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Lincoln County approves McDonald’s watershed permit with stormwater controls
Summary
The Lincoln County Board approved Watershed Special-Use Permit 42 for a McDonald’s outparcel, allowing roughly 67% impervious coverage (under the 70% cap) contingent on underground stormwater chambers and maintenance agreements after staff incorporated the applicant’s findings of fact.
The Lincoln County Board of County Commissioners voted to approve Watershed Special-Use Permit 42, allowing a McDonald’s outparcel to use the watershed high-density option that raises site impervious coverage to about 67% from the standard 24% limit.
Planning staff introduced the application as a request limited to stormwater and impervious-area relief for a 1.3-acre parcel on N.C. 16 Business in the Catawba Springs Township. The board was told the use itself was permitted by zoning and had long-standing status; the only issue for the hearing was whether the property’s…
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