The Kings Mountain Herald
February 21, 2008
to hear
Davidsons
request
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Tony and Kathy Davidson
have asked for their property at
1205 Shelby Road to be rezoned
from Residential to Conditional
Use Office in order to relocate
their Davidson Insurance
office.
It would be a move a little
closer to home for the
Davidsons, who reside on
Kimberly Lane. Although the
Planning and Zoning board
unanimously approved the
rezoning by recommendation,
the Kings Mountain City
Council will have the final say
at their next meeting on
Tuesday.
This rezoning request will be
addressed along with a request
from Barbara Parker to rezone
property at 811 Margrace Road
from Residential (R-10) to
Residential (R-20). The R-10
district is considered to be sin-
gle family dwellings, where R-
20 is defined as “low-density
residential development”
which are generally dependent
on septic tanks.
ELECTION
FILING
Persons who have filed for politi-
cal office at the Cleveland County
Board of Elections.
State Senator 46th District
Debbie Clary, Cherryville
Phil D. Clark, Rutherfordton
Keith H. Melton, Ellenboro
State House of Representatives
110th District
Davy Lowman, Shelby
Kelly E. Hastings, Cherryville
Tim Moore (I), Kings Mountain
Pearl Burris Floyd, Dallas
State House of Representatives
112th District
Bob England (I), Ellenboro
Cleveland County Board of
Commissioners
Mike Putnam, Shelby
Johnny Hutchins (I),
Mountain
Jason Falls, Kings Mountain
Mary Accor (I), Kings Mountain
Register of Deeds
Bonnie Reece (I), Kings Mountain
Kings
Mark Beach withdraws rezoning request,
. EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
The sign that once told of a
new Big E’s Barbeque coming to
town next to Bridges Hardware
on King Street has been
replaced with a For Sale sign.
City Planning Director Steve
Killian said that Mark Beach,
who had requested his parcel of
land on W. Mountain Street be
rezoned from Residential to
Conditional Use-General
Business to accommodate the
4,500 square foot establishment,
has since requested his petition
be withdrawn. Beach's property
on King Street is already zoned
for business. But, needing more
room, he had requested a por-
tion of his land that backs up
the property on W. Mountain
Street be rezoned.
Killian said that he recently
sent in a request for his petition
to be withdrawn after a
Planning and Zoning Board
meeting last week, where he
was faced with opposition from
the West End Neighborhood.
Spokeswoman of the West
End Neighborhood Helen
Hatch spoke against the rezon-
ing at the meeting. Hatch said
that she outlined the following
points at the meeting:
Bl The neighborhood is con-
cerned of any kind of encroach-
ment of business on W.
Mountain Street. She spoke
against the loss of land or resi-
dential value from any business
that is too close, “not buffered
or separated properly.” “The
amount of land rezoned should
be kept to a minimum,” she
said. :
HB “There needs to be plenty
of buffering and no access
between the business property
and residential properties, and
this needs to be spelled out very
clearly with elevations, type of
planting, type of walls, etc.”
she said.
- M The hill, which is currently
on the land and shielding the
neighborhood from King street,
should remain intact and not be
altered.
BM “The site plan should be
worked out with the neighbor-
hood and should be made avail-
able in such a way that they
have time to review and make
some judgment on it,” she said.
B® “The neighborhood agreed
with the points made in
Killian's letter about the defi-
ciencies in the site plan (same.
points echoed by the P&Z board
at the meeting),” Hatch said.
Killian had sent Beach a list of
deficiencies in the site plan and
ideas for corrections before the
meeting. “It was a specific list of
things for him to do,” he said.
“He stated at the meeting that
puts site of proposed restaurant up for sale
he could do all these things.”
The list of recommendations
asked for him: to describe in
detail how he would buffer the
property from the neighbor-
hood, to show where the dump-
ster would go, to confirm .
dimensions of parking spaces,
and to describe elevation on the
site plan.
Killian said that the Planning
Board encouraged him to make
the changes and continued the
hearing until its March 11th
meeting. “The site plan can be
fixed and approved,” he said,
adding that he was confused by
Beach’s withdrawal petition.
Everybody seemed to be on the
same page by the end of the
meeting, he said. The City
Council will decide whether or
not to accept Beach's request for
withdrawal.
After several attempts by The
Herald, Mark Beach could not
be reached for comment.
Sheriff's Office plans inaugural Citizen Academy
The Cleveland County
Sheriff's Office will be conduct-
ing its inaugural Sheriff's
Citizen Academy from April 7-
June 2, 2008. The SCA is a nine-
week program designed to pro-
vide citizens with greater
insight into the responsibilities
and operations of the Sheriffs
Office. This is accomplished
through presentations given by
sheriffs personnel involving
diverse topics related to the
sheriff's office, and providing
‘additional hands-on learning
experiences that participants
will find both interesting and
educational. Ultimately, the
goal of the SCA is to foster
greater understanding and pos-
itive communication between
citizens and sheriff's office per-
sonnel through education.
Topics to be covered include
an overview of the agency; uni-
form patrol operations; criminal
investigations; crime
tions; court security; civil
process; vice / narcotics; crime
prevention; solid waste enforce-
ment; the court system; and -
special operations units.
In order to successfully com-
plete the academy, participants
must attend a minimum of six
sessions. Attendees will be
strongly encouraged to partici-
scene.
- investigations; detention opera-
pate in a ride-along with a
member of the uniform patrol
division. Sessions will be held
on Monday nights from 7-9
pm. in the Emergency
Operations Center (located on
the bottom floor of the
Cleveland County Law
Enforcement Center).
Additionally, there will be one
Saturday session to allow prac-
tical demonstrations.
Interested Cleveland County
citizens should
Cleveland County Sheriff's
Office for a Sheriffs Citizen
Academy brochure/ applica-
tion. All applicants are subject
to a thorough background
investigation. Decisions as to
the suitability of candidates to
attend will be made by sheriffs
office personnel. Such decisions
are final. Minimum attendee
requirements include being at
contact
least 21 years of age, a resident
of or employee within,
Cleveland County, with no
prior felony convictions, and no
misdemeanor convictions with-
in the previous five years.
Completed applications must
be received by March 3 to be
considered for this session.
Applicants will be notified of
their acceptance by March 24.
For more information contact
either Lt. Durwin Briscoe or Sgt.
Bryan Gordon at (704) 476-3076.
SCA applications may: be
obtained Monday through
Friday, 8 am. to 5 p.m., at the
Cleveland County Sheriff's
Office Control Room, located
across from the Magistrates’
Office at the Cleveland County
Law Enforcement Center.
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