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RANDOLPH COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
204 East Academy Street • Post Office Box 771
Asheboro, North Carolina 27204-0771
Telephone: (336) 318-6555 • Fax: (336) 318-6550
RANDOLPH COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
November 14, 2017
AGENDA
1.Call to Order the Randolph County Planning Board meeting at 6:30 p.m.
2.Roll call of the Members: Reid Pell, Chairman; Wayne Joyce, Vice Chairman; Chris
McLeod;John Cable;Keith Slusher;Kemp Davis; Ralph Modlin; and Michael Koehler.
3.Approval of the Minutes of the September 12, 2017,Randolph County Planning Board
meeting.
REQUEST FOR A PROPERTY REZONING:
4.
A.GREENSBORO RANDOLPH MEGASITE FOUNDATION, INC and NORTH
CAROLINA RAILROAD HOLDINGS I, LLC,
are requesting that the following
parcels be rezoned from RA to HI-CD:
1)110.62 acres located at 5163 Troy Smith Road, Liberty Township, Tax ID# 8717687310,
Property Owners –Frank Robert and Linda D. Leonard.
2)49.96 acres located at 4933 Hoots Hollow Road,Liberty Township, Tax ID#
8717577833, Property Owner –Robert Douglas Williams.
3)20.34 acres located on Hoots Hollow Road, Liberty Township, Tax ID# 8717456557,
Property Owner –Robert Douglas Williams.
4)14.59 acres located at 8703 Old 421 Road, Liberty Township, Tax ID# 8718132433,
Property Owners –Bobby L. and Dorothy C. Ferguson.
5)14.74 acres located at 5921 Browns Meadow Road, Liberty Township, Tax ID#
8718137473, Property Owners –James Filmore and Brenda F. Stephens.
6)4.92 acres located at 5112 Orange Blossom Drive, Liberty Township, Tax ID#
8718237946, Property Owners –Bobby Lee Ferguson and Brenda Ferguson Stephens.
7)27.30 acres located off Browns Meadow Road, Liberty Township, Tax ID# 8717372797,
Property Owner –Charles Ray Norrell.
8)1.90 acres located on Browns Meadow Road, Liberty Township, Tax ID# 8717177537,
Property Owner –Charles Ray Norrell.
9)4 acres located at the end of Hoots Hollow Road, Liberty Township, Tax ID#
8717575083, Property Owner –Diane Cox Stephens.
10)2 acres located at 4928 Hoots Hollow Road, Liberty Township, Tax ID# 8717564688,
Property Owner –Diane Cox Stephens.
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11)7.77 acres located at the end of Hoots Hollow Road, Liberty Township, Tax ID#
8717568559, Property Owner –Diane Cox Stephens.
12)10.6 acres located at 4894 Hoots Hollow Road, Liberty Township, Tax ID#
8717566143, Property Owner –Rena W. Stephens.
13)2 acres located at 4883 Hoots Hollow Road, Liberty Township, Tax ID# 8717459812,
Property Owners –Charles Buddy & Mary W. Stephens.
14)98.52 acres located at 5067 Troy Smith Road, Liberty Township, Tax ID# 8717761952,
Property Owners –Kenneth Vinton Young, Sr. & Clara D. Young.
Technical Review Committee Recommendation:
The Technical Review Committee met and found that this proposal was in compliance
with the standards outlined in the 2009 Growth Management Plan adopted by the Board
of County Commissioners. The Technical Review Committee recommends to the
approved
County Planning Board that this request be .
Examples of Growth Management Policies that the Technical Review Committee
found supporting this recommendation are:
Policy 1.1. Sustainable economic development, environmental protection, and quality
of life, shall be pursued together as mutually supporting public policy goals.
Policy 1.2. The County will encourage new and expanding industies and businesses
which: (1) diversify the local economy, (2) utilize more highly skilled labor force and
(3) increase area residents’ incomes.
