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Planning board recommends rezoning 84.85-acre Wiggins Road site to low‑density residential
Summary
The Mooresville Planning Board voted to recommend that the Town Board approve a by‑right rezoning of four parcels totaling roughly 84.85 acres on Wiggins Road from legacy conditional/industrial designations to Residential Low Intensity, with a request to update the future land‑use map to rural residential.
The Mooresville Planning Board voted to recommend that the Town Board approve rezoning case RZ2024‑411, a by‑right map amendment for about 84.85 acres on Wiggins Road to Residential Low Intensity. The motion was made by Mr. Cole and seconded by Mr. Hooper; the board voted to recommend approval and will forward the item to the Town Board.
Staff told the board the four parcels before the panel are owned by John and Paige Meadows and Donald and Barbara Meadows and sit adjacent to Mooresville Business Park East. Planning staff said the request is a by‑right rezoning to Residential Low Intensity to extinguish legacy conditional zoning from a 2011 approval that envisioned light industrial or a large residential subdivision. The change, staff said, lets current development rules under the Unified Development Ordinance be applied uniformly.
Planner Ms. Martin said the Residential Low Intensity district would allow development at one dwelling unit per acre because the site is partly inside the Back Creek watershed, or up to three units per acre subject to a 30 percent impervious surface cap tied to watershed rules. She told the board that because this is a by‑right map amendment, no conditions may be added and “all uses should be considered.”
John Meadows, one of the property owners, told the board the conditional zoning on the site was a leftover from the 2011 process and said his family views the rezoning as a positive move for them. "The conditional zoning has been a leftover... and we look to this as a positive move for our family," Meadows said.
Although staff recommended approval, the presentation noted the request is partially inconsistent with the town’s future land‑use map, which had identified a transition toward a flex industrial character in the area. Mr. Cole said he found the request reasonable and in the public interest because it would make future development more compatible with the surrounding residential character, and he asked that the future character and land‑use map be updated to show the parcels as rural residential.
The Planning Board’s recommendation will be transmitted to the Town Board for final consideration at a future meeting.
