots . Johnson said that this request has come before this Board last month with the potential of 35 lots . Due to concerns expressed by the neighbors , Craven redesigned the proposed development to only include 10 lots . Chairman Routh questioned Craven as to why he divided the lots with long strips of property on the right-hand side of the development. Craven said that these lots were designed to allow them to have State Road Frontage. JERRY HILL, husband to property owner , Old Liberty Road, Franklinville, said that the purchase contract expired on August 25th because the buyers didn' t close on the property. Hill said the property is under contract with a new person and the real estate agent has been notified of this . Hill said that the potential plans of this new buyer is to build one residence on the entire acreage. Craven said the contract had contingencies and is still not expired until this rezoning process has been completed. Craven said the listing contract has expired but the purchase contract has not. Craven said it is not the Board' s responsibility to make a decision of the validity of the contract. Maxton McDowell asked if the Board should table this matter until the contract has been cleared up. Craven said the contract will never be cleared until the Board acts on the rezoning request. McDowell questioned if the Board could rezoning the property. Johnson answered that the Board could rezoning the property but that historically this Board has not rezoned property over the wishes of the property owners . SUSAN MOORE, Mack Lineberry Road, Franklinville, expressed her concerns on the following: **protection of their rights to continue their style of living **allow the community to remain low density **this is a rural area and Moore said she wanted her privacy protected **this development would greatly impact the community and their way of life **concerned about the environment (water quality) Moore presented a petition of 83 signatures of individuals in the community opposed to this rezoning. Moore said that this community is united in their commitment to keeping the rural integrity of the community safe. Moore added that the layout of the subdivision was not appropriate . There were 35 people present in opposition to this request. ODELL ROUTH, Franklinville, North Carolina, said that this community voiced their opposition to this request 6 weeks ago and their feelings have not changed. Routh said this community is here to defend a purpose. Lynden Craven made the motion, seconded by Maxton McDowell , to recommend to the Commissioners that this request be denied due to the land owners ' opposition to the request. The motion passed unanimously. B: PAUL STALEY, Julian, North Carolina, is requesting that 39 acres (from 44 . 51 acres) located on Shiloh Road (across from Hollow Hill Road) , Liberty Township, be rezoned from Residential Agricultural to Residential Restricted. Zoning Map #8708 . It is the desire of the applicant to develop an 8 lot restricted subdivision (average lot size 4 . 75 acres) . Paul Staley was present and explained his intentions to allow only stick built homes of 1 , 200 sq. ft. or more heated square footage. Staley said it was his intention to have large lots in this development. George Moore, adjoining property owner , was present and discussed concerns for water quality and explained to the Board that this property wouldn't perk 15 years ago. Moore said Randolph should be careful not to end up like Guilford did a few years ago. Lynden Craven made the motion, seconded by Tim Poole, to recommend to the Commissioners that this request be approved. The motion passed unanimously. C: GERALD PARKER, Greensboro, North Carolina, is requesting that 19 acres (out of 254 acres) located on Mount Lebanon Road, Union Township, be rezoned from Residential Agricultural to Residential Restricted. Zoning Map #7635 . It is the desire of the applicant to develop a restricted subdivision of 11 lots . Parker was present and expressed his intentions to develop a 11 lot subdivision for modular homes , double-wide mobile homes, or site built homes . Parker said they have already installed underground power lines for these sites . Howard Strider, Pisgah Covered Bridge Road, explained that he came to make sure that there would be no more mobile homes added to the area. Strider said he would not be opposed to this development. Tim Poole made the motion, seconded by Maxton McDowell , to recommend to the Commissioners that this request be approved. The motion passed unanimously. D: LARCO CONSTRUCTION, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is requesting that 10 acres (out of 75 acres) located off Bus Hwy 220S (just south of Bullins Drive) , Richland Township, be rezoned from Residential Agricultural to Heavy Industrial/ Conditional Use. Zoning Map #7666 . It is the desire of the applicant to operate a temporary asphalt plant. (Property Owner - Joe Farlow) Ken Elliott, Larco Construction, was present and explained that it is his intentions to use the property as an asphalt plant for the construction of the new 220 Bypass . Elliott said this project would be completed by June 1 , 1996 and the asphalt plant would be removed. There was no one present in opposition to this request. Lynden Craven questioned if the property would revert back to RA zoning once the 220 Bypass project was completed. Johnson answered yes . Maxton McDowell made the motion, seconded by Phil Brower, to recommend to the Commissioners that this request be approved. The motion passed unanimously. E: JEFF CROTTS, Sophia, North Carolina, is requesting that 3 . 85 acres located at 5742 Branson Davis Road, New Market Township, be rezoned from Residential Restricted to Residential Agricultural/Conditional Use . Zoning Map #7746 . It is the desire of the applicant to place a 1973 single wide mobile home on the property. (Property Owner W.H. & Ella Crotts) Jeff Crotts explained that this property has been in his family since 1944 . Neighbor Gladys Swaim questioned the distance between the road and his mobile home . He said approximately 200 feet. Crotts said his grandmother is getting up in years and is scared to stay by herself. Johnson explained to Crotts that if he removed this trailer he would have to replace it with a newer model. Lynden Craven made the motion, seconded by Phil Brower, to recommend to the Commissioners that this request be approved. The motion passed unanimously. F: LEE ROBERTS, Asheboro, North Carolina, is requesting that 39 acres (out of a 81 acre tract) located on Wayne White Road, Providence Township, be rezoned from Residential Agricultural to Residential Restricted. Zoning Map # 7787 . It is the desire of the applicant to develop a restricted residential subdivision of 25 lots . (Ethelyn Richardson - Property Owner) Roberts said he is now the property