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Kernersville aldermen approve rezoning of 703–705 Grave Street to general industrial
Summary
The Kernersville Board of Aldermen unanimously approved rezoning 0.82 acres at 703 and 705 Grave Street from limited industrial to general industrial, aligning the parcels with neighboring properties and the town’s land-use plan.
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — The Kernersville Board of Aldermen on Tuesday approved a rezoning that converts two parcels at 703 and 705 Grave Street from limited industrial to general industrial.
Community Development Director Catherine Garner told the board the change conforms with the town’s land-use plan and surrounding zoning. “The GI District is intended to accommodate a wide range of assembling, fabricating, and manufacturing activities,” Garner said during the public hearing.
The property owner, JMJ Holdings LLC, was represented by attorney Dave Pachella of Maynard Nexon. Pachella said the owner closed on the property Aug. 4 and described the rezoning as an effort to consolidate industrial zoning across adjacent parcels used by Finzer Roller. He told the board the application covers “0.82 acres plus or minus” and that the Planning Board and staff recommended approval after a July neighborhood meeting that drew no opposition.
Mayor Pro Tem Chris Thompson moved to approve the rezoning as recommended by staff; the motion was seconded by Alderman Pinnocks and carried unanimously.
The ordinance rezones the parcels to the town’s General Industrial (GI) district. Town documents shown at the hearing list the zoning docket as K-828-A1 and say the change would align allowed uses on the site with neighboring GI parcels to the north and west. Garner told aldermen the rezoning is consistent with the East Mountain Street corridor designation in the land-use plan and with the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).
No members of the public spoke in opposition at the hearing. Planning staff noted the change modifies which specific uses are permitted on the parcels but does not alter setbacks or other standard zoning requirements.
The board’s vote brings the parcels into the same GI zoning classification as adjacent property owned by the same company and clears the way for the property’s reported user, Finzer Roller, to operate under the broader set of industrial uses allowed in the GI district.
