Title
Public Hearing and Decision on the Kings Grant Voluntary Annexation
Action
Action:
Conduct a public hearing for the Kings Grant voluntary annexation, and
Adopt an annexation ordinance with an effective date of September 28, 2026, to extend the corporate limits to include this property and assign it to the adjacent City Council District 4.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Monica Holmes, Planning, Design, and Development
Holly Cramer, Planning, Design, and Development
Emma Knauerhase, Planning, Design, and Development
Explanation
Public hearings to obtain community input are required prior to City Council taking action on annexation requests.
A petition has been received from the owners of this 335.568-acre property located along the Cabarrus County Line, on the northwest side of Interstate 85 and the north side of Ridge Road, south of Mallard creek road in northeast Mecklenburg County.
The property is owned by CK Kings Grant Land LLC.
The petitioner is Childress Klein Properties.
The property is vacant and is zoned I-1(CD) (Light Industrial, Conditional) and R-22MF(CD) (Multi-Family Residential, Conditional).
Rezoning petition 2021-028 rezoned the site from CC (Commercial Center), R-8MF(CD) (Multi-Family Residential, Conditional) to I-1(CD) (Light Industrial, Conditional) and R-22MF(CD) (Multi-Family Residential, Conditional) with five-year vested rights in December of 2021. The site’s entitlements under the approved I-1(CD) rezoning site plan allow for development area 1 (274.33 acres) with 2,750,000 square feet of warehousing, warehouse distribution, logistics, office, manufacturing, and all other uses permitted by right as allowed in the I-1 zoning district. Development area 2 (36.67 acres) entitled up to 488 multi-family residential units.
Rezoning petition 2023-024 rezoned a portion of the annexation area from N1-A (Neighborhood 1-A) and CC (Commercial Center) to I-1(CD) (Light Industrial, Conditional) in October of 2023. The site’s entitlements under t...
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