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Commissioners approve rezoning to add 15 acres to industrial park near I-85/64
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Summary
The Davidson County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 27 approved rezoning roughly 15 acres from RA1 to CZLI to expand an existing industrial park. County staff said sewer capacity is available and the parcel was planned as part of the corridor development.
LEXINGTON, N.C. — The Davidson County Board of Commissioners voted Oct. 27 to rezone about 15 acres in Conrad Hill Township from RA1 to CZLI (conditional zoning, limited industrial), adding the parcel to a larger industrial park that county staff and the applicant said was previously planned for expansion.
The rezoning, proposed by Davidson Craven LLC, was presented to the board by attorney David Inabinet, who said the property is an interior parcel that does not adjoin residential properties and that prior traffic, environmental and permitting work had anticipated adding the property to the existing development. “We would contend that this 15 acres will also serve to promote and ensure the public’s health, safety and general welfare,” Inabinet said.
Jonathan Smith, manager of Davidson Craven, told the board the addition does not change the scope or scale of the company’s original plans but improves the shape of the park for marketing and site selection. “This helps us sell it, frankly — the shape it improves the shape,” Smith said, adding the parcel abuts previously rezoned acreage and a heavy industrial site.
County planning staff recommended approval, noting sewer service is available at the location and the applicant holds an approved allocation of 120,000 gallons per day for the larger development. The staff report cited the Davidson County Land Development Plan’s identification of the corridor between Lexington and U.S. 109 as a growth corridor and recommended the rezoning as consistent with long-term planning.
With no public speakers opposed, the board approved the rezoning by voice vote after a motion and second. The motion carried and the chair congratulated the applicant.
The approval adds the acreage to the same conditional zoning and development conditions applied to the adjacent rezoned property from the prior year. No individual roll-call votes were recorded in the meeting transcript; the board used a voice vote.
