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RANDOLPH COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
October 4, 1988
There was a meeting of the Randolph County Planning
Board on Tuesday, October 4, 1988 , at 7 : 15 p.m. (the Board
previously met as its roll of the Board of Adjustment at 7 :00
p.m. ) , in Courtroom B, Randolph County Courthouse, 145 Worth
Street, Asheboro, North Carolina .
1. Chairman Doyle Stout called the Randolph County
Planning Board meeting to Order at 7 : 15 p.m.
2 . Hal Johnson, Planning Director , called roll of the
members: Doyle Stout, Chairman, present; Lynden
Craven, Vice Chairman, present; Charles Adams,
present; Ray Farlow, present; Guy Troy, present;
Bill Dorsett, present; Arlie Culp, Alternate,
present (substituting for resigned member Tal
Harrison) ; and Maxton McDowell, Alternate, absent .
3 . Chairman Stout asked for a motion to approve the
Minutes for the September 20 , 1988 Planning Board
meeting. Ray Farlow made the motion, seconded by
Bill Dorsett, to approve the Minutes of September
20th. The motion passed.
4 . SUBDIVISION :
A: PROVIDENCE VILLAGE (Previously approved
Preliminary Plat) ; Providence Township; SR
2230 ; 56 lots . Country Land Sales - Property
Owners .
Hal Johnson reminded the Board that the
Preliminary Plans for the subdivision was
approved in September , 1987 and that the
original owner , Ed Routh, had past away, and
the Routh Estate sold the subdivision to
Country Land Sales . Johnson stated that the
original number of lots was 117 and that the
new developers were reducing the number of
lots to 56 (at an average lot size of 2
acres) .
Lanier Hurdle, Managing Partner of Country
Land Sales, was present at the meeting.
Guy Troy stated that this would be a tremen-
dous improvement to the original plans.
Lynden Craven, made the motion, seconded by
Arlie Culp, that due to the improvements of
the plans, the subdivision should be approved.
The motion passed unanimously.
5 . REZONING REO `rS
A: H & F Associates, Thomasville, North Carolina,
approximately 60 acres of land located on
Fuller Mill Road (SR 1404) , Tabernacle Town-
ship, be rezoned from Residential Agricultural
to Mixed Residential. Zoning Map #6793 . It
is the desire of the applicant to continue
with 2 additional phases (equaling 41 lots) of
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Asheton Woods Subdivision (24 existing lots) .
Hal Johnson told the Board that the original
plat of 24 lots, approved in 1987 , showed
future development but did not show the actual
lots .
The developers were not present at the meet-
ing .
Vicky Cruthis, adjoining property owner ,
stated that when this subdivision was approved
(Section 1) , the developer stated that it
would be stick built homes, but when develop-
ment began he changed it to mobile homes.
Cruthis had concerns of the safety of the two
bridges on Fuller Mill Road with the
additional traffic. Cruthis also expressed
the Communities problem with stray dogs being
dumped off at this mobile home subdivision.
Worth Younts, owner of the first lot on Fuller
Mill Road, stated that he was opposed to this
mobile home park . Younts stated that this
land in this area was family owned land.
Younts also expressed his concerns of traffic
problems this subdivision would cause, the
small amount of law enforcement in the area,
and the detramental effect it would have on
the area .
Darlene Wagner , property owner across the road
from this subdivision, expressed her concerns
of the impact this subdivision would have on
the all ready crowded school system. Wagner
told the Board of approximately 7 large mobile
home developments (parks/subdivisions) that
totaled to approximately 602 within a 5 mile
radious of this area .
Guy Troy asked for a show of hands of persons
in the audience in opposition to this request
and 13 persons raised their hands .
Beth Younts, adjoining property owner , stated
that this was a family community, and this
type of subdivision would devalue the land in
this area . Younts also stated that the
developers lead the Community under false pre-
tenses by saying they were going to build
stick built homes and then moving in trailers.
Greg Sprinkle, resident of Fuller Mill Road,
stated that the developers started a site
built home on the first lot but never finished
and now two double wide mobile homes are in
the subdivision and the rest are single wide
mobile homes. Sprinkle also expressed his
concerns about the existing mobile homes riot
being completely underpinned.
Bill Dorsett expressed his concerns about the
density of this area.
Guy Troy asked if the Board could recommend to
modify the request to upgrade the type of
housing. Johnson said the recommendations
would need to be to deny the request with the
added recommendation of rezoning the property
to Residential Restricted.
Worth Younts stated that he felt he was on the
defensive side and the developers had the
option . Younts added that the developers
should be on the defensive side because they
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deliberately deceived the community.
Hazel Bumgarner , resident of Fuller Mill Road,
stated that she felt you could build a site
built house as cheap as you could buy a double
wide mobile home.
Charles Adams, Board member , stated that he
was sympathetic with these people and he also
had some concerns of this subdivision being in
such close proximity of Uwharrie River .
