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Regular Meeting

Town of Cary · Planning and Zoning Board
Monday, March 23, 2026 at 6:30 pm · Council Chambers, 316 N. Academy Street, Cary Town Hall, Cary, NC 27513

Regular meeting Housing and affordabilityRezoningHealth and human servicesLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRoads and transportation

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What's on this agenda

Cary's planning and zoning board took two rezonings on March 23. One would amend the Weston Planned Development District to allow up to 275 apartments and a small amount of commercial space on 8.7 acres at 7001 Weston Parkway, replacing aging offices. The other would rezone 7.4 acres on Reedy Creek Road and North Harrison Avenue for Calyx Senior Living, a life care community.

The board writes a determination on whether each fits the Imagine Cary Community Plan and sends it to the council. The public does not speak at these meetings.

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

Two rezonings, two findings of consistency, and one dissent. The board found the Weston planned development district amendment consistent with the comprehensive plan unanimously, and the Calyx Senior Living case consistent 8-1 with Shaun McAndrew opposed.

On Weston, the argument that carried was that a Class A office building, which could be built by right closer to the southern property line, would bring more traffic than a mixed-use scheme, and that adding residential balances parking and travel demand. Members pressed on the 75-foot setback against the existing parking and tree buffer, on a balloon test that staff said was hard to see from the neighboring subdivision because of the tree stand, and on why the side path would narrow from 12 feet to 8, which the applicant's engineer put down to needing flexibility at plan review. Staff said the campus is currently about 68 percent multifamily, that parking defaults to the ordinance, and that the building must stay inside a 400-foot envelope from Weston Parkway and Norwell Boulevard.

On Calyx, a life care community and nursing home on North Harrison Avenue, the discussion kept returning to what the applicant would not commit to. Members asked why the buffer and streetscape commitments were not stronger, and the engineer cited steep slopes, drainage, utility poles and an existing guardrail. One member asked whether the conditions should set a minimum number of dwelling units, not just a maximum, so the site stays residential rather than becoming medical office; staff confirmed the conditions set only a cap, and that life care community and nursing home are the only permitted uses. In discussion on the motion, members said the housing type is needed but that a minimum unit count would be a useful condition. Staff noted the development would bring sewer closer to Melody Lane, giving those owners an opening to annex and connect.

How the votes went

Four votes. The agenda, the February 23 minutes and the consistency finding on 24-REZ-14 Weston were unanimous with Sal Cammarata absent. The consistency finding on the Calyx Senior Living case carried 8-1, Shaun McAndrew opposed.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

The Planning and Zoning Board takes no public comment.

Read from the records the government published after the meeting. Members of the public are private residents and are not named or indexed.

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Agenda items (2)

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  1. 1. 24-REZ-14 Weston PDD Amendment – O&I Tract 4
    Other Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRezoning
    Speaker: Erin Puckett, Planning Department Executive Summary: The applicant requests Cary consider an amendment to Cary’s Official Zoning Map for approximately 8.7 acres at 7001 Weston Parkway by amending a portion of the Weston Planned Development District (PDD), Tract O&I-4, with zoning conditions that enable the development of a maximum of 275 multi-family units and 1,500-5,000 square feet of commercial uses, with a maximum building height of 75 feet. Planning and Zoning Board Determination: The Board will provide a written determination regarding consistency with the Imagine Cary Community Plan following its meeting.
    • 7001 Weston Pkwy · Highwoods Forsyth Limited Prtnshp · 8.7 acres · assessed $13,347,214
  2. 2. 25-REZ-03 Calyx Senior Living of Cary
    Other Health and human servicesHousing and affordabilityRezoningRoads and transportation
    Speaker: Erin Puckett, Planning and Development Services Executive Summary: The applicant requests Cary consider an amendment to its Official Zoning Map by rezoning approximately 7.4 acres at 1005 and 1017 Reedy Creek Road and 0 N. Harrison Avenue (PIN 0765617623) from Residential 40 (R-40) to Office and Institutional Conditional Use (OI-CU) with zoning conditions that include limiting the uses to Life Care Community and Nursing Home, limiting the density to a maximum of 75 dwelling units, constructing a public greenway near the southern property line, limiting the building height to one story and 35 feet, and providing a 75-foot building setback from the southern property line. Planning an…
    • 1017 Reedy Creek Rd · Harris, Ladonna J · 1.1 acres · assessed $469,965
    • 0 N Harrison Ave · no matching parcel on file
    • 1005 Reedy Creek Rd · Reedy Creek Investments LLC · 4.4 acres · assessed $884,800
    • 0 N Harrison Ave · Reedy Creek Investments LLC · 2.0 acres · assessed $317,520

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