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Burke County commissioners approve rezoning for Smith property and adopt broader zoning code amendments
Summary
The Burke County Board of Commissioners rezoned 4.5 acres of a Smith family property on US 64 from Residential-3 to Residential Mixed Use and adopted a zoning text amendment that changes lot-size and site-plan rules to ease housing development and streamline standards.
Burke County commissioners on Monday approved two land-use actions: a map amendment to rezone a 4.5-acre portion of a 23-acre tract on U.S. 64 owned by Brian and Robin Smith, and a countywide zoning text amendment that revises lot-size, frontage and site-plan standards.
The rezoning motion, introduced by Commissioner Burns, adopted Ordinance 2025-05 to change the parcel identified by PIN 1780170205709 from Residential-3 (R-3) to Residential Mixed Use (RMU) and to adjust the future land-use map for that parcel. Planning Director and Deputy County Manager Alan Glines told commissioners the property lies in the Morganton Township and Salem Fire District, is not in a watershed area and that the…
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