| CUP #373 * | Jeremy Wallace | A request for a conditional use permit to place a Class B (doublewide) manufactured home in the R-S (Residential Suburban) district. The 10.4-acre parcel is located at 2154 Ellen Finger Trail, at the end of Ellen Finger Trail about 750 feet north of Car Farm Road, in Ironton Township. | 01/08/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #643 | Jason Owen and Allan Carswell | A request to rezone 1.8 acres from B-N (Neighborhood Business) to R-SF (Residential Single-Family). The property is located at 3673 N. NC 16 Business Highway, on the south side of N.C. 16 Business about 500 feet east of Saint James Church Road, in Catawba Springs Township. | 01/08/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #644 | Mary Hunter Key | A request to rezone 20.6 acres from R-T (Transitional Residential) to R-SF (Residential Single-Family.) The property is located about 1,200 feet west of Little Egypt Road and 3,200 feet north of N.C. 73 in Catawba Springs Township. | 01/08/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #645 | Mark and Angela McClure, et al | A request to rezone 2.5 acres from R-SF (Residential Single-Family) to R-R (Rural Residential). The property is located on the east side of Mount Zion Church Road about 1,200 feet southwest of Sadler Road in Ironton Township. | 01/08/2018 | Approved |
| CZ #2018-2 | Ron Barbagli | A request to rezone 0.84 acre from B-N (Neighborhood Business) to CZ I-G (Conditional Zoning General Industrial) to permit vehicle sales and vehicle repair. The property is located at 422 N. NC 16 Highway, on the east side of N.C. 16 Business and west side of North Pilot Knob Road, in Catawba Springs Township. | 01/08/2018 | Withdrawn |
| UDO Proposed Amendment #2018-2 | Lincoln County Planning and Inspections Department | A proposal to amend Section 4.6.2.C.2 of the Lincoln County Unified Development Ordinance to state that a residential accessory structure may be located in the road yard provided it is set back a minimum of 100 feet from the edge of the road right-of-way. | 01/08/2018 | Approved |
| CZ #2018-1 | First Class Autos, Inc. | A request to rezone 0.78 acre from B-N (Neighborhood Business) to CZ B-G (Conditional Zoning General Business) to permit vehicle sales and vehicle service. The property is located at 1598 N. NC 16 Highway, on the east side of N.C. 16 Business about 750 feet north of Smith Harbour Drive, in Catawba Springs Township. | 01/08/2018 | Denied |
| CUP #374 * | Jamar Wright | A request for a conditional use permit to sell vehicles in the B-G (General Business) district. The proposed 0.71-acre site is located at 3485 E. NC 27 Highway, on the east side of N.C. 27 about 100 feet north of Joshua Court, in Ironton Township. | 02/05/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #375 * | Michael Forrest | A request for a conditional use permit to sell vehicles in the I-G (General Industrial) district. The proposed 1.0-acre site is located at 4330 Racing Drive, on the east side of Racing Drive about 800 feet south of N.C. 16 Business, in Catawba Springs Township. | 02/05/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #646 | James Hunter | A request to rezone 15 acres from R-T (Transitional Residential) to R-SF (Residential Single-Family). The property is located about 2,000 feet west of Little Egypt Road and 3,200 feet north of N.C. 73 in Catawba Springs Township. | 02/05/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #647 | Virginia Jerkins | A request to rezone 0.49 acre from R-SF (Residential Single Family) to B-N (Neighborhood Business). The property is located at 1565 S. NC 16 Business Highway, on the east side of N.C. 16 Business about 600 feet south of McIntosh Road, in Catawba Springs Township. | 03/05/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #376 * | Siemens Energy, Inc. | A request for a conditional use permit to expand a Duke Energy combustion-turbine power plant by adding a combustion turbine and associated facilities on a 638-acre tract located at 6760 Old Plank Road in Catawba Springs Township. | 04/02/2018 | Withdrawn |
| CUP #377 * | Michael and Jennifer Wootton | A request for a conditional use permit to build a guest house and to allow the guest house to extend past the front building line of an existing house on a lot adjacent to Lake Norman. The 0.99-acre lot is located at 7585 Dellinger Road in Catawba Springs Township. | 04/02/2018 | Approved |
