Board approves conditional rezoning for small salon at 2918 Charlotte Highway

The Mooresville Board of Commissioners approved a conditional rezoning (CZ202505) on June 2 to allow a small hair salon at 2918 Charlotte Highway, a 0.75-acre lot near Lazy Lane.

Senior planner Sandy Howe told the board the rezoning would replace a legacy conditional office and institutional district from 2005 with a new conditional community-commercial district tailored for small retail sales. As presented, the ordinance includes conditions restricting uses to small retail sales and accessory uses, requiring Type A buffers along the residential property lines and limiting building size to 2,500 square feet or less. Howe said the site currently lacks sewer service and the plan calls for extending a sewer line from Lazy Lane to Charlotte Highway; the extension could also enable sewer service to nearby properties if they elect to convert from septic.

Applicant Savannah Edwards, who said she and a business partner have been stylists in Mooresville for 10 years, described plans for six additional chairs and space for one to two aestheticians. Howe said a neighborhood meeting on March 13 drew three neighbors and raised only one concern about a septic area; the applicant told the board she would work with the neighbor through the building process.

Commissioner Dangler recused himself from consideration because the parcel abuts his parents' property; the board voted to excuse him before the public hearing. Commissioner Qualls moved to approve CZ202505 with the agreed-upon conditions; Commissioner DeWeese seconded. The motion carried.

Howe and planning staff recommended approval, and the planning board had previously voted unanimously to recommend the rezoning.