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Cramerton board delays Cramer Mountain rezoning to allow HOA and applicant talks
Summary
At its Jan. 21 workshop the Town of Cramerton deferred a rezoning request from DMD Investments affecting part of a Gaston County parcel in the Cramer Mountain area to Feb. 18 so the HOA and applicant can finish negotiations; the vote was unanimous.
Mayor Nelson Wills convened the Cramerton Board of Commissioners on Jan. 21, 2025, and the board unanimously voted to defer action on Rezoning Case RZ24-08, a request from DMD Investments to rezone a portion of Gaston County Parcel #308801 from R-1 to R-3, until the Feb. 18 regular meeting.
Assistant Town Manager Josh Watkins presented the request and said the parcel has not been subdivided; under current Gaston County R-1 rules the property fails the one-acre minimum for subdivision. Watkins said a preliminary survey identified roughly a half-acre area that the applicant is proposing to rezone to R-3 to allow residential development. Resident John Church asked whether the rezoning would cover the entire parcel or only a portion; Watkins responded that the parcel is not subdivided and the application seeks rezoning of a portion identified on a preliminary survey.
Mayor Pro Tempore Richard Atkinson moved to defer the decision to Feb. 18 to give the Cramer Mountain homeowners association and the applicant time to finalize negotiations; Commissioner Scott Kincaid seconded the motion. The board voted unanimously to postpone a decision.
The deferral preserves the board’s option to vote on the rezoning after the HOA and applicant return with agreed terms. The board earlier approved a draft Statement of Consistency process for rezoning matters under N.C.G.S. 160D and staff told commissioners the consistency statement for RZ24-08 would be presented if the request is taken up for approval.
Next steps: the rezoning will return to the board’s Feb. 18 agenda for further consideration if the applicant and Cramer Mountain HOA do not reach a resolution beforehand.
