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Regular Meeting

Town of Cary · Planning and Zoning Board
Monday, July 28, 2025 at 6:30 pm · Council Chambers, 316 N. Academy Street, Cary Town Hall, Cary, NC 27513

Regular meeting RezoningAnnexationHistoric preservationHousing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRoads and transportationStormwater and floodingSubdivision and site plansTransit

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What's on this agenda

Cary's Planning and Zoning Board reviews two rezoning cases for consistency with the Imagine Cary Community Plan: the 22.74-acre Alston Commons mixed-use rezoning along NC 55, which would add up to 625 apartments, office space and a car wash, and the 48.79-acre Yates Store Road rezoning near a historic store site, which would add detached homes and townhouses. The board also reviews its 2024-2025 annual report.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The board adopted its agenda and approved minutes from its April 28 and May 19 meetings unanimously. On the Alston Commons rezoning at 4404 NC 55 Highway, 0 NC 55 Highway and 1629 Petty Farm Road, from Office/Research and Developmental to Mixed Use District, members questioned the applicant and staff at length on soil cells for tree preservation, the site's removal from the original Alston Activity Center Plan's design standards, a proposed 30,000-square-foot car wash, transit and pedestrian access along NC 55, a 178-foot water tower on the site, preservation of one of two champion trees, and how a 5% affordable-housing commitment at 80% AMI would be phased across the development. The board found the case consistent with the comprehensive plan 8-1, with member Moncrief opposed; other members cited the need for apartments in a well-located site and support for mixed uses reducing traffic.

On the Yates Store Road rezoning, an assemblage near the intersection of New Hope Church Road and Yates Store Road proposing up to 67 detached homes and 25 townhouses, members asked about unaccepted traffic-safety recommendations including a pedestrian hybrid beacon, the historic Yates Grocery and Farm Supply store's eligibility for the National Register (which would not prevent its demolition regardless of the rezoning outcome), stream buffer requirements, and connectivity between the townhouse and single-family sections. The board found the case consistent with the comprehensive plan unanimously; a member suggested the historic store could become a community clubhouse, though acknowledged that might not be financially practical. The board also reviewed its 2024-2025 annual report without discussion, approving it unanimously, and adjourned at 7:55 p.m.

How the votes went

The board voted unanimously to adopt the agenda and approve both sets of minutes. It found the Alston Commons rezoning (22-REZ-20) consistent with the comprehensive plan 8-1, with member Moncrief dissenting, and found the Yates Store Road rezoning (24-REZ-08) consistent unanimously. It approved its 2024-2025 annual report unanimously.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (3)

Resolution · 2Staff or committee report · 1
  1. 1. 22-REZ-20 Alston Commons PDP
    Resolution Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRezoningStormwater and flooding
    Speaker: Erin Puckett, Planning and Development Services Executive Summary: The applicant requests Cary’s consideration of an amendment to Cary’s Official Zoning Map by rezoning approximately 22.74 acres, at 4404 NC 55 Hwy, 0 NC 55 Hwy, and 1629 Petty Farm Road from Office/Research and Developmental District (ORD) to Mixed Use District (MXD) to allow the development of a maximum of 625 multi-family dwelling units, 200,000 square feet of office uses, and 55,000 square feet of commercial uses including a car wash up to 30,000 square feet. Other conditions include vertical mixing of u ses in some pods, commitments to structured parking, 48 electric vehicle charging spaces, and renting a minimu…
  2. 2. 24-REZ-08 Yates Store Road
    Resolution AnnexationHistoric preservationRezoningRoads and transportationSubdivision and site plansTransit
    Speaker: Rachel Smith, Planning and Development Services Executive Summary: The applicant proposes rezoning an assemblage of property totaling 48.79 acres, generally located at the southwest and southeast quadrants of the intersection of New Hope Church Road and Yates Store Road. The request includes rezoning a portion of the assemblage to Residential 8 Conditional Use (R-8-CU) for a maximum of 67 detached dwellings and a portion to Transitional Residential Conditional Use (TR-CU) for a maximum of 25 townhouses. All properties within the zoning request shall be subject to the Water shed Protection Overlay District (Jordan Lake subdistrict). Associated Annexation Request: 24-A-04 – Yates Sto…
  3. 1. Planning & Zoning Board Annual Report 2024-2025
    Staff or committee report
    Staff will present a review of the activities of the Planning and Zoning Board during the 2024-2025 Board Term.

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