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.
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 | Longview Randall Mays, Chair |
| Catawba County Dr. John Eldridge | Burke County
James Rogers |
| Brookford
Vacant | Caldwell County James Noggle |
| Ward 1 Bill McBrayer | Ward 2 Barbara Clemons |
| Ward 3 Junior Hedrick | Ward 4 Sam Hunt |
| Ward 5 Wallace Johnson | Ward 6 Dr. Robert Allen, Vice-Chair |
News
- Monday, March 07, 2011
City of Hickory Boards and Commissions present work plans for upcoming fiscal year
The photo is of Tony Wood (left) and Kelly Hurley (right) of the Parks and Recreation Commission. HICKORY - The 11 City of Hickory advisory boards presented their goals and financial requests to Hic... - Monday, January 24, 2011
Hickory City Council accepts Hickory By Choice 2030, Land Development Code and new zoning map
HICKORY - Hickory City Council accepted Hickory By Choice 2030 (HBC 2030) during its January 18 meeting, as well as adopted the new Land Development Code (LDC), and zoning map. Hickory staff, HBC 20... - Thursday, October 07, 2010
City of Hickory updates Hickory by Choice 2030 and Land Development Code
HICKORY - Hickory By Choice 2030 and Land Development Code (LDC) updates were given during two public meetings earlier this week. More than two dozen citizens attended the sixth workshop for Hickory...