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Planning board unanimously recommends rezoning for contractor facility on Oswald Amity Road
Summary
On June 4 the Iredell County Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend rezoning about 4.436 acres along Oswald Amity Road from Residential Agricultural to General Business to allow a contractor—s facility and office for Prestige Building Company. The county commissioners will make the final decision July 15.
Good evening. At its June 4 meeting, the Iredell County Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend approval of a conventional rezoning request to change a 4.436-acre parcel on Oswald Amity Road from Residential Agricultural to General Business to allow a contractor—s facility and associated office space.
Staff planner Leslie presented the request on behalf of the county. Leslie said the property adjoins an employment center designated in the county—s 2045 Horizon Plan and is near existing nonresidential uses and Troutman—s future land-use designation, and staff recommended support. The presentation noted required setbacks and a 15-foot landscape yard along Oswald Amity because that road is a major thoroughfare and that screening would be required adjacent to residential parcels.
The applicant was represented by Jonathan Gort, who identified himself as a 50 percent owner of Prestige Building Company and said the firm wants to build a new contractor—s facility and about 6,000–7,000 square feet of office space. Gort told the board the company has outgrown its current facility and described a modest stucco or brick facade for the proposed building.
No members of the public spoke in opposition or in favor during the public-input period. After brief discussion the board moved to recommend approval of both the zoning map amendment and the related 2045 Horizon Plan amendment; the motion passed unanimously. Board members reminded the applicant that the county commissioners are the final decision makers and encouraged the applicant or a representative to attend the commissioners— meeting on July 15 at 6:00 p.m. in the same facility.
The Planning Board—s recommendation does not itself change zoning. If the county commissioners approve the rezoning, the property owner or developer will still be required to submit a zoning permit and comply with all site-plan, landscaping, buffer and stormwater requirements before construction can begin.
The Planning Board packet shows the owner as Jeffrey Pelchat and that the applicant represents Encased Power LLC and Prestige Building Company. Staff materials note the property has been zoned RA since countywide zoning in 1990 and that portions of nearby parcels were annexed by Troutman and are under conditional highway-industrial designations.
The county commissioners will receive the Planning Board—s recommendation and make the final decision on July 15, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.
