The following public hearings were approved as they pertain to local real estate.

Case P17-06 – rezoning of 43.23 acres from A1 Agricultural & CD Conservancy District to R30 Residential.

Location:  1440 Canady Pond Road
Owner:  Charles T. Gardner

Information:

• 2016 – property was purchased for development of a solar farm
• Rezoning is now for high quality residential construction
• There will only be (1) entrance into Canady Pond
• Wooded buffer around property is proposed
• $250,000 – $325,000 houses proposed

What Was Said: (Developer) “We’re not gonna put no junk there in Gray’s Creek…growth is happening and most property owners agree.”

Melvin Welkins (resident) – “I’m retired military…I tried to get away and retire at a quiet place.  Forty homes on a country road, your building another community in a community.  You’re messing up our quality of life.  There will be 40 wells…are we going to run out of water?”

The R40/CD PASSED with Commissioner Keefe voting in opposition.

Case P17-04 – rezoning of 2.80 acres from R6A Residential to C(P) Planned Commercial.
Location:  southwest quadrant of the NC HWY 295 Murchison Road off-ramp and NC HWY 210 (Murchison Road), north of Bernadine Street
Owner:  Lateon Still
Agents:  Lori Epler & Ralph Huff

Information:

• Sewer is 1,900 feet away
• $200,000 – $400,000 to bring sewer if this is annexed
• Currently there are 11 section 8 housing units on the property
• Give them time to move out
• After move, property will be cleared out, raised, grassed and seeded
• Ideas for the property to include (Sheets gas station or hotel)

The rezoning PASSED unanimously.

 

 

 

 

 

David Trego (CEO/General Manager PWC) and J. Dwight Miller (Chief Finance Officer PWC) will provide a presentation on water/wastewater rates and fees.  Under the proposal, all fees will increase on April 1, 2017.

To view the presentation, please click the link below ↓

http://www.faypwc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017-Proposed-Water-and-Wastewater-Rates-and-Fees.pdf

Public Hearing Information:

Date: Wednesday, February 22
Time:  8:30 a.m.
Location:  Fayetteville Public Works Commission
955 Old Wilmington Road
Fayetteville, NC  28302

 

From the Robesonian in Robeson County ↓

http://robesonian.com/news/96054/robeson-set-to-begin-revaluation-of-properties

Information from Article:

• Hurricane Matthew will affect the results of Robeson County’s 2018 revaluation
• Tax Administrator Cindy Lowry – each property damaged as a result of Matthew is having to be appraised one-by-one to readjust values
• Lowry – This is the first time we have had to deal with this kind of situation
• Robeson County’s last evaluation was conducted in 2010
• Newly appraised values become effective on January 1, 2018
• Property owners to receive new tax bill July 2018