Scuba school plans move; new Dollar General center looks to expand
Rezoning approvals by Guilford County planning officials will allow a local scuba school to move and an emerging shopping center to grow.
In a unanimous vote Wednesday night, the Guilford County Planning Board approved a rezoning of two acres of property on Brown Summit Road north of Summit Avenue for office and retail uses. The property is set to become the new digs for Greensboro Scuba School, run by Grant and Judith Dawson.
The school currently rents space at 7224 Browns Summit Road, but the owners recently purchased the nearby new property. They hope a move to a larger location will give them the option to build a pool for activities including scuba instruction and underwater photography.
The board also approved a rezoning for additional business growth along Hicone Road, despite protests from county planning staff who worried that more retail would lead to commercial stripping east on Hicone. T. Cooper James & Associates, which is building a Dollar General store immediately to the west, hopes to add more retail on the additional 1.67 acres rezoned Wednesday. The planning board rezoned the Dollar General property last fall.
After the jump, a roundup of other planning board news ...
* Board members unanimously approved a rezoning of about 71 acres at the end of Rambling Road for a subdivision by Hubbard Realty.
* Board members slapped a favorable recommendation on the updated Southwest Area Plan, the first in a series of updated plans that will go to the County Commissioners. Planning staff are bringing maps of growth in parcels of the county up to date before proceeding with development of future land-use plans for the county.
* Board members adopted amendments to the county development ordinance to reflect the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Phase II regulations the state recently approved. This move brings the county in line with the state.