West Rowan News, Events, and Fun

      The Cleveland, NC zoning/planning board met tonight 2-27-2023 for the scheduled monthly meeting. Two resident requests were heard; a request to subdivide property and request for an exception to a rule requiring pools to be in back yards. In addition, three residents signed up to address the issue of goats being allowed in town limits. The goat issue was brought up at the last town board meeting and was referred to zoning/planning at that time.  Dividing Land with a Rowan County Right-away  Robert Beck asked the board for a special use permit to divide his property lot SUP20230113. The land in question is located just off Old Hwy 70 around Young's Mountain. He said that he wanted his son and any future wife to have five acres of the land to build a house in the future. Beck and his son own a business on the property which was approved previously by Cleveland town board. The concern with dividing the property as requested, per the town, was that the division appeared to leave

Cleveland town board met tonight 2-13-2023 for the regular monthly meeting. All board members and the mayor were present and had new white town shirts with embroidered logos. The town finance officer made photos with the white shirts after the meeting.  Nineteen residents showed up for the meeting. Usually there are only a couple of people. Most of the attendees came in support of John and Mary Beth Babcock who signed up to address the board. The Babcocks were upset about the new code enforcement which was recently approved by the board. They had been notified that they were not allowed to have goats in town limits and that they had to get rid of the goats or pay daily fines.   John Babcock Mary Beth Babcock   Mrs. Babcock read from a prepared statement. She said that the goats had not been an issue for five years but that the family had been notified that they needed to get rid of the goats or face fines. She said that the goats were her 11-year-old daughter's pets and helped Lill