| CZ #2018-3 | Lincolnton Main Street, LLC | A request to rezone 3.0 acres from R-SF (Residential Single-Family) to CZ B-G (Conditional Zoning General Business) to permit a medical office building. The property is located on the northeast corner of N.C. 27 and Howards Creek Mill Road in Howards Creek Township. | 04/02/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #648 | Patrick Elmore | A request to rezone a 0.64-acre lot from B-G (General Business) to I-G (General Industrial). The property is located on the north side of Commerce Drive about 300 feet west of N.C. 16 Business in Catawba Springs Township. | 04/02/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #649 | Terry Boothe | A request to rezone a 1.1-acre lot from I-G (General Industrial) to R-T (Transitional Residential). The property is located at 2801 Will Schronce Road in Ironton Township. | 04/02/2018 | Approved |
| PD #2016-1-A | Essex Homes | A request to rezone 14.7 acres from R-SF (Residential Single Family) to PD-R (Planned Development-Residential) to permit 50 single-family detached houses as an additional phase of the Stratford (formerly Newton Crossing) development and to amend the master plan for Stratford to remove a provision that a 17-acre site that includes the 14.7 acres be donated to Lincoln County as a potential location for an elementary school. (In lieu of this donation, the applicant has agreed to donate a different site.) This request involves an 87-acre tract located east of N.C. 16 Business and south of Sarah Drive in Catawba Springs Township. | 04/02/2018 | Approved |
| 2017 Land Use Plan | Lincoln County Planning & Inspections | Update to the 2007 Land Use Plan. This policy document guides zoning and ordinance decisions. The first phase of adoption involves the adoption of the future land use plan map and the community type designations. The Guiding Principle and core document adoption will follow within a few months. | 04/02/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #650 | Tommy Gilmore | A request to rezone a 0.57-acre lot from R-T (Transitional Residential) to B-N (Neighborhood Business. The subject property is located at 1182 S. NC 16 Business Highway, on the west side of N.C. 16 Business across from Sifford Road, in Catawba Springs Township. | 05/14/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #652 | Darren Waugh | A request to rezone a 1.96-acre lot from R-SF (Residential Single-Family) to B-N (Neighborhood Business). The subject property is located between Campground Road and Will Proctor Street about 200 feet north of N.C. 16 Business in Catawba Springs Township. | 05/14/2018 | Approved |
| PD #2014-2-A5 | Prestige Corporate Development, LLC | A request to amend the master plan for the planned Rivercross mixed-use development to permit 228 multi-family dwelling units on a 12.5-acre site that's currently approved for 200 multi-family dwelling units and 12 duplex units. The subject property is located on the southern end of Triangle Circle about 250 feet west of N.C. 16 Business in Catawba Springs Township. | 05/14/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #651 | Jeff Smiley | A request to rezone a 2.1-acre lot from R-S (Residential Suburban) to B-G (General Business). The subject property is located on the south side of N.C. 150 about 900 feet east of Lee Moore Road in Ironton Township. | 06/04/2018 | Approved |
| PA #44 * | Freddy Karmatz | A request for preliminary plat review/sketch plan approval for an 11-lot subdivision with a new roadway. The 12.7-acre parcel is located on the north side of Webbs Road about 1,000 feet northeast of the intersection of Webbs Road and N.C. 16 Business in Catawba Springs Township. | 06/04/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #378 * | Ralph Starling | A request for a conditional use permit to build a private residential storage building (a garage) on a lot less than two acres in size prior to the construction of a house. The 0.78-acre lot is located on the west side of Bayridge Lane about 400 feet north of McConnell Road in Catawba Springs Township. | 06/04/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #653 | Joseph Ricotta | A request to rezone 2.4 acres from B-G (General Business) to I-G (General Industrial). The property is located at 1335 NC 73 Highway, on the north side of N.C. 73 about 500 feet east of N.C. 27, in Ironton Township. | 06/04/2018 | Approved |
