Land Use Board - Regular Meeting
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Land Use Board
- Meeting Type
- Land Use Board
- Location
- Union County, NC
- Meeting Date
- July 21, 2026
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026
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Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Reflection
Oath of Office
Regular Members Rick Davis, Darren Greene, and Drew Medlin
Establish Voting Members
Additions and/or Deletions to the Agenda
Approval of the Agenda
Approval of the Minutes
26-425 June 9, 2026 Minutes Attachments: 2026.06.09 LUB Minutes
Sunset Ridge Special Use Permit 2026-SUP-02
DETERMINATION OF CONFLICTS INFORMATION CONTACT: John E. Wear, Senior Planner / Zoning Administrator, (704) 283-3605 ACTION REQUESTED: Hold a Public Hearing to consider a Special Use Permit for an amendment to an existing SUP BACKGROUND: The Applicant, Sunset Ridge Estates, LLC is requesting Major Amendment to an existing Special Use Permit to construct a gravel parking lot on property zoned RA-40. FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A Attachments: Sunset Ridge Application redacted Sunset Ridge Site Plan Sunset Ridge ADA Plan Staff Analysis Sunset Ridge 2026-SUP-02
2026-VAR-01 Claude Austin Rd Variance Request
DETERMINATION OF CONFLICTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: John Wear, Senior Planner, Union County Planning Department - 704-283-3605 ACTION REQUESTED: Hold a Public Hearing to make a final decision to either grant or deny the variance request. BACKGROUND: The applicant Jamie Taylor is requesting a Variance of 6,534 square feet from the lot size requirements of 40,000 as listed in Section 5.030 “Lot and Building Regulations” and more specifically as shown in “Table 5-2: R District Lot and Building Regulations--Conventional Development” of the Union County Development Ordinance (“UDO”). FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A Attachments: Claude Austin Var Application Redacted Claude Austin Variance 2026-VAR-001 Staff Analysis
Rezoning Petition RZ-2026-009 York
DETERMINATION OF CONFLICTS INFORMATION CONTACT: Bjorn E. Hansen, Senior Planner - Long Range Planning ACTION REQUESTED: Recommend approval or denial of proposed rezoning to the Board of Commissioners BACKGROUND: This rezoning petition was submitted by Randall York, and is requesting a revision of the Union County Zoning Map by rezoning one parcel totaling approximately 26.06 acres appearing on the tax map as tax parcel 04-039-012 along US 601 from RA-40 to Heavy Industrial (HI). Because this is a straight rezoning, there are no conditions or site plans associated with this petition. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None Attachments: 2026-RZ-009 York Application redacted 6-26-26 Land Use Board Advisory Consistency and Reasonableness Statements - RZ-2026-009 York 2026-RZ-009 York LUB Staff report
Discussion of the UDO definition of "Lot" in Section 105.130.
a. No decisions were made. The LUB wanted to continue discussions on this item.
Discussion of minor vs. major lot threshold/parent parcel date
a. The LUB decided that they were comfortable with the existing language of the parent parcel but wanted to discuss the minor subdivision lot threshold a little more and wanted information on how other counties define a minor subdivision.
Family subdivision exception discussion
a. The LUB wanted information on how other counties deal with family subdivisions