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Newton City Council annexes four city‑owned parcels and establishes zoning
Summary
The City Council voted unanimously March 14 to annex four city‑owned parcels currently outside Newton City limits and to set zoning for those and related parcels, a move planning staff said will align inspections and services under city authority.
Newton City Council unanimously approved ordinances March 14 to annex four city‑owned parcels and to establish municipal zoning for the sites, Planning Director Randy Williams said during a public hearing.
Williams told council the parcels include the existing wastewater treatment plant and adjacent property, a pump station on Stover Court and a tract next to Jacob Fork Park. He said annexation will ‘‘ensure that City owned properties are within the City limits’’ and remove jurisdictional confusion about which agency conducts fire and other inspections.
The zoning request (Case #2023‑02) would place park and pump‑station tracts in R‑20 single‑family residential and preserve an existing 321‑ED(I) industrial classification for a pump station parcel. Williams said the proposed zoning is consistent with the city’s Land Use Plan and would not change how the properties are currently used. He noted two of the parcels had been annexed previously without zoning established.
Council closed the hearings and approved both the annexation ordinance and the zoning request by voice vote. The motions were made by Council Member Jody Dixon (annexation) and Council Member Roy Johnson (zoning) and were seconded as recorded in the minutes; no council member registered opposition.
The approvals mean city water, sewer and electric are formally available to the parcels and transfer responsibility for routine inspections from Catawba County to Newton City. The city clerk’s office has the ordinances on file.
