Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 12:00 am
Winston-Salem Journal
CLEMMONS — Plans for a possible makeover in a key business district on Lewisville-Clemmons Road are inching along, with the Village of Clemmons’ council deciding Monday to form an advisory group of property owners that would give input on what the district would look like.
Clemmons officials, acting on a goal spelled out in the village’s comprehensive plan, have had discussions with business and property owners along Lewisville-Clemmons Road for several weeks, explaining the idea behind an overlay district.
Such a district would hold property and business owners to higher zoning standards than are currently in place. The changes could involve such things as the consolidation of some driveways to reduce the number of curb cuts on the road, façade renovations and landscaping improvements, and would likely be incremental.
Money from grants and private-public partnerships could be available to help property owners pay for some of the changes.
The advisory committee, with input from Clemmons officials, will make the final decision.
“ We need to move forward,” Meagan Ledbetter, the village planner, told the council. “We need a committee to look at ideas and put structure in place.”
The goal of the committee is to present something to the council by March when it holds its annual retreat.
Council members agreed that the committee should be made up of property owners, representing a cross-section of businesses along the proposed overlay district, which would be on the south side of Interstate 40, the traditional heart of the village’s business district.
Ledbetter will work with the council members to find potential members for the advisory committee. She said her hope is to have the committee formed by September.
In other news, Village Manager Gary Looper told the council that construction of the roundabout at Peace Haven and Harper roads should begin soon. Utilities are currently being moved at that intersection and construction is impending, he said.
“ They certainly want to get that finished before bad weather sets in,” he said.
Also, construction of a sidewalk in front of Tanglewood should begin in October. The sidewalk is part of a plan that will connect Middlebrook Road with the new Clemmons Medical Center.
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