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Town of Wake Forest · Planning Board
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 5:24 pm

Regular meeting RezoningComprehensive planHousing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreation

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What is in the packet

Case RZ-24-03, the Franklin Street Townes common area, fills the packet. The staff report lays out the sequence: the Board of Commissioners approved a 61-unit townhome master plan in February 2015 with a pool and clubhouse in the amenity area, the construction drawings counted those amenities toward required improved open space, and in November 2021 the developer told planning staff it did not intend to build them.

Every route staff offered required the commissioners to approve a revised amenity area, since they approved the original. The developer chose a rezoning of the 4.81-acre common area to a conditional district with a new master plan showing a 10-by-10 prefabricated canopy, a playground and landscaping. The single proposed condition is that the parcel be developed to that plan. Staff report 95,431 square feet of open space against 14,440 required and 7,140 square feet of park space against 5,776, and take no position on approval — they ask the Planning Board to recommend either way and comment on comprehensive plan consistency. The 2022 Community Plan puts the site in a Downtown Edge mixed residential area where it recommends existing townhome developments be maintained.

Read from the first 50 pages of the packet, which is where this site stops — the rest is attachments, plan sheets and correspondence. Open the full packet if this is not enough.

What's on this agenda

One case sits on the Wake Forest Planning Board's September 8 agenda, and it turns on a pool that was never built. The board took public comment on RZ-24-03, a request to rezone the 4.81-acre common area of the Franklin Street Townes development from Residential Mixed-Use to a conditional district, and to recommend for or against it to the Board of Commissioners.

The sequence in the staff report runs like this. Commissioners approved a master plan for 108 apartments at the northeast corner of South Franklin Street and the 98 Bypass in February 2014, with a pool and clubhouse in a central amenity area. A townhome plan replaced it in February 2015, 61 units, again with the pool and clubhouse. Construction drawings approved that November counted those amenities toward the development's required improved open space. In November 2021 the developer told planning staff it did not intend to build them. Because commissioners approved the original plan, only commissioners can approve a change, so the developer has filed this rezoning with a new master plan showing a 10-by-10-foot prefabricated canopy, a playground and landscaping instead. Staff report that the proposal meets the ordinance's park space minimum, 7,140 square feet against 5,776 required, and take no position on approval. The public hearing before commissioners is set for October 6.

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Agenda items (11)

Procedural · 7Staff or committee report · 2Minutes approval · 1Public hearing · 1
  1. 1. Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. 2. Adoption of Agenda
    Procedural
  3. 3.A Approval of Minutes
    Minutes approval Comprehensive planRezoning
    Draft minutes of the July 14 and August 11 planning board meetings. The July minutes record the board voting 7-0 to recommend denial of RZ-25-03, a rezoning at 3832 Rogers Road, as inconsistent with the comprehensive plan, after five residents spoke.
    • 3832 Rogers Rd · Eddins, Donald Lee Eddins, John Barry · 2.9 acres · assessed $280,622
  4. 4. Presentations
    Procedural
    None listed.
  5. 5. Old Business with Public Comment
    Procedural
    None listed.
  6. 6. Old Business
    Procedural
    None listed.
  7. 7.A Consideration of LEGISLATIVE CASE RZ-24-03, Franklin Street Townes Common Area, a conditional district rezoning to rezone a 4.81-acre parcel at 0 Franklin Park Avenue from Residential Mixed-Use (RMX) to Residential Mixed-Use Conditional District (RMX-CD)
    Public hearing Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRezoning
    A public comment session on RZ-24-03, filed by Caroline Krause-Iafrate for Franklin Street Townes, LLC, to rezone 4.81 acres at 0 Franklin Park Avenue from Residential Mixed-Use to Residential Mixed-Use Conditional District. The single proposed condition is that the parcel develop according to a new master plan replacing the approved pool and clubhouse with a 10-by-10-foot prefabricated canopy, a playground and landscaping. Staff find the plan meets the open space and park space minimums and make no recommendation for or against. Commissioners hold the public hearing October 6.
  8. 8. New Business
    Procedural
    None listed.
  9. 9. Staff Comments
    Staff or committee report
  10. 10. Planning Board Comments
    Staff or committee report
  11. 11. Adjournment
    Procedural

Agenda changes

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