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Planning Board Regular Meeting

Town of Fuquay-Varina · Planning Board
Monday, September 21, 2026

Regular meeting RezoningComprehensive planHealth and human servicesHousing and affordabilityPublic facilities

Agenda document Minutes Watch Meeting recap

What was decided

  1. Approved 2.AApproval of Minutes - August 17, 2026 Approved 5-0

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What's on this agenda

Fuquay-Varina's Planning Board held public hearings on two rezonings on 21 September. WakeMed asked to rezone 4.77 acres at 6126 Dwight Rowland Road from residential agricultural to general commercial conditional zoning, the site of its proposed standalone emergency department next to its existing facility. Gemstone Homes asked to rezone 0.99 acres at 602 and 606 S Main Street to Town Center Residential for eight alley-loaded row houses. Staff recommended approval of both.

The staff report also listed where earlier cases stood with the Town Board. Two were tabled to 22 September: M/I Homes' 27.63-acre planned development on Sunset Lake Road, over the site's place in the Jones-Johnson-Ballentine Historic District, and a 0.414-acre rezoning at 417 and 419 Raleigh Street. Envision Homes' 48.81-acre request at 7151 Sunset Lake Road was postponed to 5 October at the petitioner's request.

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Meeting recap

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

The Planning Board recommended that the Town Board approve both rezonings, each by 5-0, in a meeting that ran 15 minutes. Five members attended; Barbara Marchioni, Michelle Peele and Nolan Perry were absent.

WakeMed's case for 4.77 acres at 6126 Dwight Rowland Road drew no speakers from the public. Tom Cavender, WakeMed's vice president of facilities and construction, said the standalone emergency department would be about 30,000 square feet, with 12 exam rooms, diagnostics, a lab and a pharmacy. He said it would connect to the existing WakeMed medical office campus. Members asked whether the entrance should come from Dwight Rowland Road or through the existing WakeMed site. On Gemstone Homes' eight row houses at 602 and 606 S Main Street, owner Chris Shavone said the garages would load from an alley off Ransom Street. One neighbor said the row houses would change the character of a small, quiet street and suggested fewer units. The board did not discuss the case before voting. These are the signed minutes.

How the votes went

All four motions passed 5-0, with three members absent: approving the 17 August minutes, recommending approval of the WakeMed rezoning and land use map change (REZ-2026-08), recommending approval of the Gemstone Homes rezoning (REZ-2026-09), and adjourning. Jay Adcock moved the first two and Jeff Stevens the third.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

1 member of the public spoke.

  1. A resident who lives on the same block opposed the Gemstone Homes row houses at the hearing, saying eight units would change the street's small, quiet character and suggesting fewer.

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Agenda items (5)

Public hearing · 2Procedural · 1Minutes approval · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. 2.A Approval of Minutes - August 17, 2026
    Minutes approval
    Minutes of the 17 August 2026 meeting.
    Approved 5-0
  3. 4.A Zoning map and land use plan amendment: WakeMed Health & Hospital, 6126 Dwight Rowland Road (REZ-2026-08)
    Public hearing Comprehensive planHealth and human servicesPublic facilitiesRezoning
    WakeMed Health & Hospital asks to rezone 4.77 acres in the town's extraterritorial jurisdiction from Residential Agricultural to General Commercial Conditional Zoning, and to change part of the land use map from Suburban Office to Suburban Commercial. The site is for WakeMed's proposed standalone emergency department, next to its existing facility; the state issued the certificate of need in July 2025. The conditions bar 29 uses, including gas stations, bars and shopping centers, and the future Fuquay-Varina Parkway right-of-way would cross the eastern part of the property. Staff recommend approval.
    Recommended approval 5-0
  4. 4.B Zoning map amendment: Gemstone Homes, 602 and 606 S Main Street (REZ-2026-09)
    Public hearing Housing and affordabilityRezoning
    Gemstone Homes asks to rezone 0.99 acres from Residential Medium Density to Town Center Residential for eight row houses, four facing S Main Street and four facing Spring Avenue, with rear garages off a private alley reached from W Ransom Street. Conditions bar vinyl siding and set other design standards. The plan swaps a 30-foot buffer beside one neighbor for a 15-foot evergreen buffer with a six-foot privacy fence. Staff recommend approval.
    Recommended approval 5-0
    • 606 S Main St · Carr, Edward R Carr, Tanya B · 0.54 acres · assessed $301,787
    • 602 S Main St · no matching parcel on file
    • 602 S Main St · Gemstone Homes LLC · 0.51 acres · assessed $126,000
    • 606 S Main St · Carr, Edward R Carr, Tanya B · 0.54 acres · assessed $301,787
  5. 6.A Planning Staff Report
    Staff or committee report Rezoning
    How the Town Board handled the board's recent recommendations. On 18 August it approved REZ-2026-10 (210 S West Street) and REZ-2026-12 (Sampson-Bladen Oil, 2201 and 2205 Piney Grove Wilbon Road), both unanimously. It tabled REZ-2025-18 (M/I Homes, 27.63 acres on Sunset Lake Road) and REZ-2026-11 (417 and 419 Raleigh Street) to 22 September. REZ-2026-07 (Envision Homes, 7151 Sunset Lake Road) was postponed to 5 October at the petitioner's request.
    • 210 S West St · Bohemia Homes LLC · 0.34 acres · assessed $195,190
    • 2205 Piney Grove Wilbon Rd · Callis Family Lmtd Prtnshp The · 2.5 acres · assessed $103,513
    • 419 Raleigh St · Pine State Property Group LLC · 0.20 acres · assessed $203,073
    • 7151 Sunset Lake Rd · Vinson, Valeria Shearon Bergstrom, Mary Virginia Walsh Shearon · 49 acres · assessed $2,610,000

Agenda changes

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