Title
Set a Public Hearing on Project Panther Area Voluntary Annexation
Action
Action:
Adopt a resolution setting a public hearing for August 28, 2023, for Project Panther Area voluntary annexation petition.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Alyson Craig, Planning, Design, and Development
Holly Cramer, Planning, Design, and Development
Explanation
* The city has received a petition for voluntary annexation of private property.
* Public hearings are required prior to City Council action on annexation requests.
* This property is located within Charlotte's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
* The area proposed for annexation shares boundaries with current city limits.
* Annexation of this area will allow for more orderly development review, extension of city services, capital investments, and future annexation processes.
* The 41.922-acre "Project Panther" site is just south of Interstate 485 along Old Statesville Road in northern Mecklenburg County.
* The site is currently developed with industrial uses.
* The petitioner has plans to continue the current land uses on the site.
* The property is primarily zoned I-2(CD) (general industrial, conditional) with a small portion zoned ML-2 (manufacturing and logistics, 2). Rezoning petition 2018-103 rezoned a majority of the site in December of 2018 to I-2(CD) from I-1 (light industrial) and R-4 (single family residential). The site's entitlements under the approved I-2(CD) rezoning site plan allow for warehousing, warehousing distribution, and manufacturing. The ML-2 district allows for general industrial uses.
* The property is located immediately adjacent to City Council District 4.
* The petitioned area consists of two parcels; parcel identification numbers: 025-271-08 and 025-031-12.
Consistency with City Council Policies
* The annexation is consistent with voluntary annexation policy approved by City Council on March 24, 2003; more specifically this annexation:
- Is consistent with the policy to not adversely affect the ...
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