FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Statesville City Council on Monday approved a request to rezone 32.24 acres along U.S. Highway 21 for 181 townhomes and more than 60,000 square feet of retail space.
TJ Pecorak applied for the rezoning from Highway Business to Planned Unit Development for the project known as Statesville Gateway.
The $18 million development would be built on 10 different parcels located south of Northgate Plaza, where Captain’s Galley and Tony’s Pizza are located. The site currently includes an auto detailing business, a dilapidated commercial building, and a brick house with a metal carport, all of which would be demolished.
The applicant agreed to more than two dozen conditions.
The townhomes would be built on 1,490-square-foot lots and would have reduced setbacks. The applicant also agreed to include a village green, pocket park and trails in the development.
Iredell Water would provide water, Duke Energy would supply electricity and the city would provide sewer service.
The developer will be required to install sidewalks, curbs and gutters, implement a landscape plan, and conduct a traffic impact analysis.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business:
♦ Council gave final approval on a legal settlement with Iredell Water, which includes a $1.475 million payment from the city to Iredell Water. The council approved $25,000 in legal fees associated with the litigation.
♦ Council approved an ordinance establishing a 45 mph speed limit on Crawford Road within the corporate limits of Statesville at the request of NCDOT.
♦ Council approved a $300,000 increase to the existing Line Crew Labor Contract with Utility Partners of America.
♦ Council approved $282,260 grant from the NCDOT Aviation Division to reimburse the city for land acquisition expenses.
Scary that a traffic study has yet to be done. 21 is not equipped to handle the additional traffic.
Look at Mooresville
No doubt. The money that can be made always wins out over the inconveniences to the residents. The developer doesn’t live here and have to deal with the traffic.
Better do road improvements. Highway 21 cannot handle that kind of population on it. It’s bad enough with traffic we have now.
WHY would a traffic impact analysis be done by the developer and not the DOT? Certainly, the developer will find nothing that will hamper the traffic. That single-lane road is a snail now, with that one traffic light neat the hardware store tying up traffic as it is now.
Build the roads before you build the homes.
Great they have speed limit now on Crawford Road. Question is are they going to enforce it because they police are ones who speed up the road also.
Traffic survey are always last on this state, right along with waste water and impact on the school system. Developers need to do that prior to seeking approval.
Making the great town of Statesville into Mooresville! Great job, City Council, screwing this up.
Fire, Aim, Shoot…. That’s how council has done things for years and I see they are still GETTING AWAY with it. As long as someone is getting rich…(preferably a buddy of a council member), they approve.
Roads are always a concern!! Address this first before any building of these condos begin. Anytime you build at that magnitude,the flow of traffic must be looked into. Please make this a concern!!
DOT never builds road until need is established That’s just policy. Not resident friendly, but there it is.