Statesville council reviews rezoning request for 520 and 532 Bond Street

City planning staff presented a request to rezone 520 and 532 Bond Street from heavy industrial (HI) to R-5, a high-density single-family residential district, during the Statesville City Council meeting.

Planning staff (Speaker 1) said the applicant, property owner Garrison Davis, owns about one-third of an acre covering the two lots and "does intend to build a single family detached home on both lots." Staff described the request as a "straight rezoning request meaning no conditions can be applied to it," and said the proposal aligns with the city’s 2045 Land Development Plan and the West Front Street and Monroe Street small-area plan, which call for a neighborhood district designation for the block.

Staff noted the site is bordered by heavy industrial uses to the north, south and west and that if the property remained zoned HI it would allow many by-right uses. Speaker 1 emphasized the small-area plan agreed earlier this year calls for the area to support residential uses rather than an employment center or industrial complex.

Council members asked whether the lots are buildable and queried the applicant's plans. Planning staff reiterated the applicant’s intent and explained that, because this is a straight rezoning, the council could not impose special use conditions tied to future development.

The transcript does not record a final vote or formal approval on the rezoning in the captured segments; next procedural steps or a final outcome were not specified in the provided text.

The council continued to other agenda items after the presentation.