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Neighbors press council on Tryon Road rezoning as affordable‑housing developer trims unit count
Summary
Council held open a rezoning for a large affordable‑housing project after neighbors raised safety and infrastructure concerns; the developer reduced the maximum unit count and the council requested the owner drop a not‑to‑be‑developed “hook” parcel to increase buffering.
The Raleigh City Council kept a Sept. 16 rezoning hearing open for two weeks after developers and neighbors reached a tentative agreement to shrink the proposed apartment component and to consider removing an adjacent parcel from the rezoning that is not part of the developer’s contract.
The case concerns a multi‑parcel rezoning along Tryon Road (referenced as Z‑52 in meeting materials) in an area near Renaissance Park. Dominion, the affordable‑housing developer that plans to build the rental portion, lowered the maximum number of units in the project’s eastern portion from 175 to 125 units after neighborhood concerns over density and impacts on local streets and…
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