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Commissioners approve three rezonings including new towing and motor-repair uses
Summary
The board approved three separate rezoning requests: conditional highway-business zoning for a towing/auto repair site (with setback modifications), a cleanup rezoning in Mount Airy from manufacturing-industrial conditional to manufacturing-industrial, and a rural-agriculture parcel to rural-business conditional for electric-motor repair.
The Surry County Board of Commissioners approved three rezoning requests on Feb. 17, clearing land-use changes for a tow/auto service site in Dobson, formalizing industrial zoning near Mount Airy, and authorizing a small rural-business auto-electrical repair site.
ICN Towing and Auto Services (ZCR 1260) — 5870 N.C. 268, Dobson: The board rezoned 2.3 acres from rural business (RB) to highway business conditional (HB-conditional) to permit motor-vehicle towing and automotive repair and maintenance on the site. Planning staff said the parcel has a long commercial history; the request limited allowed uses to two specific uses. Because existing on-site buildings did not meet current HB setback requirements, the applicant asked the board to expressly modify HB setbacks under the county development ordinance. County legal staff said the board may approve a conditional rezoning and expressly modify setbacks “to accommodate the existing building.” The board approved the rezoning and expressly modified the setbacks as shown on the submitted site plan. The planning board recommended approval, citing consistency with the 2040 land-use plan.
Mount Airy area parcels (ZCR 1261) — 1656 and 1664 Park Drive: The county applied to rezone about 8.237 acres from manufacturing-industrial conditional to straight manufacturing-industrial (MI), a cleanup after prior mapping when the Mount Airy ETJ was dissolved. Staff reported the parcels are compatible with surrounding industrial and commercial land uses (including a large adjacent manufacturing parcel) and the property owner consented. The board approved the straight MI rezoning and adopted the planning staff’s consistency statement.
David Shane Edmonds (ZCR 1262) — 1.5 acres near Copeland School Road: The board rezoned 1.5 acres from rural agriculture to rural business conditional to allow an auto service/repair use (including electric-motor repair). Planning staff said the petition limited uses to two specified activities and that the service is not widely available in the area; the planning board recommended approval. The board approved the rezoning and adopted the planning board’s consistency statement.
For the ICN Towing petition, county staff and the county attorney explicitly noted that if the board approves a conditional rezoning it must also explicitly adopt any setback modifications requested on the site plan. Public comment on the Dobson towing rezoning was limited to the applicant expressing appreciation for the opportunity to provide the service. The meeting minutes record motions and approvals for all three rezonings; the board did not record member-by-member roll calls for each vote.
