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, August 6th, 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, September 15th, 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 202600103 – N. Boyce Street Townhomes
Subject hearing involves a request to rezone approximately 2.0 acres from RS-8 (Single-family Residential, minimum 8,000 sq. ft. lots) and C-3 (General Commercial) to PD-RRDD (Planned Development – Revised Residential Development District). The subject property is located on N. Boyce Street between W. Airline Avenue and Rankin Avenue and is owned by Legacy Home Builders North Carolina, LLC.
File 202600256 – Sierra Ridge East – Phase 3 (Mount Mitchell Avenue)
Subject hearing involves a request to rezone a portion of tax parcel 316213 for approximately 7.1 acres from RS-12 (Single-family Residential, minimum 12,000 sq. ft. lots) to PD-RRDD (Planned Development – Revised Residential Development District). The subject property is owned by Profile Homes – Summit Ridge, LLC and is located adjacent to the existing Sierra Ridge development, east of Archie Whitesides Road, on Mount Mitchell Avenue.
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.
Chad Ghorley, Gastonia Planning Commission Chair
Richard Franks, City of Gastonia Mayor
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