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Commissioners refer four rezoning items to the Planning Board after public hearings
Summary
At the June 16 meeting commissioners held legislative public hearings on four separate rezoning requests — on Farrington Point Road, Old US 421, Gulf Road and Corinth Road — and referred all items to the Planning Board for detailed review and recommendation.
The Chatham County Board of Commissioners heard four separate legislative public hearings on June 16 and referred each rezoning application to the Planning Board for further review and recommendation.
1) Farrington Point Road (2676 Farrington Point Road, Williams Township): Owner requested general‑use rezoning from conditional neighborhood business (approved July 2024 for an event venue) back to R‑1 residential on roughly 19.43 acres. Staff said the applicant indicated interest in agricultural uses or agritourism; commissioners acknowledged that agritourism statutory exemptions apply but the board’s role for this hearing was purely zoning classification. No public comment was registered; item referred to Planning Board.
2) Old US 421 (Parcel 5067, Bear Creek Township): Applicant requested rezoning a 9.27‑acre parcel from nonconforming R‑1 to Light Industrial (LI). The parcel contains existing industrial‑looking buildings adjacent to a railroad corridor. The board referred the matter to Planning Board; a local lessee said they are cleaning up the site and operating landscape/mulch supplies and asked for rezoning to permit their use.
3) US 421 South at Gulf Road (parcels ~3.91 acres, Gulf Township): Applicant requested a conditional district regional business (CD‑RB) rezoning for a self‑storage facility. Staff reported an appearance commission review of site landscaping; the board referred the conditional rezoning and site plan to the Planning Board.
4) Corinth Road (Moncures/Cape Fear Township): Owner requested multiple actions to convert an existing conditional use permit (a permitted RV park) and rezone portions of parcels to align septic and campground expansion approvals; the owner needs suitable soils for septic across the road on industrial‑zoned land and sought rezoning and conversion to consolidate project approvals. Commissioners referred the matter to Planning Board.
All four items will be scheduled for Planning Board public hearings. Commissioners did not take final zoning action on any item at this meeting; the public‑hearing record closes after the Planning Board review and board action at subsequent meetings.
