LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH CENTER
File #: 23-5011    Version:
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 11/2/2023 In control: Planning
On agenda: 1/16/2024 Final action: 1/16/2024
Title: Vote to approve a legislative request by Catalyst Capital Partners LLC to rezone Parcels 2647 (58.03 ac) and 2646 (1 ac) from R-2 Residential to CD-MU Mixed Use for apartments with amenity building and pool and 15,000 sf commercial space located at 11785 US 15-501 N, Baldwin Township.
Indexes: Comp Plan Goal 3: Promote a compact growth pattern by developing in and near existing towns, communities, and in designated, well planned, walkable, mixed use centers., Comp Plan Goal 4: Diversify the tax base and generate more high-quality, in-county jobs to reduce dependence on residential property taxes, create economic opportunity and reduce out-commuting.
Attachments: 1. More information from the Planning department website, 2. Catalyst Womble Presentation FINAL for PH, 3. Nov 20 Catalyst_Womble Property_Viridian Holdings_Walt Lewis
TITLE
Vote to approve a legislative request by Catalyst Capital Partners LLC to rezone Parcels 2647 (58.03 ac) and 2646 (1 ac) from R-2 Residential to CD-MU Mixed Use for apartments with amenity building and pool and 15,000 sf commercial space located at 11785 US 15-501 N, Baldwin Township.

ABSTRACT

Action Requested:
Vote to approve a legislative request by Catalyst Capital Partners LLC to rezone Parcels 2647 (58.03 ac) and 2646 (1 ac) from R-2 Residential to CD-MU Mixed Use for apartments with amenity building and pool and 15,000 sf commercial space located at 11785 US 15-501 N, Baldwin Township.

Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held November 20, 2023. Planning staff presented the request as well as the attorney for the applicant, Nick Robinson. No one signed up to provide input. One letter was received from an adjacent landowner, Mary Ellen Seate, who owns property at 296 Cedar Terrace Rd, a duplex, which is used as a rental property. She had concerns about certain aspects of the development including grading and landscaping. She did not express opposition to the project as a whole but did provide a list of concerns and her comments are available for review on the webpage for this item.
One commissioner asked about the Environmental Review Advisory Committee (ERAC) review of the environmental impact assessment (EIA). Mr. Robinson provided an overview of the ERAC review comments and that the EIA had been updated in response. Most concerns have been addressed in the application materials and site plans. One issue that was brought up by ERAC was a concern about a land clearing and inert debris landfill (LCID), Womble-Arrington LCID, which operated on the property from 1970 until its closer in 2002. The applicant will be applying to NCDEQ Brownfield Program, per a memorandum from Hart Hickman Environmental Solutions, to further ensure there are no current or future issues with the LCID area. This area will not be utilized for the deve...

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