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Moore County planning board votes 5–4 to recommend denial of Araya garden‑center rezoning
Summary
After public testimony and staff explanation, the Moore County Planning Board voted 5–4 to recommend denial of a request to rezone about 3.59 acres adjacent to an existing garden center from rural agricultural to Highway Commercial (B‑2); proponents cited local business needs while opponents warned of "commercial creep."
The Moore County Planning Board voted 5–4 to recommend denial of a conventional rezoning request for roughly 3.59 acres adjacent to an existing garden center along US Highway 15501 in Carthage. The request, filed to combine the tract with an existing B‑2 parcel, would have rezoned the land from rural agricultural/residential (RA/RA40) to Highway Commercial (B‑2) to allow overflow storage of rock, pallets and other landscape materials.
Planning staff told the board the applicant has already removed a sign from the right of way and taken down a fence after a complaint and that the rezoning would allow the business to meet Highway Corridor Overlay District requirements by moving storage to the side or rear of the site and installing required landscaping buffers. "They had a sign that was in the right of way, which has since been…
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