Union County Land Use Board recommends denial of Shenandoah rezoning over traffic, density concerns

The Union County Land Use Board voted unanimously to recommend denial of conditional rezoning petition CZ2025-CZ-004, a request to rezone about 48 acres on Old Waxhaw Monroe Road and frontage on NC 75 from RA-40 to R-10 to allow a 91-lot single-family subdivision.

The petition, presented by county planning staff, described the parcel as roughly 48 acres with frontage on Old Waxhaw Monroe Road and NC 75 and proposed 91 detached single-family homes at slightly more than two units per acre. The applicant proposed a minimum lot size of 10,000 square feet, two lot widths (70-foot and 96-foot), and 36% open space (the ordinance requires 30% in rural areas). The plan would include two full-access points on Old Waxhaw Monroe Road and a right-in/right-out connection to NC 75; Union County water and sewer service are available and staff said no lift station would be required.

Planning staff presented site details and context, including that the parcel was originally part of an early-2000s master…