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Council OKs rezoning to expand North State Steel laydown area near West Gum Road
Summary
Greenville City Council unanimously approved a zoning change to incorporate two small tracts totaling 0.5532 acres into an industrial zone adjacent to existing North State Steel property. City staff said the change is consistent with the future land-use plan and that the parcels are likely to be incorporated into North State Steel's laydown yard.
Greenville City Council on Oct. 9 approved a request by North State Steel Inc. to rezone two tracts totaling about 0.5532 acres along the southern right-of-way of West Gum Road from RA-20 (residential agriculture) to IU (unoffensive industry). Staff and the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval; the council voted 5-0 to adopt the ordinance.
Planner Chris Kelly told council the two tracks lie in the northwest quadrant of the city near Old River Road and the Pitt-Greenville Airport. Staff said they do not anticipate an increase in development intensity or traffic from the rezoning and therefore did not generate a traffic volume report. "Staff does not anticipate any change in intensity between the current and proposed zoning, therefore, traffic volume report was not generated," Kelly said.
Kelly noted a portion of the property lies within a special flood hazard area and that, if stormwater rules apply, development would require 10-year detention and nutrient reductions. He also said the tracts are surrounded by IU-zoned property currently owned by North State Steel and that the parcels are likely to be incorporated into the company's existing laydown yard.
Steve Spruill, representing the applicant, told council North State Steel owns many surrounding properties and that consolidation of parcels is expected during future site-plan work. "I suspect some of them will get recombined into, 1 lot in in some form of fashion, when they start doing their development and site plan work on this," Spruill said.
Planning staff recommended approval and the Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously on Sept. 16 to recommend the rezoning. The council passed the ordinance 5-0 (motion by Mayor Pro Tem Monica Daniels; second by Councilmember Scully).
Next steps: if the property is developed, site-plan review will address floodplain and stormwater requirements; staff will process any combinings or subdivisions through the standard development-review process.
