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Council debates streamlining residential special‑use review; staff to explore targeted modifications to reduce duplication
Summary
Council members asked planning staff to study options to avoid duplicative review when large residential projects have already completed detailed tier‑2 rezoning, while preserving special‑use permit (SUP) authority as a backstop for design changes and public concerns.
The Garner council discussed whether residential projects that complete a detailed tier‑2 rezoning should remain subject to the town’s separate residential special‑use permit requirement for projects of 200 dwelling units or more (UDO section 4.742). Planning Director Jeff Trezenberg presented data and options and said staff would return with narrower proposals.
Trezenberg said the existing rule requires any residential development or subdivision of 200 dwelling units or more to obtain a special‑use permit and that the town had examples of large projects that went through the rezoning process and later returned for SUPs (Village at Garner Station, Homestead at Bryant Farms, Bethel Green). Staff outlined three…
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