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Board approves small comprehensive-plan amendment and rezoning for new feed and farm supply store on US-460
Summary
Supervisors unanimously amended the comprehensive plan and rezoned about 2.5 acres from industrial (M1) to B2 Business to allow a feed-and-farm-supply store with a greenhouse along General Mahone Boulevard (US-460) west of Ivor; the planning commission had recommended approval.
The Southampton County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a minor comprehensive plan amendment and an associated rezoning on Oct. 22 to allow a feed and farm supply store on a 2.5-acre portion of a roughly 23-acre tract along General Mahone Boulevard (U.S. 460) just west of Ivor.
County staff described the requested plan amendment — changing the parcel designation from industrial (M1) to commercial — which would make a future rezoning to B2 Business consistent with the comprehensive plan. Planning commissioners had recommended the amendment unanimously. Applicant representation and economic-development staff told the board the development would serve local farmers and the broader agricultural community and would complement other intended M1 uses on the remaining tract.
After a short public hearing that included an economic-development endorsement, a board member moved to rezone the property; the motion was seconded and carried with unanimous support. The applicant was encouraged to proceed with site-plan review and to begin construction in spring if permits and plans progress on schedule.
Next steps: Community development will process site-plan review and permits; the applicant expects to begin construction in the spring, and county staff will monitor progress.
