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Supervisors approve four rezones; Alder Lane rezoning limited to larger lots after resident concerns
Summary
After a public hearing, Graham County supervisors approved four rezoning requests — including a contentious rezoning along South Alder Lane — and attached a stipulation limiting future lots to larger minimum sizes to address flood and traffic concerns raised by neighbors.
Graham County supervisors voted to approve four rezoning requests at a public hearing, including a rezoning of a 2.5-acre tract on South Alder Lane that drew multiple resident objections over flooding, drainage and traffic.
Planning and Zoning Director Steve McGaughy introduced four items the commission had forwarded with recommendations: (1) APN 105-45-087A (approx. 1.7 acres, owner: Mr. Green) to RR (single‑family residential) to allow a half‑acre split; (2) APN 1628-081 (approx. 12 acres, applicant Donovan Kerr) to AR (3‑acre minimum); (3) a multi‑parcel rezone requested by Peter Vlasas totaling about 224 acres from general to commercial-manufacturing; and (4) APN 105-35-180 (Tom Palmer, approx. 2.5 acres along South Alder Lane) from general land use to RSB (single-family residential). All four items were approved by the board.
Tom Palmer, who said he was seeking a modest, affordable lot for his daughter, told supervisors he…
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