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Newton City Council amends May minutes to record denial of McCombs rezoning request
Summary
City Attorney told council the May 6 minutes mistakenly recorded approval of Rezoning Application #2024-06. Council voted unanimously to amend the official minutes to reflect that the rezoning by McCombs Investments, LLC was denied on April 1 and to adopt the accompanying Consistency and Reasonableness statements.
The Newton City Council on Aug. 5 unanimously approved an amendment to its May 6, 2025 minutes to correct an earlier error and to record that Rezoning Application #2024-06 by McCombs Investments, LLC was denied at the council's April 1 meeting.
City Attorney John Cilley told the council that the minutes approved May 6 inadvertently stated the rezoning had been approved. Cilley said the record should instead reflect that the council had "voted unanimously to DENY Rezoning Application #2024-06" and had adopted the Consistency and Reasonableness statements required by N.C.G.S. § 160D-605. Cilley recommended amending the official minutes to substitute corrected language that restates the denial and incorporates those statements by reference.
Mayor Pro Tem John Stiver moved to amend the May 6 minutes as recommended; Council Member Ed Sain seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The action amends the official minutes to state that the council denied the rezoning request to rezone approximately 46.3 acres on Burris Road from various industrial and residential districts to PD-H Planned Development Housing and to incorporate the written Consistency and Reasonableness statements into the record.
The incorporated Consistency and Reasonableness statements, as recited in the motion, note that portions of the site are shown in the city's BluePrint Newton comprehensive land-use map as an employment center appropriate for industrial, warehousing and large-office uses and that rezoning the northern portion to planned residential would be inconsistent with that map designation. The minutes note nearby industrial and manufacturing uses and refer to the Planning Board's prior recommendation of approval while concluding the council found the rezoning not reasonable and not in the public interest.
The council's recorded attendance at the meeting showed Mayor Jerry Hodge, Mayor Pro Tem John Stiver and Council Members Ed Sain, Jody Dixon, Roy Johnson and Jon McClure present; Beverly Danner was listed as absent. No further action on the rezoning application was taken at the Aug. 5 meeting.
Next steps: The minutes amendment is intended to correct the municipal record; the denial and the accompanying statements remain the operative council action as reflected in the April 1, 2025 meeting record.
