Public Hearing Notice: Annexation Request for The Oaks at James Farm Road

Last Updated 7/2/2026Posted in Legal Notices, Latest City News, Homepage

North Carolina

Iredell County

LEGAL NOTICE

TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PARTICULARLY THE CITIZENS OF THE STATESVILLE’S PLANNING JURISDICTION YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE:

That the City Council of the City of Statesville will hold and conduct a public hearing on the 15th day of September 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber of City Hall, 227 South Center Street, Statesville, North Carolina, for the purpose of considering the proposed case as follows:

AX25-07 The Oaks at James Farm Road, 474 James Farm Rd

BEGINNING AT A #4 REBAR WITH A CAP ON THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF JANE SOWERS RD., A COMMON LINE OF NOW OR FORMERLY RAMORA & SHERRY JOHNSON, DEED BOOK 1780 PAGE 139, AND NOW OR FORMERLY SHUE FITS LLC, DEED BOOK 3108 PAGE 626; THENCE FROM THE POINT OF BEGINNING WITH THE JOHNSON LINE S 02°41'05" W A DISTANCE OF 1,627.26' TO A #4 REBAR WITH A CAP, ON THE LINE OF NOW OR FORMERLY GOFORTH & CLINE LLC, DEED BOOK 1903 PAGE 104; THENCE WITH THE GOFORTH & CLINE LLC LINE S 60°59'23" W A DISTANCE OF 440.35' TO A #4 REBAR WITH A CAP ON EASTERN 60’ PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY JAMES FARM RD.; THENCE WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY OF JAMES FARM RD. N 02°41'05" E A DISTANCE OF 1,807.87' TO A POINT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF JANE SOWERS RD AND JAMES FARM RD; THENCE WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY OF JANE SOWERS RD N 84°58'17" E A DISTANCE OF 378.10' TO A #4 REBAR WITH A CAP, WHICH IS THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 14.773 ACRES AS SHOWN ON A MAP BY CAROLINA GEOMATICS, PLLC, DATED MAY 20, 2025.

All interested citizens are urged to attend the hearing. For information regarding this case please contact the Statesville Planning Department at 704-878-3574.

Emily Kurfees

City Clerk



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