Hickory Regional Planning Commission

The Hickory Regional Planning Commission is composed of 12 citizens from the Hickory planning jurisdiction who meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:00 pm at the Hickory City Hall. The Planning Commission holds public hearings to review amendments to the Land Development Code (the zoning ordinance), rezoning requests, Special Use Permits, and Planned Development Master Land Use Plans. The Planning Commission makes recommendations to the Hickory City Council on rezoning requests and text amendments to the Land Development Code. The Commission has the authority to approve Special Use Permits and Planned Development Master Land Use Plans.

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Minutes, Agendas, and Staff Reports

The Hickory Planning Commission is composed 12 members appointed as follows: six members who are residents of the City of Hickory, one of whom shall be from each ward of the City, two members who are residents of Catawba County residing outside the City of Hickory, the Towns of Longview and Brookford and within the regional planning area.

Planning Commission Members

Catawba County  Chip Blackwelder 750 32nd Avenue Drive NW Hickory, NC 28601	Longview Randall Mays, Vice-Chair 2251 15th Avenue SW Hickory, NC 28602
Catawba County Dr. John Eldridge 364 39th Avenue Drive NW Hickory, NC 28601	Burke County Vacant
Brookford  Vacant	Caldwell County James Noggle 6727 Lakeview Terrace Hickory, NC 28601
Ward 1  Bill McBrayer 446 17th Avenue Drive NE Hickory, NC 28601	Ward 2 Carolyn Miller 3505 4th Street Blvd. NW Hickory, NC 28601
Ward 3 Junior Hedrick  1450 25th Street NE Hickory, NC 28601	Ward 4 Sam Hunt 696 9th Avenue Drive SE Hickory, NC 28602
Ward 5  Michael Talbert, Chair  118 3rd Avenue NE  Hickory, NC 28601	Ward 6 Dr. Robert Allen 735 15th Avenue NW Hickory, NC 28601