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MOORESVILLE PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2004 The Mooresville Plan Commission met on Thursday, May 27, 2004, at 7:00 P.M. at the Mooresville Town Hall. Commission members present were: Chairman, Mike Young, Troy Bryant, Chris Crouch, Robert Corbin, John Ehrhart, Jim Bruner and Robert Williamson. Members Charles McGuire and Tim Bennett were absent. Town Attorney, Tim Currens was present. A motion was made by Commissioner Ehrhart, second by Commissioner Bryant to approve the minutes of the April 22, 2004 meeting, as amended. Motion carried 7-0. The fIrst item on the agenda was Holloway Engineering, representing Arvin Hopkins, seeking a rezone on Bridge St. from B3 to I-I, which was tabled from the April 22, 2004 meeting. Mr. Holloway presented the Commission with a letter of commitment on behalf of the applicants, prohibiting four allowable I-I uses on the property. They are: Penal or correctional institution, Commercial facility for breeding non-farm fowl and animals, Commercial slaughterhouse, and Mineral extraction. Ross stated that if the Commission should decide to grant them a favorable recommendation to the Council that the list of prohibited uses would be placed in the ordinance. Commissioner Bryant asked if they had a particular use in mind for this property. Mr. Holloway stated that since the last meeting the idea of the body shop has dissipated, however because of the location being behind the bus garage the I-I zoning would be more appropriate than B-3 because you would not get retail to go back there. Commissioner Young stated that he thought Mr. Holloway was going to bring a list of possible uses and Ross stated that he was, however, after looking at the list of allowable I-I uses, everything other than the four uses prohibited by his letter seemed to be fairly benign. Myron Westenhofer of 560 Bridge Street stated that he thinks the possible uses for I-I are too open and he would like to see the zoning remain at B-3 until a specific use is established for the property. Ross Holloway pointed out that Lot I, which is the lot immediately adjoining the residential area will remain zoned B-3. The property adjoining Lot 2 is the school bus garage and is already zoned I-I. He also stated that it is difficult to market and develop a piece of property without the uses being left open. Commissioner Ehrhart asked if the school bus garage is under a restricted use. Tim Currens stated that since it used to be Weliever it was a pre-existing use. Ross Holloway stated that some of the allowable uses for I-I were truck repair, farm implement sales and warehousing and that in his opinion B-3 zoning could be more intrusive to the neighborhood than I-I. A motion was made by Commissioner Williamson, second by Commissioner Crouch to grant a favorable recommendation to the Town Council to rezone the property from B-3 to 1-1. Motion carried 7-0.