Home2 by Hilton rezoning draws mixed staff caution and broad public support; board seeks changes to buffer, grade and elevations

Huntersville planning staff urged caution as the town considered a conditional rezoning request to allow a six‑story, 70‑foot Home2 by Hilton hotel and related site work at the Highway 21 and Dallas Street intersection.

Planning staff said the applicant, PM Patel, seeks to rezone 2.688 acres from a residential and corporate-business mix to highway commercial with a conditional district to permit a 70‑foot, six‑story hotel of about 117 rooms and roughly 119 parking spaces. The applicant proposes a 4,000‑square‑foot urban open space (a green with benches, a gazebo and a fire pit) at the corner of 21 and Dallas; staff asked for NCDOT confirmation because part of that green would sit inside an NCDOT stormwater easement.

Why it matters: Staff noted the project sits at the edge of mixed‑use and employment center character areas in the Huntersville 2040 plan; while the plan…