owner . Roberts explained there would be site built homes of no less than 1400 sq. ft. of heated space and the roads would be built to State standards. Roberts said they have had a private soil scientist check the property. An adjoining property owner expressed his concerns of this development changing the setting of the neighborhood. He also questioned what effect this would have on the property tax values and said this would be a burden on the fire departments, schools, and road system. He also questioned the perking situation in this area . John Wall, adjoining property owner, said he has owned his farm land of 90+ acres since the 60 ' s. Wall said the area is already burdened by mobile home parks and the school system is over crowded. Tracy Peele, adjoining property owner , said this is a farming community and she lives in the country for it to be country. Peele said this type of a development should be closer into town. Peele discussed concerns of crime rates , traffic , and the burden that would be placed on the schools. Lee Roberts said that this 80 acre tract would only have 25 home sites. Johnson said that the strong points for this development would be that the extremely large lots front on Wayne White Road (only (2) 1 1/2 acre tracts visible from Wayne White Road) , the denser development is within the subdivision, and the property adjoins land that is currently zoned RM (mixed residential subdivision) . Larry Grubb, neighboring property owner, said he felt the lots should be 10 - 15 acres in tract size. Raymond Rash expressed concerns for out water supply. Vance Roberts said that there is tremendous growth �-- being experienced in the northern part of Randolph County. Roberts said there are other large site built subdivisions in the area and this would be for quality housing (no mobile homes, no built homes moved in) . Roberts said you can' t limit growth due to schools , the County has to provide schools were they are need. Roberts said this Board has seen us do good jobs with developments such as Woodridge and Pine Ridge. Jerry White, Wayne White Road, said she has been a resident here for 50+ years . White said she felt the Planning Board should encourage more development deeper into Randolph County because the boarder only serves as a bedroom community and these people spend all their money out of County. White said this community was encouraged by being zoned RA and she said she would feel better if the lots were larger. Pat Wall, neighboring property owner, said that they farm their property with chickens and cows and are concerned about new neighbors complaining about farming odors . There were 14 people present in opposition. Lynden Craven made the motion, seconded by Phil Brower, to recommend to the Commissioners that this request be approved. The motion passed unanimously. 5 . Swearing in of 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. " 10 people took this Oath. 6 . SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUESTS: A: JOHN FAIN, Trinity, North Carolina, is requesting an addition to his Special Use Permit for an expansion of his building to house lumber & frames at his business located at his residence on 22 . 49 acres at 4279 Hoover Hill Road, Tabernacle Township, Zoning Map #7715, Zoning District RA. Fain explained that his business is a family business that builds furniture frames . The addition would be to store frames and lumber which is currently stored outside. There was no one present in opposition. Lynden Craven made the motion, seconded by Maxton McDowell, to approve this request for a Special Use Permit. The motion passed unanimously. B: CHARLES HUGHES, Trinity, North Carolina, is requesting a Special Use Permit to obtain a dealer ' s license at his residence located on 1 . 70 acres at 6936 Westfield Church Road, Tabernacle Township, Zoning Map #7702 , Zoning District RA. Request was withdrawn because applicant decided to operate and have his dealer ' s licenses issued to the Old Tabernacle Auction House instead of his residence. C: HOYT SOUTHARDS, Thomasville, North Carolina, is requesting a Special Use Permit to obtain a dealers license to wholesale used automobiles at his residence located at 2175 Fuller Mill Road, Tabernacle Township, Zoning Map #6794 , Zoning District RA. Southards stated that he would wholesale cars and only 3 or 4 cars would be on the property for business . Southards has been selling cars for 20 years and deals in classics . Southards said there would be no repair work done on the premises . There was no one present in opposition to this request. Lynden Craven made the motion, seconded by Phil Brower, to approve this request for a Special Use Permit with the restriction of no more than 5 cars on the property for the business . The motion passed unanimously. D: MARTY CRAVEN, Sophia, North Carolina, is requesting a Special Use Permit to operate a "turkey shoot" at his residence located at 2768 Old County Farm Road on 21 . 66 acres, Back Creek Township, Zoning Map #7743 , Zoning District RA. Craven said that he operated this "turkey shoot" for the first time last year as a seasonal operation. Craven explained that he would operate each year from Labor Day through the end of February from 6 : 30 p.m. - 10 : 30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Craven said approximately 16 people shoot on an average night. Craven said that from the back of the targets to his back property line is 1700 feet (Craven showed the Board a .., picture of the woods at the back of the property) . Craven presented the Board with 2 letters from people in the area in favor of this request. .� Craven said he doesn' t allow and trouble or drinking and the business is family oriented. David McCracken, neighboring property owner, said he had to ask the Zoning Office to stop last years "turkey shoot" around April . McCracken showed the Board an aerial map of the property and all the many residences across the road from the property (130+ homes) . McCracken said they have used high powered riffles at this range and McCracken added that he doesn't feel safe in his home with the "turkey shoot" in operation. Vance Nance, participate of the "turkey shoot" , said the line of fire was not near McCracken' s home and there have never been high powered riffles fired on this range. Johnson said he felt the issue here was the densely populated area. Tim Poole made the motion, seconded by Lynden Craven, to table this request. Poole said he is concerned about this many residences being located near this "turkey shoot" but that if the residents are not concerned with the operation, he would ~' not. The motion passed. 7 . The meeting adjourned at 8 : 42 p.m. There were 90 people present. NORTH CAROLINA C44---, - il RANDOLPH COUNTY Planning Director q- -.2 - 1--, V../t,i/ r7r1,2_, Date Cle 1/Secretary ' T .h : - r A ' y