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MOORESVILLE PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER t3,2003 The Mooresville Plan Commission met in regular session on Thursday, November 15 2003, at 6:30 P.M. at the Mooresville Town Hall. Commission members present were: Chairman Mike Young, Chris Crouch, Troy Bryant, Jim Bruner, Charles McGuire, John Ehrhart, and Robert Corbin. Commissioners Tim Bennett and Robert Williamson were absent. Town Attorney was absent. A motion to approve the minutes of the October 23, 2003 meeting was made by Commissioner Crouch, second by Comrnissioner Bruner. Motion carried 7-0. Mr. Holloway asked the Chairman if the board would change the order of business so the Springhill Ministries, Inc could go first. because most of the people present were for the Springhill Ministries, Inc.. Mr. Young said that would be all right. Mr. Ross Holloway of Holloway and Associates, Inc representing the Springhill Ministries, Inc. presented a petition for a rezone from B-3 to B-1 of approximately thirteen acres on State Road 67 south of TOA, north of South Central Community Mental Health and across from Charmil Estates. He presented a map outlining the zoning of the area surrounding the property in question. Mr. Young asked who owned the block of property next to TOA and Mr. Holloway said Silver Fleet owned it. This parcel has been before the plan commission on numerous occasions for rezoning for various things and it has been marketed for a number of things. The Springhill Ministries, Inc. would like to rezone for the purpose of constructing a church. They are out of room where they are located now on State Road 144 and Rooker Road. They are looking for some place where they can expand. They need a place with city services, room to grow, for they have quit a large congregation and they need somewhere near Mooresville for they are a Mooresville church. They are making this request for a B-1 zoning, because they think this is the most appropriate use for a church in this location. Granted at first look you would think that B-3 was the most appropriate use along the State Road 67 corridor. However, access to this property is difficult and it will not be developed as a B-3. You have to go in to the TOA drive, make an immediate hard left tum and go down to the site. State Road 67 is limited access, so the likely hood of getting any addition access on to State Road 67 is probably slim, maybe not impossible but difficult. Also the site, with approximately thirteen acres, is not large enough for a plantlike TOA and because of the configuration it highly doubtful that at plant like TOA would expand to it. There is a minor plat just north of this site, which has a lot between this site, with TOA and Woods Wire to the west. You can see that access is difficult, it is not going to have the ready in and out access that a B-3 would require. They do not think the site is appropriate of B-2 small stock use for the same reasons. There is no other retail in the area, with Southbridge Crossing being the closest, and in all likely hood all other uses in the area would be industrial or light industrial. ,They feel Mooresville has adequate industrial grounds and certainly industrial ground with a lot more potential than this site. The church needs some place to go and this makes a good opportunity for them. Mr. Holloway asked Mark Wright, pastor of the church, to say a few words.