Local News - April 2003

County to consider tax break

Published April 07, 2003

McMurray

By ALICE SMITH, LTN Staff Writer

County commissioners tonight will consider giving a local manufacturing plant a $40,000 tax break in exchange for a $2.56 million investment.

A public hearing will also be held on the possible expansion of McMurray Fabrics, Inc. of Lincolnton.

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting starts at 6:30 tonight in the Commissioners Room on the third floor of the Citizens Center.

The Lincolnton City Council Thursday approved cash grants for McMurray totaling about $7,500 to be paid out annually over a 5-year period.

The proposed county grant would also be paid out over five years.

McMurray’s expansion would create 20 new jobs over two years, and officials expect that number to grow. Those positions would pay an average of around $11 an hour.

Most of the $2.56 million investment is in machinery, but $750,000 will go toward the  physical expansion of the building.

In the past year, commissioners have offered incentive grants to three local companies — two to the Timken Company and one to RSI Home Products.

Public hearings will also be held for a debris landfill, several business rezonings and placement of a mobile home.

Gary Allen is requesting a conditional use permit to allow a land-clearing and inert debris landfill to be located on an 81-acre tract of land off Schronce Road.

The landfill would be used to dispose of bricks, concrete, gravel, untreated wood, stumps and dirt, according to a county report.

Allen wants to fill in a gully that is approximately 30 feet deep, 30 feet wide and 200 feet long. The report states that it would take less than a year to fill up the gully and cover the landfill.

Three hearings are for the rezoning of residential districts to business districts.

Troy Motz is requesting to rezone an 11.8-acre parcel from Residential Single-Family to Neighborhood Business.

The property is located on the south side of N.C. 27, west of Hauss Road.

The currently undeveloped land will be turned into an office and retail building, according to Motz’ application..

Bobby Smith is requesting that 2.3 acres of land in Denver be rezoned from Transitional Residential to General Business.

The property is located at 257 North N.C. 16 and is currently occupied by a house used as a real estate office.

Smith’s application states that if the land is rezoned it will be turned into an office or retail building.

The third hearing is on an application from Kenneth Carpenter to rezone three acres from Residential Single-Family to Neighborhood Business.

The property is part of a 19-acre parcel located at 2766 N.C. 274.

Carpenter plans to combine the three acres with an adjoining .85-acre lot that is already zoned Neighborhood Business.

Becky Kowaleski is requesting a parallel conditional use rezoning for less than 2 acres from Residential Single-Family to Residential Suburban. This would allow a Class C single-wide mobile home to be placed on the property.

The mobile home would be used as a residence for Kowaleski’s daughter and family.

The property is part of a 6.7-acre parcel located at 4753 Lama Lane.

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