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Forsyth County approves limited industrial rezoning for Perimeter Point property with no-sandblasting condition
Summary
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning request from AG to Limited Industrial Special Use (LIS) for 13.9 acres owned by Perimeter Point Properties LLC, adding a binding site plan and a signed condition barring sandblasting on the site; the vote was unanimous.
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 5 unanimously approved zoning map amendment F1648 to rezone 13.9 acres at the southwest corner of Rural Hall-Germantown Road and McGee Road from Agricultural (AG) to Limited Industrial Special Use (LIS), including a binding site plan and special-use conditions.
Chris Murphy, director of Planning and Development Services, summarized the request as a rezoning of mostly graded land that currently contains gravel and materials storage. Murphy said the site lies within Growth Management Area 5 and noted the county’s area plan recommendation for residential development; he also described the submitted site plan and a stormwater pond and said the petitioner volunteered to remove “Manufacturing A” from the requested uses.
Caitlin Jackson of Tuggle Duggins, representing Perimeter Point Properties LLC, and Chris Fletcher, who said he owns the property, told the board the site would function as a storage yard for a sign and traffic-control contractor and that operations are run from another location in Winston-Salem. Fletcher said, “This is a straight storage yard,” and added the company would not be operating full production from this parcel.
Several nearby residents asked questions during the public hearing about potential annexation by the Town of Rural Hall and about future uses. Resident Ivy Banner noted family property adjacent to the site and the community’s concerns. County staff clarified that local governments cannot involuntarily annex property and that voluntary annexation would be required.
Murphy said staff had discussed concerns about sandblasting with the petitioner and that the petitioner agreed to a signed, notarized condition prohibiting sandblasting on the property; that written Consent and Conditions were distributed with the board packet. Following public comment, a motion to approve the map amendment, site plan and special-use permit passed with all commissioners in favor.
The board approved the motion without recorded roll-call tallies. The approval makes the submitted site plan binding and includes the signed condition prohibiting sandblasting.
The board also accepted withdrawals for two unrelated zoning dockets (F1646 and F1647) earlier in the meeting; those withdrawals were approved unanimously.
The decision does not authorize any uses beyond those in the approved LIS site plan and the signed conditions. Any future change in uses or additional manufacturing intensity would require further approvals under the county’s zoning process.
