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Board hears two rezonings in Weddington and Rocky River areas; staff recommends approval
Summary
At the June 16 meeting the board heard two rezoning public hearings (Beulah Church and McTeer/McAteer). Planning staff recommended approval for both petitions after noting conditions added in response to neighbor concerns such as a solid privacy fence and restricted trash pickup times.
The Union County Board of Commissioners held public hearings on two rezoning petitions during its June 16 meeting and heard planning staff recommendations to approve both requests with conditions.
Senior Planner Bjorn Hansen presented the Beulah Church rezoning (petition 2026-cz-007), describing it as an amendment to a rezoning approved about six years earlier. Hansen said the applicant seeks to expand allowable hours of operation to better accommodate morning-focused businesses and that, following neighbor input, the applicant agreed to two additional conditions: a solid privacy fence on the western edge of the property to reduce noise and a requirement that trash and recycling pickups occur between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Hansen told the board the site plan is unchanged and staff and the planning board recommended approval.
Dean Harrell, the property owner and applicant, said the existing hours (9 a.m.–9 p.m.) limit the kind of tenants who can occupy the property and asked the board to allow earlier openings (6:30 a.m.) to accommodate coffee or veterinary tenants that serve morning customers.
For the McTeer (McAteer) petition, Hansen described a proposal to subdivide roughly 5.75 acres off a larger parcel near Rocky River and NC 75 for office, warehouse and construction equipment/material storage uses. He noted the site includes a stream and a stormwater/detention facility and that the planning board unanimously recommended approval, citing consistency with the land-use map and existing nearby nonresidential uses. An adjacent resident who said his family has owned nearby land for decades spoke in support.
Why it matters: Both rezonings would allow commercial or industrial activity in locations where staff and the planning board judged the uses consistent with the previously adopted land-use maps, subject to conditions intended to reduce impacts on neighboring residences.
Board action: Both hearings closed with no additional public commenters; the planner and applicants answered commissioners’ questions in the meeting record. The rezonings were included on the consent agenda to be considered as part of routine approvals.
Sources: staff presentation and applicant remarks recorded during the June 16 public hearings.