| PD #2018-2 | Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | A request to rezone 611 acres from I-G (General Industrial) to PD-I (Planned Development-Industrial) to permit an expansion of a combustion-turbine power plant by adding a combustion turbine and associated facilities, including a 90-foot-tall turbine building and a 140-foot-tall stack. The property is located at 6769 Old Plank Road in Catawba Springs Township. | 06/04/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #379 * | Herbert and Priscilla Vollmann | A request for a conditional use permit to operate a bed and breakfast with one guest bedroom in the R-SF (Residential Single Family) district. The 0.53-acre parcel is located at 1876 Hagers Point Lane, on the east side of Hagers Point Lane about 600 feet north of Hagers Ferry Road, in Catawba Springs Township. | 08/06/2018 | Denied |
| CZ #2018-5 | Samuel Goodson | A request to rezone 20 acres from R-T (Transitional Residential) to CZ I-G (Conditional Zoning General Industrial) to permit a land-clearing and inert debris landfill with a disposal area under two acres in size. The subject property, a portion of a 71-acre tract, is located at 6792 Kidville Road, about 1,200 feet south of Kidville Road and 3,200 feet east of Beth Haven Church Road, in Catawba Springs Township. | 08/06/2018 | Approved |
| PA #45 * | Denver Land Development, LLC | A request for preliminary plat/sketch plan approval for three additional lots in the Quinlan Estates subdivision. The 4.6-acre tract is located on the north side of N.C. 150 between Quinlan Lane, Waterview Trail and Diesel Drive in Ironton Township. | 09/10/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #381 * | Roddey Edwards | A request for a conditional use permit to locate a detached garage in front of the front building line of a house on a lot adjacent to Lake Norman. The 0.45-acre lot is located at 2163 Willow Cove Lane, about 600 feet west of Camelia Lane, in Catawba Springs Township. | 09/10/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #382 * | Christopher Pence Jr. | A request for a conditional use permit to allow vehicle sales in the I-G (General Industrial) district. The 1.85-acre parcel is located at 230 Joshua Court, about 1,300 feet northeast of N.C. 27, in Ironton Township. | 09/10/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #383 * | Mark Powell | A request for a conditional use permit to operate a bed and breakfast with one guest suite in the R-SF (Residential Single-Family) district in a proposed new house. The 0.8-acre parcel is located at 5143 Windward Point Lane, at the end of Windward Point Lane about 900 feet north of Harbor Lane, in Catawba Springs Township. | 09/10/2018 | Denied |
| CUP #384 * | Verizon Wireless | A request for a conditional use permit to erect a 225-foot wireless telecommunications tower in the R-T (Transitional Residential) district. The proposed site, part of a 153-acre parcel, is located on the north side of N.C. 73 about 1,500 feet east of Schronce Road, in Catawba Springs Township. | 09/10/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #654 | Eddie Faulkner | A request to rezone 6.7 acres from B-G (General Business) to R-S (Residential Suburban). The property is located on the south side of N.C. 27 and north side of Lackey Road about 900 feet west of the intersection of the two roads in North Brook Township. | 09/10/2018 | Approved |
| ZMA #655 | Gerald Henley | A request to rezone 1.0 acre from I-G (General Industrial) to R-T (Transitional Residential). The subject property, part of a 5.0-acre tract, is located about 300 feet west of Henry Dellinger Road and 800 feet south of N.C. 150 in Ironton Township. | 09/10/2018 | Approved |
| PD #2018-1 | Cambridge Commons MF, LLC | A request to rezone 10.3 acres from R-T (Transitional Residential) to PD-R (Planned Development-Residential) to permit 260 multi-family dwelling units. The subject property is located on the west side of North Pilot Knob Road on the north and south sides of Cresset Dellinger Road in Catawba Springs Township. | 09/10/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #385 | Joseph Whiton | A request for a conditional use permit to sell motorcycles and ATVs in the I-G (General Industrial) district with no outdoor display. The proposed location is Unit C of a multi-tenant building located on a 1.8-acre lot at 8261 NC 73 Highway, on the northeast corner of N.C. 73 and Club Drive, in Catawba Springs Township. | 10/01/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #386 | George Bundy | A request for a conditional use permit to place a Class B (doublewide) manufactured home in the R-S (Residential Suburban) district. The 6.4-acre parcel is located at 2494 Keener Road, on the south side of Keener Road about 2,000 feet west of Hill Road, in Ironton Township. | 10/01/2018 | Approved |
