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Town of Wake Forest · Planning Board
Monday, August 21, 2023 at 5:55 pm

Regular meeting Land conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRezoningTransit

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The Planning Board takes public comment on a self-storage project that planning staff recommend against approving. 4Rivers Property Group is asking the town to rezone 2.64 acres at 0 Friendship Chapel Road from General Residential 10 to a highway business conditional district for a three-story, 110,500-square-foot storage building. Staff say the plan conflicts with the 2022 Community Plan on five counts, including its place in a Neighborhood Commercial node meant for shops and mixed-use buildings, and it falls short of the town's parking standard, offering 12 spaces where the zoning code calls for 55.

The board also takes comment on the draft Wake Forest Public Transit Plan, an August 2023 update built from four open houses and two surveys that lays out options for expanding bus service beyond the town's current Raleigh partnership routes. Both items return for a public hearing September 19. The board also hears a kickoff presentation on updating the town's parks and recreation master plan and takes up minutes from its July 11 meeting.

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Agenda items (10)

Procedural · 6Discussion item · 2Minutes approval · 1Presentation · 1
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. 2 Adoption of Agenda
    Procedural
  3. 3.A Approval of Minutes - 7-11-2023 Planning Board Minutes
    Minutes approval
  4. 4.A Wake Forest Parks & Recreation Master Plan Update: Project Kick-Off Presentation
    Presentation Parks and recreation
    Parks and recreation staff open the public process for updating the town's parks and recreation master plan.
  5. 5 Old Business with Public Comment
    Procedural
  6. 7.A Consideration of LEGISLATIVE CASE RZ-23-01, 4Rivers - Wake Forest Self Storage
    Discussion item Land conversion and large developmentRezoning
    4Rivers Property Group asks the town to rezone 2.64 acres at 0 Friendship Chapel Road from General Residential 10 to Highway Business Conditional District for a three-story, 110,500-square-foot self-storage building. Staff recommend denial, saying the project is inconsistent with the 2022 Community Plan's guidance for the site's Neighborhood Commercial and Activity Center designations and proposes 12 parking spaces where the zoning code requires 55.
    • 0 Friendship Chapel Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • 1950 Friendship Chapel Rd · Awb-Dp Jds Owner LLC · 2.6 acres · assessed $2,028,247
  7. 7.B Consideration of August 2023 Draft Wake Forest Public Transit Plan (CPA-23-02)
    Discussion item Transit
    The board takes comment on the August 2023 draft Wake Forest Public Transit Plan, which lays out options for expanding the town's bus service beyond its current GoRaleigh-operated routes. Staff recommend approval; a public hearing is set for September 19.
  8. 9 Staff Comments
    Procedural
  9. 10 Planning Board Comments
    Procedural
  10. 11 Adjournment
    Procedural

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