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Chatham County · Planning Board
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 6:30 pm · Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center, 1192 US 64 W Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312

Regular meeting Land conversion and large developmentHousing and affordabilityRezoningSubdivision and site plansZoning text amendmentComprehensive planState legislative agenda

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What was decided

  1. Approved IVApproval of Minutes - April 7, 2026 Approved 10-0
  2. Continued VII.1Rezoning: EC PROPCO, 292.288 acres off Christian Chapel Church Rd, R-1 to Heavy Industrial Postponed 7-3

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What's on this agenda

Chatham County's Planning Board took two subdivisions, a heavy industrial rezoning and the delay of the county's new development ordinance on 5 May. Hickory Mountain Reserve is 48 lots on 164.20 acres off Pleasant Hill Church Road; Webster Farm is 132 lots on 182.98 acres off Buckner Clark Road. Both had been before the board in April.

EC PROPCO asked again to rezone 292.288 acres off Christian Chapel Church Road from residential to heavy industrial. Toll Southeast asked to move 6.5 acres at 955 Earnest Jones Road from very low density to low density on the Chatham-Cary joint land use plan. The planning department asked to push the unified development ordinance's effective date from 1 June 2026 to 1 June 2027, a consequence of Senate Bill 382.

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Meeting recap

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

Webster Farm was recommended 6-4 and Hickory Mountain Reserve 7-3. The EC PROPCO heavy industrial rezoning was postponed 7-3 rather than decided. The Chatham-Cary joint land use plan amendment passed 10-0.

The board recommended delaying the unified development ordinance by a year 8-2, and adopted a consistency statement 10-0 finding it consistent with all ten goals of Plan Chatham. The agenda and the April minutes were approved 10-0.

How the votes went

Webster Farm first plat recommended 6-4. Hickory Mountain Reserve first plat recommended 7-3. The EC PROPCO rezoning postponed 7-3. The Chatham-Cary joint land use plan map amendment recommended 10-0. The development ordinance delay recommended 8-2, with its consistency statement 10-0. Agenda and minutes 10-0.

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Agenda items (9)

Procedural · 2Discussion item · 2Ordinance · 2Minutes approval · 1Public hearing · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. III Approval of Agenda
    Procedural
    Approved 10-0
  2. IV Approval of Minutes - April 7, 2026
    Minutes approval
    Approved 10-0
  3. V Public Input Session
    Procedural
  4. VI.1 First Plat: Hickory Mountain Reserve, 48 lots on 164.20 acres off Pleasant Hill Church Rd
    Discussion item Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentSubdivision and site plans
    First plat review for Hickory Mountain Reserve, requested by Meggan DeCandia for JMEST Partner LLC.
    Recommended for approval 7-3
  5. VI.2 First Plat: Webster Farm, 132 lots on 182.98 acres off Buckner Clark Rd
    Discussion item Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentSubdivision and site plans
    First plat review for Webster Farm, requested by Dale Werenko for AF-Bowes LLC.
    Recommended for approval 6-4
  6. VII.1 Rezoning: EC PROPCO, 292.288 acres off Christian Chapel Church Rd, R-1 to Heavy Industrial
    Public hearing Land conversion and large developmentRezoning
    A general use rezoning of 292.288 acres in Cape Fear Township from residential to heavy industrial.
    Postponed 7-3
  7. VII.2 Chatham-Cary Joint Land Use Plan map amendment, 955 Earnest Jones Rd
    Ordinance Comprehensive planRezoning
    Toll Southeast asks to move about 6.5 acres from very low density residential to low density residential on the joint plan.
    Recommended for approval 10-0
    • 955 Earnest Jones Rd · no matching parcel on file
  8. VII.3 Amend the effective date of the Unified Development Ordinance to 1 June 2027
    Ordinance State legislative agendaZoning text amendment
    The planning department asks to push the new development ordinance's effective date back a year, a consequence of Senate Bill 382.
    Recommended for approval 8-2; consistency statement adopted 10-0
  9. X Planning Director's Reports
    Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
    An update on implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, and the May public hearing items.

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