Discussions regarding a nearly 126,000-square-foot proposed storage warehouse on Crab Creek Road have been pushed to June 30 following a continuance granted Wednesday by the Henderson County Zoning Board of Adjustment.
With the matter on Wednesday’s agenda, a crowd including concerned property owners filled the inside and outside of the King Street meeting room in Hendersonville. An attorney for nearby property owners asked the board for a continuance and to hold future meetings at a larger venue.
He said his clients needed more time to consult with experts such as traffic engineers, stormwater experts and an appraiser.
The venue change request was to accommodate the large amount of people attending the meeting for the issue. Blue Ridge Community College is suggested for a future meeting location.
The applicant, Matthew Cooke, is proposing the construction of a 125,758-square-foot mini storage space. Neighbors have started an opposition campaign against the project, and an online petition against the facility had over 850 signatures as of 5 p.m. Wednesday.
“The beauty and serenity of our neighborhood is currently at risk of being lost by the proposal to rezone close to 10 acres of picturesque landscape at the foot of Pinnacle Mountain for yet another self-storage facility in a county littered with so many of these units already,” the petition description reads.
“The impacts of this proposal are several fold. There is the negative jolt to nature and our wildlife from the proposed 9+ acres being paved over to support rows of storage buildings ... The additional traffic generation for an already busy, single-lane residential road along with new and random ‘customers’ accessing their units is an unsettling notion for what we consider a serene environment,” the petition reads, adding concerns for potential property value loses.
The plan for Crab Creek Mini Storage is broken up into four proposed phases: phase 1 – 39,900 square feet; phase 2 – 51,065 square feet; phase 3 – 24,509 square feet; and phase 4 – 10,284 square feet.
The property, which is 9.53 acres, is located at 547 Crab Creek Road, across from the intersection of Curtis Drive and Crab Creek Road. The proposal includes a gated entrance, 9.3% open space, 7.45 acres of disturbance, an enclosed dumpster, four total parking spaces, buffer along the eastern and western property lines, and stormwater controls to the south.
The Technical Review Committee met April 20 to discuss the plan and moved to forward the major site plan and special use permit application to the Zoning Board with the following conditions:
- NCDOT driveway permit, maximum driveway entrance of 36 feet.
- Environmental health improvements permit, erosion control permit, stormwater control permit, and any proposed outdoor storage must not impede emergency service response.
The subject area is currently vacant. The adjacent land uses consist of residential, agricultural and commercial uses, along with vacant land. There is a commercial garage to the east and a social club to the south.
The property is approximately 0.3 miles west of the Henderson County Rescue Station off Crab Creek Road.
The land is currently zoned Residential Two Rural, which is primarily a residential zoning district allowing some recreational, education, institutional and some other light uses. The area is surrounded by Residential Two Rural zoning to the north, east and south, with Residential Three zoning to the west.
The Zoning Board will take up the issue again Wednesday, June 30.
To view the plan for the proposed project, go to www.hendersoncountync.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/zoning_board_of_adjustment/meeting/125671/cooke_sup_for_zba_agenda_item.pdf.
For more information on the opposition campaign, go to www.savecrabcreek.com/.
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