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Town of Wake Forest · Board of Adjustment
Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 5:11 pm

Regular meeting Housing and affordabilityLitigation and settlementsSubdivision and site plans

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Wake Forest's Board of Adjustment signs the written order in the Franklin Street Townes case, where a developer has declined to build a pool and clubhouse the town approved eleven years ago. The board heard the appeal on August 20 and voted 5-0 twice: once that the notice of violation was valid as issued, and once to modify it so the violation stands until the Board of Commissioners approves the developer's proposed change. Thursday's item is the order recording those findings.

The development is 61 townhomes at 0 Franklin Park Avenue, approved in February 2015 with a master plan that put the pool and clubhouse in phase one. Owners Caroline and Marc Iafrate told planning staff in November 2021 that they did not intend to build them, citing cost, insurance and resident feedback. The town issued the notice of violation in April 2024 and stayed enforcement while the owners sought a rezoning. Three neighbors spoke at the August hearing about how long the development has sat incomplete; the board voted 5-0 that they had standing.

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Agenda items (2)

Minutes approval · 1Ordinance · 1
  1. 3.A Approval of Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Approval of the August 20 minutes.
  2. 5.A Approval of the Order Affirming, With a Modification, the Notice of Violation & Correction Order, V-24-168
    Ordinance Housing and affordabilityLitigation and settlementsSubdivision and site plans
    The written order in appeal BOA-26-03, brought by Franklin Street Townes, LLC against notice of violation V-24-168. The board concludes that the approved master plan and construction drawings required a pool and clubhouse, that neither was built, that a subdivision violation exists, and that the notice met state and ordinance requirements when the town issued it on April 23, 2024. It rejects as irrelevant the owner's claims about comparable developments, unwritten ordinance requirements and the Block 11 plat. The modification the board added keeps the violation in effect until the Board of Commissioners approves the owner's proposed change to the amenity area.

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