CITY OF GASTONIA PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TO CONSIDER REZONING REQUESTS Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Gastonia Planning Commission will be held Thursday, March 5th, 2026, at 5:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as possible, in the City Council Chambers, 181 S. South Street, in Gastonia, North Carolina. If any of the decisions of the Planning Commission are appealed within 15-days of the hearing or if any of the Planning Commission's decisions are by a vote of less than a three-fourths (3/4) majority, the particular item so affected will also be heard in a public hearing at the Tuesday, April 21st, 2026, City Council meeting at 6:00 PM or as soon thereafter as possible, in the City Council Chambers, 181 S. South Street or in the Public Forum Room on the 2nd Floor of the Gaston County Courthouse located at 325 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in Gastonia. The meeting location will be listed on the agenda found on the city's website https://www.gastonianc.gov/. If any cases are continued by the Planning Commission, the City Council hearing (if necessary) for that particular item will change; whereby staff should be consulted for further details; planning@gastonianc.gov. File 202600058 – Derry Subdivision (Forbes Road & Howe Dairy Road) Subject hearing involves a request to rezone approximately 10.34 acres from PD-PRD (Planned Development – Planned Residential Development) to PD-RRDD (Planned Development – Revised Residential Development District). The request also includes an amendment to the existing Derry Subdivision conditional district (File #202100404). The subject property is located south of Neal Hawkins Road, on Forbes Road and Howe Dairy Road and is owned by Trigate-Suncrest Howe Landing, LLC. For further information, call (704) 854-6652. INDIVIDUALS REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS WHEN ATTENDING THIS MEETING AND/OR IF THIS INFORMATION IS NEEDED IN AN ALTERNATIVE FORMAT BECAUSE OF A DISABILITY, SHOULD CONTACT THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, LOCATED IN CITY HALL AT 181 S. SOUTH STREET, TELEPHONE: (704-866-6786), FAX: (704-836-0022) OR BY EMAIL: JUDY.SMITH@GASTONIANC.GOV. THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AT LEAST 72 HOURS' NOTICE PRIOR TO THE MEETING TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS. Kristie Ferguson, Chair Gastonia Planning Commission Richard Franks, Mayor City of Gastonia (Ad in paper 2/22/26 and 3/1/26) IPL0315869 Feb 22 2026