Mooresville Sheetz near I-77 Exit 31 goes to board Nov. 16

A Sheetz convenience store and gas station is planned for the wooded corner of Langtree Road and Alcove Road, next to I-77 Exit 31. The Mooresville Board of Commissioners holds the public hearing on the rezoning and annexation Monday, Nov. 16.

The town’s agenda calls the project “Alcove C-Store” and does not name the brand. The traffic agreement in the planning packet for case CZ-2026-13 (PDF) does. It lists the project as “Mooresville Sheetz (Alcove Road),” with Sheetz as the project owner.

The meeting starts at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at Mooresville Town Hall, 413 N. Main St. Everything below comes from the Nov. 16 agenda (PDF) and the staff reports attached to it.

What Sheetz wants to build

Cambridge Properties Inc. of Charlotte applied for the 4.469 acres on the northeast corner of the intersection. The land is vacant and outside town limits today, so the board must vote on an annexation as well as the rezoning. If both pass, the site joins Ward 1.

The traffic agreement and staff report describe:

• a 6,500-square-foot store with 16 fueling positions
• a counter-service restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating
• a mobile-order drive-up window
• 47 parking spaces and bike racks
• a build-out year of 2028

The site sits across Alcove Road from the Aloft and Tru by Hilton hotels. The Shell station and shops of the Langtree area are across Langtree Road.

Traffic and access

Both driveways would be on Alcove Road, none on Langtree Road. The staff report calls Alcove a 45 mph collector road. A traffic study was required because the store is expected to generate 750 or more trips.

The traffic agreement, signed in July by town staff and NCDOT’s district office, requires the developer to:

• add a northbound right-turn lane on Alcove Road into the site
• restripe Alcove Road for a southbound left-turn lane
• build an island at the hotel driveway so drivers can no longer turn left out of it
• limit the northern driveway to right in, right out and left out
• put stop signs at both driveways

The work must be done before the store can open. The developer would also build a 10-foot multi-use path along about 900 feet of Alcove Road, linked to a new 5-foot sidewalk on Langtree Road.

Does it fit the town’s new plan?

Only in part, town planners say. The Mooresville Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan, adopted in September, marks the corner as a “mixed-use activity center.” That means small blocks, buildings close to the street and public spaces. The staff report says the site is inconsistent with that designation “as this site solely proposes a convenience store.”

Staff also found the request a logical extension of the commercial strip along Langtree Road. The Planning Board recommended approval unanimously on Aug. 25. Three people attended the developer’s neighborhood meeting in May.

The site is in the Lake Norman watershed’s critical area, which caps hard surfaces at 50% of the lot. For more on the plan, see our story on Mooresville Tomorrow.

Two more gas stations are next

Two more convenience store and gas station rezonings are lined up for the board’s Dec. 7 meeting, both in Ward 4:

• Perth Road Sheetz (CZ-2026-23): 2.709 acres at Perth Road, asking for extra driveways from Perth Road and River Highway, per the Nov. 2 hearing schedule (PDF)
• Circle K Doolie Road (CZ-2026-16): 3.64 acres at River Highway and Doolie Road, which the board is set to schedule on Nov. 16, per the Nov. 16 hearing schedule (PDF)

Also on the Nov. 16 agenda

These are on the consent agenda, which the board usually passes in one vote:

• Mooresville Museum: $260,000 from the town’s General Capital Reserve Fund for accessible restrooms, better lighting and heating and air conditioning at the museum. The project ordinance (PDF) splits it into $60,500 for design and $199,500 for construction. The money was set aside at the board’s February retreat.
• Police dispatch software: a five-year, $2,254,946 contract with CentralSquare Technologies to move the Police Department’s dispatch and records system to the cloud. The contract summary (PDF) puts the annual fee at $443,315. A federal COPS grant pays the first year, $481,686, as we reported in October.
• Fire Training Center fence: a $120,000 project for 4,200 feet of 7-foot chain-link fence with barbed wire, built by Country Boy Landscaping Inc. The contract summary expects the work done by Dec. 31.

The board will also hold a hearing on an emergency annexation to bring town water to a house on Charlotte Highway whose well failed.

What it means for you

If you drive Langtree Road or Alcove Road, or stay near the Exit 31 hotels, this corner would change. You can speak at the public hearing on Nov. 16 or send a comment through the town clerk’s public comment page. To find your commissioner, see our guide to who to call in town government. For homes, schools and shops nearby, see our Langtree neighborhood guide.

We will report the board’s decision.