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Commissioners deny conditional rezoning for Williams Run Section 2, cite inconsistency with land‑use plan
Summary
The board denied a developer’s request to rezone 37.9 acres north of Strickland Road from RA (R40 equivalent) to RA‑20 conditional zone for 54 lots, citing the county’s 2022 Comprehensive Land Use Plan recommendation for larger minimum lot sizes in that area.
NASHVILLE, N.C. — The Nash County Board of Commissioners voted Aug. 11 to deny a conditional rezoning request that would have allowed a developer to build 54 residential lots on 37.87 acres north of Strickland Road near Bailey.
Planning staff and multiple advisory bodies told the board the request would double the site’s potential density by reducing the minimum lot size from 40,000 square feet to 20,000 square feet. Planning Director Adam Tyson told commissioners the County’s updated 2022 Comprehensive Land Use Plan recommends that lots in that “residential‑agricultural” area be no smaller than 30,000 square feet, and the Technical Review Committee and Planning Board both recommended denial because the proposal conflicted with that recommendation.
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