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Joint Informational Meeting

Cornelius Road Area

Presented by Iredell County and the Town of Mooresville

Growth is inevitable and desirable, but destruction of community character is not. The question is not whether your part of the world is going to change. The question is how.

Edward T. McMahon, The Conservation Fund

Joint Informational Meeting

Topics to be addressedIredell County growth policy and regulation updatesCoordinated planning effortsFuture development of the Cornelius Road areaTown of Mooresville Small Area Plan updateTown of Mooresville Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) vs. City

LimitsFollow-up and next steps

Iredell County Planning Efforts

2030 Horizon Plan Adopted September 15, 2009Long range plan with goals and strategies to deal with

the growth in the County

Land Development CodeEffective July 1, 2011Year-long effort by staff to incorporate

recommendations from the 2030 Horizon Plan and combine the County’s Development Ordinances

Iredell County Planning Efforts2030 Horizon Plan – Land Development

CodeRecipient of 2010 and 2011 Marvin Collins

Planning Awards

Large Community Comprehensive Planning

and Implementation

Iredell County Planning Efforts2030 Horizon Plan

Where are we today, where do we want to be

in the future, and how do we get there?

Current conditions, goals and policies, guiding

principles, specific recommendations.

Urban Service Areas

Logical, consistent, and sustainable growth

patterns

Incorporates existing plans of municipalities.

Iredell County Planning Efforts2030 Horizon Plan

Provide fiscally efficient governance and

public services.

Provide leadership to coordinate planning

within the county.

Coordinate development with the provision

of

infrastructure.

Balance land use policy and regulation with

private property rights.

Iredell County Planning EffortsLand Development Code – July 1, 2011

Also provides mechanisms to coordinate

planning within the county.

Provides guidance for the review of

requests

for the expansion of planning and zoning

jurisdiction by municipalities within the

county.

Applies similar municipal-like development

standards to properties in close proximity

to

the municipalities (Municipal Growth Overlay).

Coordinated Planning Efforts in the Cornelius Road Area

Initial Planning Efforts Joint informational workshopFuture developmentReview of long-range plans Interstate 77 to Highway 21Public Input Survey Future follow-up

Future Development of the Cornelius Road AreaAmerica’s Park

Availability of Water & Sewer

Transportation

Commercial, Industrial,and Residential Growth

Coordinated Planning Efforts in the Cornelius Road Area

Cornelius Road Small Area Plan

Adopted in April 2009 by the Town of Mooresville.

Iredell County Planning Staff was one of the stakeholders in the process.2030 Horizon Plan

Incorporated the future land use designations from the Town’s plans.

Town of Mooresville Planning staff served on the Technical Advisory Committee for the Plan.

Town of Mooresville

Existing Cornelius Road SAP Area Map

Existing Cornelius Road SAP

Proposed amended Cornelius Road SAP

Cornelius Road SAP – Town Limits/ETJ

Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) vs. Town Limits

Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) Town Limits

Fire, police, emergency, services provided by Iredell County or volunteer service

Fire, police, emergency, sanitation, public works services provided by Town of Mooresville

Properties subject to Iredell County taxation

Properties subject to both Iredell County and Town of Mooresville taxation

Parcels subject to Town of Mooresville Zoning Ordinance and Development Standards

Parcels subject to Town of Mooresville Zoning Ordinance and Development Standards

Water and sewer provided by septic/wells Water and sewer provided by Town of Mooresville

Tax burden is the same whether a property is in the ETJ or Iredell County. Town taxes are ONLY levied if a parcel is

annexed in to the Town of Mooresville.

Town of Mooresville

Please complete the survey / share input with staff Evaluation and sharing of survey results On-going, joint monitoring by Iredell County and the Town

of Mooresville regarding development interest and activity in the Cornelius Road area

County monitoring and evaluation of municipal growth control efforts

Amendment of growth policies as needed to reflect public input and to ensure that logical, consistent, and sustainable growth patterns occur in the Cornelius Road area

Follow-up and Next Steps

Iredell County Planning Department

704-878-3118

Town of Mooresville DevelopmentServices Department

704-662-7040