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Planning Board recommends rezoning for 15‑acre farm‑supply wholesale operation
Summary
The Pitt County Planning Board unanimously recommended approval of a request to rezone 15.18 acres on Moye‑Turnage Road from Rural Agricultural to General Commercial (Conditional District) to allow a family‑run wholesale farm equipment and hardware supply business, subject to site‑plan, buffering and stormwater conditions.
The Pitt County Planning Board voted unanimously Feb. 18 to recommend rezoning about 15.18 acres of Parcel 13255 from Rural Agricultural (RA) to General Commercial (Conditional District) to allow a wholesale farm equipment and hardware supply operation proposed by Michael Hammond.
Planner Ben Rogers told the board the site is identified in the Envision Pitt County 2045 Comprehensive Land Use Plan as Agricultural and that staff finds the requested commercial use to be consistent with that plan because the area is near an existing Rural Center node and other nonresidential uses. Rogers recommended approval with conditions including submission of a site plan meeting Appendix B of the Zoning Ordinance, a 10‑foot landscaped buffer adjacent to residential lots and public rights‑of‑way, paved parking and loading areas, submission of a soil erosion and sedimentation control plan for disturbance over one acre, compliance with the Pitt County Stormwater Ordinance for nutrient control, and necessary permits for fire protection and wastewater disposal.
Applicant Michael Hammond told the board the business is a family‑run wholesale and delivery operation that serves local farms and does not operate as a retail yard. "We have been serving local farms in the area for more than 60 years," he said, adding that deliveries are made directly to farms and that materials would be stored indoors. Residents at the hearing raised concerns about traffic, noise, light pollution and drainage; Rodney L. Beasley asked the county to review ditching and drainage near recent highway work, warning that clogged ditches have altered flows from nearby wetlands.
County staff said the site plan review process and required erosion and stormwater controls would be used to address drainage issues before permits are issued, and noted NCDOT will review driveway impacts and issue any required permits. After questions from board members about traffic study needs and future uses, the board moved and seconded a recommendation of approval, conditioned as described. The recommendation will be forwarded to the Board of Commissioners for final action.
