Moore County schedules public hearings for zoning amendment and rezoning of 3.77-acre parcel

Moore County commissioners scheduled public hearings for April 16, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. on two land-use proposals: an amendment to Chapter 7 general development standards governing personal workshop and storage buildings in the highway corridor overlay and a conventional rezoning of a roughly 3.772-acre parcel on Murdock Steel Road from Neighborhood Business (B-1) to Residential-Agricultural 40 (RA-40).

Staff read the proposed amendment to section 7.8 f 0.13, which would specifically address personal workshop and storage building uses in the highway corridor overlay district, and moved that the board call a public hearing on the amendment. The motion to set the hearing was read aloud and put on the agenda for April 16, 2024, at 5:30 p.m.

On the rezoning request, staff said the parcel in question is listed as Parcel ID 00014941 in Moore County tax records and is approximately 3.772 acres. The application, presented as a conventional rezoning, would change the property’s zoning from Neighborhood Business (B-1) to RA-40. Staff noted nearby properties are already majority RA-40 and that the county’s planning board found the request consistent with the land-use plan.

During discussion a board member raised a concern that approving the rezoning could permit the subject property to be subdivided into four lots and potentially enable a larger subdivision if neighboring parcels under the same ownership were consolidated. The board declined to speculate about hypothetical future subdivisions, stating they would focus on the facts before them for the rezoning decision.

Staff read deed-book references and clarified ownership as recorded; the transcript contains variant renderings of the owner’s surname (appearing as Chi Cho, Chi Chong, and Chi Chung in different lines). The staff motion to call the public hearing for the rezoning mirrors the hearing date and time set for the Chapter 7 amendment.

The board did not record a final vote on either item in the provided transcript segment; both items were placed on the April 16, 2024 public hearing docket for community comment and further consideration. The hearings will allow neighbors and other stakeholders to testify and for the board to take any subsequent action after receiving public input.