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Board delays one rezoning recommendation, votes on two others
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SUMMERFIELD – The Summerfield Planning Board decided this past Monday, Sept. 27, to delay its recommendation on a rezoning request by landscaping company owner Pete Bryant. He is seeking the rezoning of nearly 4.5 acres at 6212 Lake Brandt Road for the expansion of his two companies, Southern Exposure Landscape Management and Southern Lights Outdoor Lighting & Audio.
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Bryant is requesting the rezoning of the tract, next to Summerfield Fire Station 39, from single family residential (RS-30) to conditional zoning industrial (CZ-IND) district. The request excludes several usages that could be allowed in a CZ-IND district, such as a homeless shelter, a landfill and a laundry or carpet cleaning plant. However, it doesn’t exclude several others. As a result, if Bryant were to sell the property, the new owner could build a warehouse or freight facility, a go cart track, convenience store or nightclub, according to the town’s unified development ordinance. Bryant said he’s seeking the same conditions as in his earlier request to rezone the location of his business at N.C. 150 and Lake Brandt Road. He said he wants to secure rezoning of the new property “where we can grow” because his current location is landlocked.
Board Chair Dick Feulner said he supports Bryant’s expansion plans, but his rezoning request because it The Northwest Observer •not Totally local since 1996
leaves open the possibility of development unsuitable for the area. “Does the broadness of this particular district cause anyone any heartburn?” Feulner asked. At his suggestion, the board decided to continue its consideration of the request until 6 p.m. next Monday, Oct. 4, to give Bryant and Brad Rentz, the town’s planning technician, the chance to revise the request. “I think we’re better off being as specific as possible” about uses that are included and excluded in the rezoning, Town Attorney Bob Hornik said. Separately, the board recommended approval of two other rezoning requests. The Town Council will consider approval of the three requests during its Oct. 12 meeting. Garland and Suzanne Vandergrift, owners of Greensboro Performing Arts, are seeking the rezoning of nearly six acres at 7200 Summerfield Road to convert the former Cathedral of Faith Christian Center into a dance, music and arts studio. The Vandergrifts are seeking the rezoning of the property from light industrial (LI) to Neighborhood Business District (NB), which permits the operation of a dance studio. In the other case, owner Reid Holt Martin is seeking the rezoning of roughly 4.8 acres at 2854 Fleming Road from agricultural district (AG) to conditional zoning – rural residential (CZ-RR) to create two residential lots. The property is located on the east side of Fleming Road south of Pleasant Ridge Road.
