Friday, November 4, 2011

Northside Baptist Church Wants Business Rezoning

  • 20-acres
  • 2501 North College Road 
  • Wilmington, NC 28405
  • need larger events sign
  • McDonald's restaurant outparcel
  • transportation improvements
  • planning board decided to delay for 60 days

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From:StarNewsOnline
Church pitches plan to New Hanover County planning board
Northside Baptist Church wants to rezone more than 20 acres of property on North College Road from a residential district to a highway business district. Clyde Holley, operations manager for Northside Baptist Church at 2501 North College Road, said church staff wanted to erect a sign larger than ones the county allows in residential districts. They also hoped to sell a portion of its land to a McDonald's restaurant owner who would commit to funding transportation improvement projects there.

Holley said the church was receptive to the restaurant owner's proposal to purchase a piece of the church's land to open a McDonald's since the owner would pay for road improvements. "We're trying to accomplish the same things you all are concerned with," he said, speaking of planning board members' concerns about traffic moving to residential roads in that area if a McDonald's moved there.