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Huntersville board hears MHH Logistics rezoning; applicant to purchase stream‑mitigation credits
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Summary
A public hearing June 3 covered petition R25-05, a conditional rezoning to allow a roughly 73,000-square-foot industrial flex building; the applicant plans to mitigate an intermittent-stream buffer impact by purchasing stream-restoration credits through Mecklenburg County.
The Town Board held a public hearing on petition R25-05, a conditional rezoning for property currently zoned Corporate Business to allow a roughly 73,000-square-foot industrial-flex building with associated office space.
Staff told the board that an intermittent stream and associated regulatory buffer were located further into the site than originally anticipated during the engineering survey, and that the applicant proposes to disturb a portion of the stream buffer to make the proposed site plan feasible. The applicant indicated it will use the ordinance’s mitigation-credit pathway and purchase stream-restoration credits through Mecklenburg County’s restoration program to offset the disturbance.
“Per ordinance, you’re not allowed to disturb any of that,” staff said, adding that the corporate-business conditional-district process permits mitigation through options listed in the town ordinance. The applicant’s legal representative said Mecklenburg County approved the stream-impact mitigation permit on the day of the hearing and that the county program would direct funds toward stream restoration projects that benefit the county and the town. The applicant described the waterway as a narrow, intermittent channel and said pipe diversion and mitigation would be used where necessary.
Cindy Reed of Irvin Law Group represented the applicant in the hearing and said the site is an existing industrial-corporate area; the rezoning request is intended to bring the proposed site plan into compliance with local regulations while allowing required modifications to buffers and grading. Reed and the applicant’s engineer said the applicant has coordinated required permits and that a mitigation fee would be paid in accordance with state and county permitting.
Staff recommended approval with conditions, including continued coordination with Mecklenburg County to ensure mitigation funds can be used locally where feasible and that the applicant meet planting and replanting requirements for disturbed buffer areas. The item remained a public hearing at the June 3 meeting; staff indicated a favorable recommendation pending minor plan comments and confirmation of mitigation arrangements.
