2026-08-04 - Planning Board
Summary
Written from the posted agenda packet (an image-only PDF, read from a scan) and the August 4 minutes attached to the August 18 packet; no video recording found.
- Vice-Chairman Ted Myers presided because Chairman Greg Greene was excused, and alternate Christian Jones sat as a voting member.
- The Board approved the July 21 minutes.
Clinard Rezoning - Holloway Church Road (REZ-26-16)
- Voted 5-0, on Joe Hayworth's motion, to recommend rezoning 0.07 acre on Holloway Church Road from RM-1 to HC, requested by Kirk Clinard.
- The parcel is a leftover sliver after NCDOT bought right-of-way around 2005 or 2006.
- Nobody spoke; the case went to the Commissioners on August 10.
Land Development Plan Update
- Lee Crook described the coming update: a 12 to 13 member steering committee working with the Piedmont Triad Regional Council, two to six meetings over the year.
- Crook asked members to volunteer.
Data Center Moratorium and Zoning Text Amendment
- Members discussed hyperscale data centers.
- Crook described Duke's process: a $100,000 engineering study fee and a refundable deposit of 90 percent of infrastructure costs.
- The Board acknowledged that a county data center moratorium was expected soon.
Other business
- Discussion of tract housing and clear-cutting, minimum lot sizes and state preemption; Andrew Howe said counties lose authority over parking requirements in January 2027.
- Crook previewed upcoming zoning text amendments: fence height, setbacks from easements, homeless shelters, bars and truck parking, family hardship dwellings.
Agenda
Read from a scan of the posted PDF (staff memo of July 27, agenda, July 21 minutes, application and zoning district lists; only the agenda is reproduced).
DAVIDSON COUNTY PLANNING BOARD AGENDA
08/04/2026 6:00 PM
I. Welcome by the Chairman
II. Adoption of the Agenda
III. Approval of the Planning Board Minutes
A. 07/21/2026
IV. Public Address
V. Rezoning Request
Kirk Clinard - RM-1 to HC - Cotton Grove Township
VI. Discussion:
A. General discussion on Land Development Plan.
B. General discussion on proposed changes to the Davidson County Zoning Ordinance.
VII. Adjournment
Commissioners Meeting Room, Davidson County Governmental Center,
913 Greensboro Street, Lexington, North Carolina
The staff memo called this a light meeting with one rezoning (REZ-26-16, Tax Map 34A Lot 23, public hearing August 10) and no subdivisions.
Sources
Video
No video link on file (agenda/minutes only).
Transcript
No video recording found.