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.
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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.
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Brody said that she would like to see a moratorium on downzoning in Hillsborough.
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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.