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Planning Board Regular Meeting

Town of Fuquay-Varina · Planning Board
Monday, December 15, 2025

Regular meeting RezoningAppointments and personnelHousing and affordabilitySubdivision and site plans

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What's on this agenda

The planning board recommended rezoning 11.57 acres on Rogers Road from residential agricultural to a mix of research light industrial and corridor commercial conditional zoning. The chair recused himself and the vice chair presided for that item.

A separate rezoning on Purfoy Road was held over to February so the applicant's engineer could finish a traffic impact analysis. The board also recommended a preliminary plat on Phelps West Road and marked the departure of its chair after nearly eight years.

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Meeting recap

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

The Rogers Road case arrived already worked over. The applicant's engineer told the board the proposal came out of work with staff and neighbourhood meetings, which produced revisions to the permitted uses and the conditions. The conditions include buffers and setbacks beyond what the zoning requires, and he said a good deal of time went into narrowing the permitted uses in both the industrial and commercial districts to address compatibility with neighbouring property. Nobody spoke against it.

Staff set out six reasons for approval, among them that the request matches the suburban office classification in the 2040 land use plan and supports the plan's policies on commercial development, growth in line with the priority infrastructure map, manufacturing and regional competitiveness, and transitional uses at project boundaries. The board recommended approval 4-0 with the chair recused, and he returned to preside afterwards.

The Purfoy Road rezoning, 1.85 acres from residential agricultural to corridor commercial conditional zoning, was tabled to February 16 at the applicant's request pending a traffic impact analysis. It did not survive to a decision; the petitioner withdrew it at that February meeting.

The board closed by recognising a member finishing nearly eight years of service, as vice chairman from March 2018 to December 2020 and chairman from January 2021 through December 2025.

How the votes went

The minutes, the tabling motion and the preliminary plat each passed 5-0. The recusal and the Rogers Road recommendation passed 4-0 with the chair recused.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

1 member of the public spoke.

  1. An engineer appearing for the Rogers Road applicant described the conditions worked out through neighbourhood meetings, including buffers and setbacks beyond requirements and a narrowed list of permitted uses.

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 (6)

Other · 2Minutes approval · 1Public hearing · 1Presentation · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. 2.A Approval of the Minutes from the November 17, 2025, Planning Board Meeting
    Minutes approval
    Approval of the November 17, 2025 minutes.
  2. 3.A Zoning Map Amendment - Penny Allen, New Horizon Academy - 7601 Purfoy Road (REZ-2025-13)
    Other Rezoning
    Item tabled from a previous meeting; the agenda itself notes it is expected to be tabled again at this meeting.
    • 7601 Purfoy Rd · Purfoy Development LLC · 1.9 acres · assessed $364,458
    • 7601 Purfoy Rd · Purfoy Development LLC · 1.9 acres · assessed $364,458
  3. 4.A Zoning Map Amendment - The Curry Engineering Group, PLLC - 1212 Rogers Rd (REZ-2025-08)
    Public hearing Rezoning
    Public hearing on a zoning map amendment requested by The Curry Engineering Group, PLLC for property at 1212 Rogers Rd (PIN 0665355634).
    • 1212 Rogers Rd · Grant, Minnie Scott Trustee Grant Family Trust · 12 acres · assessed $1,248,386
    • 1212 Rogers Rd · Grant, Minnie Scott Trustee Grant Family Trust · 12 acres · assessed $1,248,386
  4. 5.A Preliminary Subdivision Plat - Betts Farm Estates Subdivision (SUB-PR-2025-03)
    Other Housing and affordabilitySubdivision and site plans
    Review of a preliminary plat for the Betts Farm Estates subdivision.
  5. 5.B Recognition - Planning Board Member Andy Petty
    Presentation Appointments and personnel
    A recognition of outgoing Planning Board member Andy Petty.
  6. 6.A Planning Staff Report
    Staff or committee report
    Planning staff report.

Agenda changes

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