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Board grants density-averaging certificate transferring 550 sq ft of impervious rights to Hagers Ferry Road property
Summary
After a quasi‑judicial hearing, the board unanimously approved DA26-01 to transfer 550 sq ft of impervious development rights from 13929 Clarendon Point Court to 13711 Hagers Ferry Road in the Lake Norman critical-area watershed; staff said all Article 3 criteria were met and recording requirements will limit future development on the giving parcel.
The Huntersville Planning Board granted a density-averaging certificate (DA26-01) permitting the transfer of 550 square feet of impervious-development rights from 13929 Clarendon Point Court to 13711 Hagers Ferry Road following a quasi-judicial hearing and unanimous vote.
Lauren Spate of planning staff outlined the purpose and conditions for density averaging certificates, explaining these transfers allow impervious rights to be moved between parcels that are not within the same subdivision but share a watershed. She said the transfer proposal met the ordinance criteria, that the giving parcel will record the protected area on plat and deed and that the receiving parcel had not yet exceeded its impervious limit but seeks a small expansion.
Property owner Matt Esler, the receiving-party, explained the 550-square-foot area set aside on the giving parcel is a wooded peninsula unlikely to be developed and therefore a practical location to reserve as undisturbed open space. Board members asked technical questions about what can be built in setbacks (staff: at‑grade patios and gardens are allowed; structures and pools are not) and whether the transfer distance within a watershed has practical limits (staff: the stormwater administrator assesses proximity to the same stream system).
One board member raised a procedural concern about potential abuses—an "impervious bank" used to enable overbuilding elsewhere—and staff acknowledged the possibility but noted criteria and administrative review limit those outcomes. After deliberation that the applicant had met the ordinance standards, the board approved DA26-01 and the decision will be recorded in accordance with the subdivision and deed requirements.
