Granite Quarry aldermen deny rezoning at old quarry site

Salisbury, North Carolina

GRANITE QUARRY Siding with neighborhood opposition, the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen voted Monday night against a rezoning request involving the quarry site off Balfour Quarry Road.

At least a half dozen residents of the area said they were against the rezoning request, which asked that the whole site be classified as heavy-industrial.

The current zoning is partly heavy-industrial, but mostly neighborhood business. The quarry has been closed for many years.

Ken Miller, representing Granite Realty, made the rezoning request.

The zoning case came to aldermen from the Granite Quarry Planning Board, which recommended denial. The planners said denying the request was in the best interest of the surrounding, residential property owners.

Rezoning may negatively affect and possibly devalue the surrounding properties with no clear, designated use of the land in mind by the rezoning applicant, the recommendation said.

Mayor Pro Tem Bill Feather and Aldermen Jim LaFevers and Eloise Peeler voted to support the Planning Boards recommendation.

In another zoning matter, aldermen voted for a couple of changes in the towns sign ordinance in connection to banners and the internal illumination of signs.

Businesses may use a banner to advertise a special sale or feature, providing it hangs securely against a wall, or it can be freestanding, if secure.

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