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HomeMy Public PortalAbout3.4.1985 Planning Board Agenda and MinutesAlayor Frank H. Sheffield, Jr. Commissioners Lynwood J. Brown Horace H. Johnson Allen A. Lloyd Remus J. Smith Rachel H. Stevens March 1, 1985 town of 30111dorouab HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 Town Clerk Agatha Johnson Supt. Water Works C. E. Rosemond Street Supt. L. D. Wagoner Chief of Police Arnold W. Hamlett To: Planning Board and News Media From: Myron Martin, Chairman Reminder of Public Hearing, March 4, 1985 at the Town Hall at 7:30 P.M. to receive comments from the public on the request by William Gordon for rezoning of 9.9 acres on Highway 70 across from the Hillsborough Motor :Lodge from R-20 to R-10. Quorum is needed. Agenda for the Planning Board Meeting, March 7, 1985 at 7:30 P.M. at the Town Hall: Item 1- Consideration of rezoning request heard at the March 4, 1985 Public Meeting for recommendation to the Town Board. Item 2- Scholar and Weng subdivisions; new letter from the Town regarding the water and sewer and request for review by Scholar. Item 3- Committee Reports Item 4- Approval of Minutes (to be handed out at the Public Hearing) Item 5- Information that a Public Hearing will be held on a 150 foot communications tower conditional use permit request on March 27, 1985 at the Town Hall at 7:30 P.M. by the Board of Adjustment. The tower will be located next to the Wendy's sign on I-85. PUBLIC HEARING Minutes of Joint Meeting on March 4, 1985 Members of Town Board: Frank Sheffield, Mayor, Dr. Rachel Stephens, Remus Smith, Allen Lloyd, Horace Johnson and Lynwood Brown. Members of the Planning Board: Evelyn Poole -Kober, Vice Chairman, Bob Rose, Barbara Page, Nancy Goodwin, Dr. Robert Murphy, Tarleton Davis, Jim Culbreth, Hilda Brody and Calvin Ashley. Others: William G. Bailey, Geraldine Bailey, Dorothy and Bill Holloway, Jimmy Combs, Eda Forrest, Walter Utley, Linda Gourley, Sherry Lanno, Betty and Billy Hicks, R. Patel, Clyde Whitted, Harry Wilson, Ruby Byers, Oliver ClAyton, Kathleen Clayton, A.W. Kenion, Daisy Jump, Edna Ellis, Lola Dixon, Bruce Wagner, Hugh Irby, Manley Palmer, Robert Thomason, Juanita Wilson, Agatha Johnson, Town Clerk, and Kay Maltbie, Zoning Officer. The Mayor called the meeting to order and noted that since Myron Martin had the flu, Evelyn Poole -Kober, would conduct the public hearing as Vice Chairman of the Planning Board. Poole -Kober asked that the uses for R-10 be read from the Zoning Ordinance. After this reading, comments were invited. A.W. Kenion said that although some of the area around the requested rezoning area is zoned R-10, that most of the houses look like R-20 houses. The character of the area would be changed if the area were rezoned to R-10. A great deal of money has been spent on Northern Fairview. Nothing should be done to cancel that work. Bruce Wagner said that he owned adjoining property. He read Section 3 of the Zoning Ordinance regarding the protection of present and future enjoyment of property by all residents of the -Town. The -zoning was set in 1979 for R-20, medium residential development. The zoning should stay R-20. He said that there was only one small area of R-20 left on the northwest side of Town. Edna Ellis presented a petition to deny the request from 36 people in the neighbor- hood. Her personal opinion was the same as Kenion's. Daisy Jump said that she lived next to the motel and wanted the property to stay R-20. Lola Dixon said she lived right across in front of the property and was opposed to the rezoning. Betty Hicks, Dorothy Holloway and Geraldine Bailey all said they wanted the zoning to remain unchanged. Hicks said that her property joins the property requested /Tbi rezoning. Wilson asked that the citizens wait and see what William Gordon had in mind. Poole -Kober said that comments could be taken on rezoning the land, but not on what he wants to put in, because that would be contract zoning and no contract could be made to tie him to what would be put in. William Gordon said that he wanted to review .the existing zoning. He said that to the north was R-10 and R-20. To the west was institutional. To the south of the site was.R-10 and GC. To the east was R-20 and GC. He felt that at the last meeting, concern had been voiced mostly about mobile homes. He could put in 13 buildings, 71 multi -family units. The existing trees would be preserved, landscaping would be added. He presented a preliminary plan which was only presented as a example of development of the site. Page two, Public Hearing, March 4, 1985 Gordon said that we are willingto have the zoning conditional on this particular usage. If the zoning were preserved, it would preserve the owners' right to develop 21 lots for mobile homes. Holloway asked if the proposed units were not going to be low income. Gordon said that he bad no plans for subsidized housing. He would pursue tax- exempt ginancing or other means to make it more economical. If this development was not done, there would be more mobile homes. Wagner said that 71 apartments would bring a lot of people into the area; he said that it is hard to get onto Highway 70 from Holiday Park Road. He asked about pro- blems with water pressure. Brown said that with the six inch line on Lakeshore and 6 inch line on Highway 70, that there would be more water pressure there than any place in town. Johnson said that there were three six inch lines there. Irby said that he did not have any water pressure. Water pressure was to be checked. Brody asked what the purpose of reducing the zoning was. Gordon said that the R-10 zoning was necessary to make the project feasible. Seven units to the acre is low density. The cost of improvements, streets, etc. are site improvements which represent costs above the cost of the land. A two bedroom with 800 square feet would rent for less and be more affordable if seven to an acre. The interior streets would meet or exceed city standards inequality and would be owned and maintained by the development. Questions about drainage were asked. Gordon said that over 20 percent of the site would be for playground. Only about .6 child per unit was expected. Holloway said that there would be an overflow of children in the summer. Wagner said that the development would not help him or his neighbors. Gordon said that he could assure him that he would develop his property as conscientiously as you have developed your property. When Wagner questioned Gordon about the income of the apartment residents. Gordon said' that $16-18,000 was less than 80 percent of median income. We don't consider this low income housing. It would be affordable to that income level. Wagner said that the concern was that the people would be detrimental to our neighborhood in terms of the quality of people. Wilson asked Gordon if he thought that the children of the neighborhood would use the projected recreation area of the apartments. Gordon said that he did. Wagner said that one of the buildings would be right by his house. The noise would disrupt the neighborhood. Gordon said that properly maintained and developed, multifamily isnot a detriment to a neighborhood. Carol Palmer said as a taxpayer; she did not want to see any land degraded or any R-20 downzoned. She lives across the street from multi -family and there are always problems. Irby said there were problems with water pressure, standing water, drainage, and 3 or 4 children killed on Highway 70. Page three Brody said that she would like to see a moratorium on downzoning in Hillsborough. I Ellis said that she felt that they all knew that we have a very good Town Board which is trying to protect us and we are looking to them for protection. The meeting was adjourned. Minutes reported by Kay Maltbie, Zoning Officer.