BACKGROUND
The Commission enacted a six (6) month moratorium on establishing or expanding campgrounds and RV parks in the County’s planning jurisdiction effective August 6, 2018 until February 6, 2019. The moratorium further directed the Rowan County Planning Board to study the topic and provide recommendations to the Commission for its consideration.
Committee B of the Rowan County Planning Board was assigned study of this item and met on several occasions to review current text; existing campground locations; receive feedback from the County’s Building Inspections, Environmental Health and Fire Marshal; review development standards from around the state [18 counties and 3 municipalities]; and develop proposed amendments for Planning Board consideration at the October 22, 2018 Planning Board meeting.
The Planning Board unanimously supported forwarding those recommendations to the Commission for its consideration and guidance. Staff presented the text to the Commission at its November 5, 2018 meeting and no substantive changes were recommended at that time. As such, the Planning Board conducted its required Courtesy Hearing on the ZTA 03-18 text amendments on November 26, 2018; reference Attachment 1.
NOTIFICATIONS
Staff provided notice of this public hearing to all campground and RV park owners of record located in the County's planning jurisdiction. Notice of the same was provided to citizens that had expressed an interest in the topic during the moratorium and was also advertised in the Salisbury Post on January 10 and 17, 2019.
RECOMMENDATION
- Receive Staff presentation for ZTA 03-18
- Conduct Public Hearing on proposed ZTA 03-18 text amendments
- Adopt Statements of Consistency [Planning Board recommendations provided in Attachment 2]
- Decide whether to Adopt / Table / Reject or Refer back to Planning Board the ZTA 03-18 text amendments
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