Planner previews conditional rezoning for 11-acre boat and RV storage behind Big Daddy’s

Planning staff told the council they have received a conditional community commercial rezoning request (CZ 2026) to permit a boat and RV storage facility on an 11.002-acre parcel on River Highway behind Big Daddy’s restaurant.

"The owner is Lancaster Family LLC. The applicant is Corey Sloan," planner James Coley said, and he described the site as currently within town limits and in Ward 4. Coley said the request would rezone the parcel to allow a fenced boat and RV storage yard and called out several conditions: a Type A landscape buffer adjacent to residential development, prohibition of long-term parking outside marked stalls, and that the storage use must be contained within the fenced area shown on the concept plan. He also noted the parcel sits in the WS‑4 critical area of the Lake Norman watershed, which limits impervious coverage to 50 percent.

The planning board recommended approval of the rezoning by an 8–1 vote, Coley said, and planning staff circulated both an original concept plan and a post‑planning‑board concept that added canopies, fencing and a gated entrance. Commissioner Tucker pressed staff on an apparent conflict between the site’s current corridor mixed‑use zoning and the town’s future character land‑use map, which designates the parcel as Peninsula Residential. "They do contradict themselves," Coley acknowledged, and explained that the surrounding frontage already contains commercial uses, while residential properties sit behind the parcel.

Coley told the council the applicant will present a more detailed package at the Monday meeting. No council vote was taken at the pre‑agenda session; the item remains scheduled for the regular agenda for further discussion and a public hearing.