Mooresville staff recommend conditional rezoning, annexation for Shadowbrook site; developer to extend sewer line

Mooresville planning staff on Monday recommended approval of a conditional rezoning (CZ 2024-12) and concurrent voluntary annexation for a roughly 17-acre property at 298 Shadowbrook Lane and Roscoe Road.

Erica Martin, Mooresville planning director, told the board the site is currently in Iredell County jurisdiction and would become part of Ward 4 if annexed. "The proposal is for 68 townhomes, and 1 single family home that currently exists today," Martin said. She said the density would be just over four dwelling units per acre.

The developer, listed in the staff presentation as ERR Investments, LLC and S and S Family, LP, is seeking a conditional residential general district. Martin said the site lies in a critical watershed area that limits impervious surface to about 50% and that any children living in the development would attend Iredell-Statesville Schools.

Allison Craft, Mooresville water resources director, described an infrastructure arrangement that the town and the developer negotiated to extend sewer service to the property. Craft said the town has an existing Mayhew Promenade pump station and a planned gravity line in its capital improvements, and that the developer and an adjacent property owner agreed to grant easements that allow the sewer to be extended to Shadowbrook's property line. "For me, that's a really big win," Craft said, adding that the easements effectively construct half of the needed infrastructure at no upfront cost to the town and will make it easier for the town to eventually take the pump station offline.

Martin cited several project conditions: preservation of the existing home at the rear of the property; a 30-foot buffer along an adjacent property line; dedication of a greenway; three units set aside as attainable housing; two entrances on Brawley School Road enabled by additional right-of-way acquisition; and future street stubs tying into neighboring developments. She said the town staff and the planning board recommend approval.

Commissioners asked staff clarifying questions about traffic counts and context. Commissioner Qualls (first name not stated in the transcript) clarified a constituent's cited traffic count at the Williamson and Brawley intersection, noting the email's figure double-counted east- and westbound traffic. Several commissioners asked about the project's compatibility with surrounding densities; staff compared the site's proposed density to adjacent developments.

No formal council vote on the rezoning or annexation appears in the transcript excerpt; the discussion was recorded as staff and planning-board recommendations and moved forward on the agenda to subsequent annexation and rezoning items.

If approved at future hearings, the development would change the property's jurisdiction from Iredell County to the Town of Mooresville and would be subject to the town's conditional-district conditions and watershed protections.

Details the town discussed but did not formalize at the meeting include the exact cost savings from avoiding the pump station maintenance and the timeline for when the town would remove the Mayhew Promenade pump station from service once the gravity connection is made.