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The Wake Forest Planning Board will have
an exceptionally long agenda Tuesday,
June 5, that includes requests for a
special use to locate a concrete plant
in South Forest Business Park, to rezone
4 acres on Forestville Road for the
town’s third fire station, and to rezone
87 acres along Wait Avenue, Oak Grove
Church Road and Gilcrest Farm Road for
homes and a retirement community similar
to Springmoor in Raleigh.
The agenda for the public
hearings is:
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MacLeod Construction Inc. is asking
for a special use permit to build a
concrete plant on lot 25 in the
South Forest Business Park off
Burlington Mills Road. This would be
the third concrete plan in the park.
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The Wake Forest Fire Department has
a contract to purchase 4 acres at
1412 Forestville Road from Joel
Keith, a former board member. The
request is to rezone the land from
its county designation – it was
annexed last month – to neighborhood
business. Stanley Denton, chairman
of the fire department’s board of
directors, said this week he had
received a call from a concerned
neighbor and he told her how the
department worked with the neighbors
when the Ligon Mill Road station was
built. The department plans to use
the existing brick house as the
station and build a pole barn to
house the engine.
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First American Land of Apex wants to
rezone the 38 acres on the west side
of North Main Street owned by James
and Teresa Madden to develop 104
single-family lots and an amenities
center. The subdivision would be
called The Meadow. The entrance on
North Main Street will line up with
Edgeford Park Lane and the street
will go west to connect with
Barnford Mill Road in Olde Mill
Stream.
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The Reservoir Development Group made
up of the Ammons siblings – Andy,
David, Jeff and Alma Hoffman – want
to rezone 86 acres of the 395 acres
in the reservoir tract owned by the
Ammons family to a combination of
R-5 residential (72 acres) and
office and institutional (14 acres).
Planner Chad Sary said the staff is
reviewing the plans for the future
residential and retirement
community, which will be sent to the
planning and town boards “in the
near future.” In 2002 the
comprehensive planning committee and
the town board agreed to several
conditions for the development of
the reservoir tract, including an
allocation of 800 water tap-ons for
dwelling units with non-residential
and life-care development considered
separately.
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A hearing to allow notice by
first-class mail rather than
certified mail because the cost for
the latter is now over $6 and people
are inconvenienced when they have to
go to the post office to pick up and
sign for the notices.
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A hearing to amend the zoning
ordinance to include a review
process for wireless
telecommunications towers. The town
board asked for this addition.
Regular meeting
After the hearings, the
planning board – with the town board
listening – will consider and make
recommendations about all the hearing
items.
After that they will review
three plans as follows:
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An amendment to the development plan
for Wakefield Ford on Capital
Boulevard at Burlington Mills Road
to allow for an additional building.
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An amendment to the master plan for
Wake Forest Business Park on Durham
Road (N.C. 98) to allow for two
additional buildings behind
McDonald’s.
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A review of the plans for a 31-lot
single-family subdivision on an
extension of West Holding Avenue, to
be called The Registry at Bennett
Park. The 64-lot Bennett Park
subdivision was approved in 2002.
If the planning board
members have any energy left at this
point in the evening, they can take up
any unfinished old business.
The planning board hearings
begin at 7:30 p.m. in the town hall
meeting room. People do not have to sign
up to speak at any of the hearings, but
when the hearing concerns a special use,
such as the concrete plant, the speaker
should offer concrete evidence. |
