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Developer Jim Adams, who has requested a
contested rezoning at the corner of
Burlington Mills and Ligon Mill roads,
will ask the Wake Forest commissioners
to delay action because the neighborhood
meeting will not take place until April
24.
The item, which has already
been continued from March, is on the
agenda prepared this week for next
Tuesday’s town board meeting. As of noon
Wednesday, town officials had not
received a letter asking for the delay.
Neighbors have strongly
urged that the plan for a convenience
store on the 3.39 acres be turned down,
and the planning board responded at its
March 6 meeting by voting eight to two
to recommend it be denied. That negative
recommendation will require a
super-majority – at least four of the
five commissioners – to approve the
project.
The current request to
conditional use neighborhood business is
the third time Adams has tried to get
approval for a convenience store on the
site. The first plan was withdrawn about
a year ago and the second plan was
withdrawn earlier this year by Rose Oil
just before the public hearing. Adams
says he wants to build “a high-quality
convenience store,” and the property is
reportedly under contract subject to the
rezoning. Adams said he would retain
architectural approval after the sale.
The only other planning item
on the agenda for April 17 is William
and Louise Howard’s request for a
special use permit to operate a bed and
breakfast in their home at 238 N. Main
St. Judging by the statements and votes
during the planning board meeting on
April 3, the Howards may get a round of
applause for their plan.
The meeting, which begins at
7 p.m. in town hall, will open with an
update on the Triangle Transit
Authority’s plans. Mayor Vivian Jones
has been urging the TTA to provide bus
service to the Wake Forest area.
The board will take up
Commissioner Frank Drake’s proposal to
stop some of the littering along area
highways and roads by requiring that
vehicle owners secure their loads to
prevent paper, construction materials,
packing materials and other waste from
blowing off or dropping off. The item
was continued from the March meeting to
allow town attorney Eric Vernon time to
frame the draft ordinance.
There will be six public
hearings about annexation. The most
significant will be a hearing about an
annexation agreement with the Town of
Youngsville under which Wake Forest can
annex into Franklin County.
The other five annexation
requests are:
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A request by Heritage Wake Forest to
annex 11.98 acres in the Heritage
North subdivision.
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A request by Star South LLC to annex
7.47 acres in the 10600 block of
Star Road for a commercial
subdivision called Capital Pines
planned by Allen Massey and Scott
Looper. The property is already
zoned for highway business.
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A request by FMD Inc. for 23.2 acres
at the intersection of Unicon Drive
and One World Way.
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A request by Joel Keith for 4 acres
at 1616 Forestville Road. The Wake
Forest Fire Department plans to
build a fire station here, one of
three new stations.
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A request by Larry Seibel for 39
acres on Taylor Road in Franklin
County, part of the property where
Seibel operated the Triangle Metro
Zoo.
In other business, the
commissioners will probably agree to
eliminate the $5 fee for credit card
payments by phone. They will consider
the Capital Improvements Plan for FY
2007-2012, which they will discuss
tonight, Wednesday, April 11, at 7 p.m.
They will also consider placing a
four-way stop at the intersection of
Lakeview Avenue and Siena Drive in the
Cimarron subdivision. |
