Title
Ordinance Annexing Territory into the Corporate Limits for Property Located at 4716 Hicone Road - .89-Acres
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Department: Planning
Council District: Nearest to District #2
Public Hearing: Yes
Advertising Date/By: August 3, 2017/City Clerk
Contact 1 and Phone: Sue Schwartz at 373-2149
Contact 2 and Phone: Steve Galanti at 373-2918
PURPOSE:
John and Carolyn Jenkins have petitioned for annexation of their property located at 4716 Hicone Road. The City Council is required to hold a public hearing on this petition before considering its approval.
BACKGROUND:
This property is within the Tier 1 Growth Area (2013-2019) on the Growth Strategy Map in the Comprehensive Plan. The proposed use for this site is to be developed as commercial.
City water will be available by connecting to the 20-inch line located in Hicone Road. In order for this site to be served with water the owner would be responsible for all costs associated with extending and connecting to the public line. City sanitary sewer service will be available by connecting to the 8-inch line located at the northwest corner of the site. Due to the depth of the sewer line it is possible that the applicant will need to install a pump to access the sewer line at its current location. In order for this site to be served with sanitary sewer the owner would be responsible for all costs associated with extending and connecting to the public line.
The City’s Fire Department notes that this site is currently served by County Station #55 on Hicone Road (west). Upon annexation it will be served by City Station #59 on Reedy Fork Parkway (north) and County Station #55. Service would remain the same to this location for single unit incident responses. For multi-unit responses, services would improve. This location would keep to the Fire Departments Standard of Cover requirements.
The Police Department can provide service with little difficulty.
Provision of other City services will involve a travel distance almost equal to that necessary to provide service to the previously-annexed property located to the west.
BUDGET IMPACT:
Initial service will be absorbed in the budget; future services will have an incremental effect on future budgets.
RECOMMENDATION / ACTION REQUESTED:
The Technical Review Committee (TRC) recommended this annexation to the Planning Board and to City Council. The Planning Board recommended this annexation at its June meeting on a vote of 7-0-1. Accordingly, it is recommended that on August 15, 2017, the City Council hold a public hearing to receive public comment and to consider adoption of an ordinance annexing the above-mentioned property into the City of Greensboro.