Board grants special‑exception permit to allow two RV sites near Robinson Road for temporary worker housing

Mecklenburg County supervisors approved a special‑exception permit July 14 to allow two recreational vehicle (RV) sites on a property on the north side of Robinson Road, after the planning commission recommended the permit and an applicant described utilities and site work already in place. The application, submitted by John and Angela Hyston (county tax parcel 217000‑01‑002), requests two RV sites on land identified in county records and owned in agricultural zoning. "We are trying to expand a lot to accommodate two RVs," the applicant told the board, saying the lot has 200‑amp electric service, a 1,000‑gallon septic tank that has been inspected and approved, and a separate water supply. The applicant said the sites would be used for "Microsoft employees, you know, all the subcontractors and whatnot," and that they intend to be selective about occupants, aiming for management‑level workers during a roughly three‑to‑four‑year period while the lot is held for eventual residential development. The applicant addressed neighbors’ objections at the meeting, saying an earlier public comment misstated the septic capacity and that an alleged riverbed is an old cart path; the applicant also cited an osprey nest located about 1,500 feet away. Following a public hearing with no speakers, a board member moved to grant the special‑exception permit based on the planning commission recommendation; the motion carried. The board did not attach additional permit conditions in the public record; any building, health or environmental approvals remain subject to county permit review.