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Hickory council approves rezoning for Council on Aging site despite neighbor stormwater concerns
Summary
The Hickory City Council unanimously approved rezoning petition 25-04 to allow the Catawba County Council on Aging to buy a roughly 4‑acre site at Acorn Lane and Clark Way and develop community‑serving facilities; neighbors raised stormwater runoff concerns during the public hearing.
The Hickory City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 21 to approve Rezoning Petition 25‑04, clearing the way for the Catawba County Council on Aging to pursue a site at the intersection of Acorn Lane and Clark Way.
Planning Director Brian Frasier told the council the property — owned by Catawba Valley Medical Center/Catawba County — is currently split zoned R‑2 (residential) and CC‑1 (community commercial). "The applicant is requesting to rezone the property in its entirety to community commercial CC‑1," Frasier said during his presentation.
Frasier described the parcel as roughly four acres with sole access from Zion Church…
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