Board approves Infinity Properties’ Winters Road expansion with conditions

The Nash County Board of Commissioners on March 10 approved an amendment to a conditional commercial rezoning that will allow Infinity Properties Management LLC to expand its cabinetry and carpentry operation at 9340 Winters Road.

The rezoning amendment permits two new 4,000-square-foot warehouse buildings and smaller equipment storage buildings on the 4.13-acre commercial portion of a larger 28-acre tract, subject to a set of site-specific development conditions including no outdoor storage, required permits and preservation or replacement of vegetative screening along a western property line.

Planning Director Adam Tyson told commissioners the request did not change the zoning classification or the boundary of the existing conditional RCCZ (Rural Commercial Conditional Zone) approved in September 2022, but it did require board approval because the original conditional approval limited any expansion to return to the board. "This request has been submitted, not to change the boundary of the zoning district or to change the classification of the zoning district, but rather to just revise the approved site plan," Tyson said. He described the expansion as driven by the success of the small business and explained the required permits and development conditions "including a compliance permit issued by the Nash County Environmental Health division, a zoning permit, building permits and trade permits issued by the Nash County planning and inspections department."

The county's technical review committee and the planning board reviewed the proposal; the planning board voted unanimously to recommend approval, with no members of the public addressing the board at that meeting. A representative for the applicant, Gabriela Garribe, spoke in support at the planning-board hearing prior to the commissioners' action. Commissioner Freddie Howell moved to approve the amendment; the motion carried after a second and the board vote.

The approval binds the site to the revised site plan and the seven development conditions reviewed in the staff report, which emphasize (1) use limited to a carpentry/cabinetry business, (2) development in accordance with the revised site plan, (3) no outdoor storage of materials or equipment, (4) maintenance or installation of a 25-foot visual screening buffer along the western property boundary if adjacent vegetation is removed, (5) required environmental health and building permits, (6) possible additional review for substantial modifications at the zoning administrator's discretion, and (7) the requirement that petitioners consent in writing to the attached conditions.

The board recorded approval after the public hearing was opened and closed at the meeting. The action allows the business to construct the proposed buildings but leaves enforcement of the stated conditions and permitting to county inspection and environmental health staff.

Community members and nearby residents did not address the board during the commissioners' public hearing on the amendment; staff noted that the site is relatively isolated and adjacent to the U.S. 264 Bypass, elements that staff said made the location suitable for the type of operation proposed.

The county will require all permits and compliance steps before construction proceeds; any significant change to density or a change to a different zoning classification would require a new application and additional review.

Affected parties and next steps: the applicant must provide written consent to the development conditions; county staff will administer and inspect required permits and buffers. No dates for construction milestones were stated at the meeting.