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Planning commission defers decision on Turtle Cove rezoning after hours of public comment
Summary
Faced with extensive public comment raising safety, environmental, archaeological and comprehensive-plan concerns, the Mecklenburg County Planning Commission voted to defer the Turtle Cove conditional rezoning request and schedule a site visit and further review.
The Mecklenburg County Planning Commission deferred action on a conditional rezoning request for a proposed marina and related commercial uses on a 31-acre portion of a roughly 444-acre site commonly described by the developer as Turtle Cove. Applicant representative Chad Siri asked the commission to rezone the parcel to conditional B-1 to allow a marina, restaurant, general store and limited recreational uses; he said the commercial footprint would be under 5% of the overall acreage and that a portion of the site could be dedicated for a Warren County fire/EMS substation.
The developer framed the request as a package of limited, lake-focused commercial uses tied to a larger residential development mostly sited in North…
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