| PCUR #26A | DePaul Community Facilities, Inc. | A request to amend a conditional use permit to allow an expansion of an assisted living center, including a 20-bed addition. The 3.0-acre parcel is located at 3900 Wexford Lane, at the end of Wexford Lane about 600 feet southwest of N.C. 16 Business, in Catawba Springs Township. | 10/01/2018 | Approved |
| CZ #2018-6 | Robert Dober | A request to rezone a 0.95-acre lot from B-N (Neighborhood Business) to CZ B-G (Conditional Zoning General Business) to allow vehicle sales as an additional permitted use. The property is located at 3431 E. NC 150 Highway, on the north side of N.C. 150 about 800 feet west of Shuford Road, in Ironton Township. | 10/01/2018 | Approved |
| PD #2016-5-A2 | Ryan Companies US, Inc. | A request to amend the master plan for the Wildbrook planned development to permit a charter school to open in August 2019 under a temporary certificate of occupancy if access roads in the adjoining Rivercross development are not complete, on the conditions that the school provide a financial guarantee for the completion of the roads and hire an off-duty police officer to help manage traffic. The 73-acre Wildbrook site borders Triangle Circle, Rufus Road and Airlie Parkway. The location for the charter school is on the eastern portion of the site on Triangle Circle. | 10/01/2018 | Withdrawn |
| CUP #387 | Marvin and Jennie Simmons | A request for a conditional use permit to allow an accessory structure to be located in front of the front building line of a house on a lot adjacent to Lake Norman. The 0.83-acre lot is located at 8353 Luckey Point Road in Catawba Springs Township. | 11/05/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #388 | Tracy Godfrey | A request for a conditional use permit to allow a guest house as an accessory use to a single-family dwelling. The 22-acre parcel is located at 4242 John Ritchie Road in Ironton Township. | 11/05/2018 | Approved |
| PD #2018-3 | Blum, Inc. | A request to rezone 68 acres from I-G (General Industrial) and R-T (Transitional Residential) to PD-I (Planned Development-Industrial) to permit expansions of manufacturing, warehousing and office facilities and allow a building height in excess of 60 feet and not more than 100 feet for a high-bay warehouse. The property is located at 7733 Old Plank Road, on the north side of Old Plank Road about 600 feet west of N.C. 16 Business, in Catawba Springs Township. | 11/05/2018 | Approved |
| PD #2018-4 | Provident Land Services, Inc. | A request to rezone 123 acres from R-SF (Residential Single-Family) and R-T (Transitional Residential) to PD-R (Planned Development Residential) to permit a subdivision with up to 225 single-family detached houses. The property is located on the west side of Little Egypt Road about 2,000-4,000 feet north of N.C. 73 in Catawba Springs Township. | 11/05/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #389 | Joshua and Kimberly Mays | A request for a conditional use permit to allow a 576-square-foot guest house as an accessory use to a detached single-family dwelling in the R-S (Residential Suburban) district. The 2.5-acre parcel is located at 6015 Beam Lumber Road, on the south side of Beam Lumber Road about 1,200 feet west of Cat Square Road, in Howards Creek Township. | 12/03/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #390 | Andy Bell | A request for a conditional use permit to build an 800-square-foot private residential storage building on a lot less than two acres in size prior to the construction of a home in the R-SF (Residential-Single Family) district. The 0.22-acre parcel is located on the north side of Sarah Drive about 1,600 feet east of N.C. 16 Business in Catawba Springs Township. | 12/03/2018 | Approved |
| CUP #391 | 711 Property Management, LLC | A request for a conditional use permit to expand a self-storage facility in the I-G (General Industrial) district and in the Eastern Lincoln Development District (ELDD). The 8.5-acre site is located at 513 N. NC 16 Business Highway, on the west side of N.C. 16 Business about 500 feet north of Forest Oak Drive, in Catawba Springs Township. | 12/03/2018 | Approved |