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The request was made at last month’s meeting, when Meadowlands requested a rezoning of 18.38 acres that would allow for 14 lots to become available to continue in the single-family development.
A public hearing was held at Tuesday’s meeting, during which the council had many questions concerning a sewer system and commons area, as well as access to the development.
Council member Steve Yokeley addressed the issue of what kind of sewer operation would be used for the new units. Since there is no system currently in place, Yokeley wondered how it would be addressed.
“Meadowlands, at [the] expense of the developers, have installed a gravity sewer system which gravitates to two pump stations,” said Meadowlands representative Brad Coe in response to Yokeley’s question.
Since the proposed units wouldn’t lie entirely in the Wallburg town limits, with some lying in unincorporated Davidson County, the question arose from Mayor Allen Todd as to who residents would pay their taxes to.
Coe answered quickly, saying that generally if a unit’s master bedroom is in Wallburg, they will pay taxes in Wallburg, and the others would pay taxes in Davidson County.
Though certain parts of the development have been gated in the past, Coe assured the council that the majority of it would be accessible to the public, though a few certain areas such as the eight-plus acre commons area would be only for those living in the development.
In dealing with the commons area, Todd asked if a pond that currently resides in the proposed commons area would remain.
“I can’t answer that question, but there are no plans to move it,” Coe said.
He also assured the council that once it is in place, the commons area will remain as it is.
Very few Wallburg residents voiced their opinions about any of the proposed rezoning, and it passed easily.
In other business:
• A committee for the Board of Adjustment was formed, consisting of five members and an alternate. Planning Board chairman Dean Coe gave the list of recommended candidates, who were all unanimously voted in. Three will serve a four-year term, while two others and the alternate will serve two-year terms.
• It was requested by town seal committee chairwoman Dorcas Weavil to have at least two volunteers help in the creation process. Anyone interested in helping should contact Weavil as soon as possible.
• A request was made to have the speed limit along a section of N.C. Highway 109 in Wallburg to be reduced from 55 mph to 45. Council member Chris Yokeley expressed that it would be pretty much be pointless because there is no one around to police the area. Council members agreed, but they still decided to have it lowered because it might get someone to slow down.
• Mayor Todd expressed congratulations to Midway in its long efforts of becoming incorporated as a town, and spoke about the job his council is doing in Wallburg’s early days of incorpration. The mayor added that he hopes everything will stay the same and that Wallburg will remain the way it has always been.
Staff Writer Zach Kepley can be reached at 472-9500, ext. 233, or at kepley@tvilletimes.com