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Lee County commissioners approve rezoning of 14.6 acres on Deep River Road to light industrial
Summary
The Lee County Board of Commissioners voted to rezone five adjoining tracts totaling 14.6 acres on Deep River Road from residential-agricultural to light industrial after planning staff and the planning board presented findings and recommendations.
The Lee County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 6 approved a zoning map amendment to reclassify five adjoining parcels totaling 14.6 acres with frontage on Deep River Road from residential-agricultural to light industrial.
The rezoning drew on a recommendation from the county planning board, which met Dec. 16 and voted 4-1 to endorse approval, citing the property's location opposite an active quarry, adjacency to a parcel zoned highway commercial and proximity to U.S. Highway 1. Amy McNeil, planning staff, told commissioners the planning board concluded the site’s current “countryside” designation in the Plan San Lee long-range plan did not appear to fit the parcel given those surrounding uses.
The planning board’s report noted one resident spoke in opposition; the dissenting planning-board member cited concerns about traffic generated by the quarry. Commissioners first formally found that the proposed amendment is not consistent with the Plan San Lee land-use designation, then voted to approve the rezoning request. The motions were presented as the two required votes for a zoning map amendment: a finding on consistency with the plan and a separate decision on the rezoning itself.
Questions raised during discussion focused on traffic and the status of three smaller lots adjacent to the site. Planning staff said Wakestone Properties had purchased those lots and included them in the rezoning request. Staff also noted the planning board discussed the meaning of a “flex industrial” building and that the light-industrial classification allows a range of industrial uses.
Commissioners did not record roll-call vote names in the public transcript; the clerk announced the motions carried after members answered “Aye.” No amendments to the rezoning were noted in the minutes.
The county packet included the planning-board staff report and sample motions for the two votes, and staff reminded the board that state law (Chapter 160D) guides conflict-of-interest rules for local governing-board members before votes on development regulations.