Policy 1.3. The benefits of economic development should be balanced against the
possible detrimental effects such development may have on the quality of life enjoyed
by area residents.
Policy 1.6. Randolph County will support coordination of economic development
resources with various local agencies and seek regional coordination and interaction
between areas with a shared economic interest.
Policy 1.7. Planning and development decisions should be based on the principle of
promoting investment in Randolph County to expand employment opportunities while
preserving and improving the quality of life for all county residents.
Policy 3.1. Industrial development should be on land that is physically suitable and
has unique locational advantages for industry. Advanced planning for the
identification of such land should be encouraged.
Policy 3.5. New industrial developments should be encouraged to locate in existing
and planned industrial parks.
Policy 3.7 Sustainable economic growth, environmental protection, and quality of life
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shall be pursued together as mutually supporting growth management goals.
Policy 3.10. Site specific development plans shall be required that reduce stormwater
impact by designing new industrial development in a manner that minimizes
concentrated stormwaterflow using vegetated buffer areas or retention ponds.
Policy 8.2. Public involvement is encouraged in decisions on land use and
development by making the public aware of proposed developments at the earliest
opportunity, and fostering communication between landowners, the development
industry, the public and Randolph County government.
B.CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES
, Carrboro, North Carolina, is requesting that
approximately 29 acres (out of 70.83 acres) located at the corner of Lowe Country
Road/Spencer Meadow Road, Back Creek Township, be rezoned from RA to RIO-CD.
Tax ID# 7731171912. Secondary Growth Area. The proposed Conditional Zoning
District would specifically allow two solar farms as per site plan. James D. Lowe -
Property Owner.
Technical Review Committee Recommendation:
The Technical Review Committee met and found that this proposal was in compliance
with the standards outlined in the 2009 Growth Management Plan adopted by the Board
of County Commissioners. The Technical Review Committee recommends to the
approved
County Planning Board that this request be .
Examples of Growth Management Policies that the Technical Review Committee found
supporting this recommendation are:
Policy 3.1 Industrial development should be on land that is physically suitable and has
unique locational advantages for industry. Advanced planning for the identification of
such land should be encouraged.
Policy 3.11 New rural industrial development shall be located in areas of the site that
would lessen impact to adjoining residential and agricultural lands.
CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES
C., Carrboro, North Carolina, is requesting that
approximately 21 acres located on the north side of Deer Trail Drive (off of New Hope
Road), New Hope Township, be rezoned from RAto RIO-CD. Tax ID# 7605156205.
Rural Growth Area. The proposed Conditional Zoning District would specifically allow
a solar farm as per site plan. Cliff H. Loflin -Property Owner.
Technical Review Committee Recommendation:
The Technical Review Committee met and found that this proposal was in compliance
with the standards outlined in the 2009 Growth Management Plan adopted by the Board
of County Commissioners. The Technical Review Committee recommends to the
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approved
County Planning Board that this request be .
Examples of Growth Management Policies that the Technical Review Committee found
supporting this recommendation are:
Policy 3.1 Industrial development should be on land that is physically suitable and has
uniquelocational advantages for industry. Advanced planning for the identification of
such land should be encouraged.
Policy 3.9 Individual rezoning decisions within Rural Growth Areas will depend upon
the scale of the development, and the specific nature of the site and its location.
REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT:
5.
Swearing in of the Witnesses -
“Do you hereby swear or affirm that the testimony that
you are about to provide shall be truthful and accurate to the best of your knowledge and
belief and that is your solemn affirmation.”
BARRY COCKMAN
A., Ramseur, North Carolina, is requesting a Special Use Permit for
a Rural Family Occupation to obtain an automotive dealer’s license at his residence, with
a display lot (maximum 5 cars) as per site plan, located at 4499 Young Road, on 1.50
acres, Coleridge Township, Zoning District RA, Tax ID# 8700087250.
6.Adjournment.
Attachments
Randolph County Planning Board Agenda4November 14, 2017