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2026-10-06 - Planning Board

Summary

The posted file holds the application for the Hedrick Rezoning - East Park Avenue (REZ-26-22), the Commissioners' data center text amendment application and the draft ordinance text, but no agenda page or minutes; the account below comes from the October 6 minutes attached to the October 20 packet. Chairman Greg Greene presided with Randy Barney excused and alternate Jim Myers voting, while Christian Jones stood aside from Kennedy Place because of a conflict. The Board voted 5-0 to recommend the rezoning of 17.94 acres on East Park Avenue from RA-3 to CZ-LI for William Hedrick's construction business (introduced by John Wheeler), adding a 20-foot vegetative buffer along the eastern line next to RA-3 homes and an NCDOT driveway permit for direct access; the Commissioners' hearing is October 26. For Kennedy Place Subdivision Phase 2 (19 lots) the Board did not approve the final plat, objecting to septic fields for several lots lying inside Lot 10, and granted a two-month extension of preliminary approval (5-0) so the plat can be redesigned with the septic areas in HOA common area. After a section-by-section review of the data center text amendment, including Lee Crook's sound readings at the Google campus in Lenoir (53 to 54 dB at about 526 feet), a 55 dBA limit, setbacks of 200, 500 and 1,000 feet, decommissioning security, and a ban on open-loop cooling that Andrew Howe warned could face legal challenge, and public comment from neighbors of a Transco compressor station, Tavis Curry, Commissioner Matt Mizell (as a private citizen, asking for stricter initial rules) and others, the Board voted 5-0 to continue the item to October 20 for a working session.

Written from the posted file (application and draft text) and from the October 6 minutes attached to the October 20 packet (an image-only PDF, read from a scan); no video recording found.

Issues discussed: Hedrick Rezoning - East Park Avenue (REZ-26-22), Kennedy Place Subdivision, Data Center Moratorium and Zoning Text Amendment

Agenda

The posted file has no agenda page. It contains:

  • Application for Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, map amendment, dated 9/10/2026, receipt REZ-26-22: William L. Hedrick, 5930 East Old HWY 64; Lexington Township, Tax Map 325, Lot 68, 17.94 acres, RA-3 to CZ-LI; located on the south side of East Park Avenue about 300 feet north of the Robert Everhart Road intersection; Planning Board 10/6/2026, public hearing 10/26/2026.
  • Application for Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, text amendment, dated 9/3/2026: Davidson County Board of Commissioners, adding, defining and regulating the use of Data Center (Article III Section III.9 Table of Permitted Uses; Article V Section V.9; Article VI Section VI.1; Article IX Definitions); Planning Board 10/6/2026, public hearing 10/26/2026.
  • Data Center Text Amendment draft with staff notes (red text is new and open for debate; blue marks likely points of debate; utility regulation intentionally left out at the Commissioners' direction): permitted-use table rows for Edge, Enterprise, Co-Lo, Hyperscale and Hyperscale AI data centers; special use standards for sound (55 dBA at the lot line), landscaping and buffers (100 feet, 50 with a berm), setbacks (200 / 500 / 1,000 feet), lighting, emergency operations plan, vibration, decommissioning (financial assurance of 1.25 times cost less half the salvage value, or $75,000), access, penalties and water use; definitions by power use (Edge under 5 MW, Enterprise 5 to 20 MW, Co-Lo 20 to 100 MW, Hyperscale over 100 MW); and a proposed civil penalty of $500 a day for heavy impact land uses.

Transcript

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