Guy Troy made the motion, seconded by Charles
Adams, to recommend to the Commissioners this
request be denied. The motion passed
unanimously .
B: Donald Lanier , Asheboro, North Carolina, is
requesting that approximately 60 acres of land
located on SR 2843 behind Happy Hollow Com-
munity Building, Richland Township, be rezoned
from Residential Agricultural to Mixed Resi-
dential. Zoning Map #7667 . It is the desire
of the applicant to develop a site built/manu-
factured housing residential subdivision of 10
lots (average tract size - 5 .72 acres) .
Donald Lanier was present at the hearing and
told the Board that the subdivision would be
left open for a mixed type of housing and the
road would have a 60 ' right of way.
There was no one present at the meeting in
opposition of the request .
Board members seemed pleased with the lot
sizes .
Lynden Craven made the motion, seconded by Guy
�... Troy, to recommend to the Commissioners the
request be approved. The motion passed
unanimously.
C: Walter Lee Roberts, Asheboro, North Carolina,
is requesting that approximately 34 acres of
land located approximately 1500 feet south of
Highway 64 on the west side of SR 2605,
Franklinville Township, be rezoned from
Residential Agricultural to Residential
Restricted. Zoning Map #7781 . It is the
desire of the applicant to develop a site
built residential subdivision of 24 lots
(average lot size - 1 .3 acres with public road
access) .
Hal Johnson explained to the Board that the
applicant was requesting for the most
restricted type of zoning in the County.
Walter Roberts was not present at the hearing.
Guy Troy stated that this type of development
would be in keeping with the area.
Bill Dorsett made the motion, seconded by Ray
Farlow, the recommend to the Commissioners the
request be approved. The motion passed
unanimously.
D: H. Wade Yates, Asheboro, North Carolina, is
requesting that approximately 108 acres of
land located on Highway 64 west of Asheboro,
Back Creek Township, be rezoned from Resi-
dential Agricultural to Residential Res-
tricted. Zoning Map #7731 . It is the desire
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of the applicant to develop a site built/Class
A manufactured housing residential subdivision
of 74 lots.
Hal Johnson told the Board that a large
portion of this property was located in a
flood zone.
Wade Yates was not present at the meeting.
Sam Lowe, adjoining land owner , stated that he
was opposed to manufactured housing in this
area. Johnson explained to Lowe that this
type of zoning was the most restricted in the
County and that the County could not restrict
against Class A Double Wide Manufactured
Housing with minimum interior of 1200 sq. ft.
on permanent masonry foundations.
Ray Farlow made the motion, seconded by Bill
Dorsett, to recommend the approval of this
request with the restriction of no construc-
tion in the flood zone area . The motion
passed unanimously.
E: Harry F. Chamberlin, Asheboro, North Carolina,
is requesting that approximately 1 1/2 acres
(front portion of Chamberlin ' s 4 acre tract)
of land located on the south side of Highway
64 (between SR 2666/SR 2692) , Franklinville
Township, be rezoned from Residential
Restricted to Light Industrial/Conditional
Use. Zoning Map #7771 . It is the desire of
the applicant to construct a 50 ' x 50 ' build-
ing to operate a machine shop and a gun shop.
Hal Johnson stated that the Planning Depart-
ment had calls concerning whether or not a
firing range would be on the property.
Chamberlin stated that the guns would not be
fired on the property. Chamberlin also stated
that the machine shop would be for hoisery
mill parts or farming equipment parts and no
outside storage would be on the property.
There was no one present in opposition to the
request .
Lynden Craven made the motion, seconded by
Arlie Culp, to recommend to the Commissioners
this request be approved. The motion passed
unanimously.
F: Glenn R. Davis, Ramseur, North Carolina, is
requesting that approximately 4 1/2 acres of
land located just outside of Ramseur City
limits on the eastside of Highway 22, Columbia
Township, be rezoned from Residential Agricul-
tural to Highway Commercial. Zoning Map
#8701 . It is the desire of the applicant to
use the property for commercial development.
Glenn Davis was present at the meeting and
told the Board that the property was original-
ly used for a Church/Fellowship Hall. Davis
said a building of 4040 sq. ft. is located on
the property and he had been running an
auction house from the building. Davis stated
that several small businesses were in this
area .
No one was present at the meeting in opposi-
tion to the request.
Guy Troy made the motion, seconded by Charles
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Adams, to recommend to the Commissioners the
request be approved. The motion passed
unanimously .
6 . MISCELLA_NEOUS
Bill Dorsett read a portion of the Zoning
Ordinance (ZONING, Page II-80) and reminded
Board members that it is unlawful to ask or be
told what an applicant plans to do with
property on a straight rezoning.
Hal Johnson introduced Paul Dillon, reporter
for the Randleman Reporter Newspaper , to the
Board.
7 . The Planning Board meeting adjourned at 8 : 26
p.m.
RANDOLPH COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
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