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Wilson County approves conditional rezoning for concrete manufacturing facility
Summary
The Board of Commissioners conditionally rezoned a 15.4-acre portion of a 129-acre parcel to allow a concrete/cement manufacturing facility, subject to screening, NCDOT driveway requirements and state stormwater regulations.
The Wilson County Board of Commissioners voted June 2 to approve conditional rezoning CREZ-25-1, allowing ELA LLC to build and operate a concrete (cement) manufacturing facility on a 15.4-acre tract carved from a larger 129-acre property.
Brad Thompson, Wilson County map review officer and planning staff, told the board: "The following request has been submitted by ELA LLC to rezone a 15.4 acre tract parcel, from AR Ag Residential to M2 Conditional District, which is heavy industrial." Thompson said the conditional rezoning would explicitly limit uses to those tied to the concrete manufacturing operation and that county water is not available to the site; the operation will use a private well and septic.
The planning board recommended approval despite staff noting the request is not consistent with the county's 2045 land-use plan. Thompson said the application was recommended because of the site's isolation and its immediate adjacency to the U.S. Highway 64 bypass, which the planning staff said would help mitigate noise. He also outlined operational expectations: about eight employees and roughly 15–20 vehicle trips per day.
Approval included multiple conditions recommended by staff and the planning board. Those conditions require a vegetative buffer of trees and appropriate undergrowth to screen existing nearby residences, adherence to NCDOT requirements that all traffic enter and exit via Green Pond Road, acquisition of an NCDOT driveway permit, stormwater approvals that comply with Neuse River Basin regulations, erosion- and sedimentation-control permitting, and recording a subdivision plat showing the 15.4-acre parcel prior to final zoning.
No members of the public spoke during the hearing. A motion to approve the conditional rezoning was made and seconded on the record; the board voted in favor and the motion carried.
The rezoning authorizes only the uses and conditions specified in the conditional district approval; any additional uses allowed in a general M2 district would not be permitted unless listed in the conditional rezoning.
Looking forward, Thompson said the applicant must complete the listed permitting steps before final zoning is recorded.
