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Neighbors and county spar over rezoning for large towing yard on Majolica Road
Summary
A contested rezoning hearing on Sept. 2 drew clashes between an owner seeking conditional CBI zoning for a 7‑acre towing and vehicle-storage yard and neighbors who cite spot‑zoning concerns, a prior fire and quality-of-life impacts; commissioners closed the hearing and asked staff to report back within two weeks on possible conditions.
Rowan County commissioners on Sept. 2 held a lengthy and sometimes heated legislative hearing over a request to rezone a 7-acre portion of a 21-acre parcel on Majolica Road for an automobile towing with storage operation.
Planning staff said the parcel (tax parcel 451058) is currently zoned RA and lies between an existing mobile-home park (Oakland Meadows) and a planned subdivision. The applicant seeks a conditional CBI district limited to towing and vehicle storage; staff noted the county adopted an 'automobile towing with storage' use standard in late 2024 and recommended careful scrutiny because the proposed zoning does not match the land-use plan’s medium‑density residential recommendation.
Opponents—represented by Oakland…
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