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Commissioners approve rezoning of 4.19-acre parcel at 1024 N.C. 87 to neighborhood commercial
Summary
The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a request to rezone a 4.19-acre parcel at 1024 N.C. Highway 87 from RA/RP to Neighborhood Commercial after a planning-board recommendation for approval; no members of the public testified at the hearing.
The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners on Monday approved a request to rezone a 4.19-acre parcel at 1024 N.C. Highway 87 from Residential-Agriculture (RA) and Residential-Protected (RP) to Neighborhood Commercial.
Adam Barr, senior planner, presented planning case 2025‑07 and said it was a conventional rezoning that would allow review of the full set of potential uses in the proposed district. "This is a request to rezone a property from residential agriculture and residential protected to neighborhood commercial," Barr said, and he identified the parcel by tax PIN 893200525517.
The item drew little local opposition: Barr told the board the planning board had voted unanimously to recommend approval at its May meeting and that staff had received only "two or three calls, mostly kind of informative" and one speaker at the planning board who opposed the request. "We do have some single family homes particularly across the street," Barr said while describing existing land uses around the intersection of N.C. 87 and High Rock.
Commissioner Barrow moved to approve the rezoning; Commissioner Hall seconded. The board voted in favor by voice vote and the chair called for the ayes.
The county's comprehensive land-use plan designates the site as G2, a controlled-density growth area that explicitly lists neighborhood commercial as an appropriate district for the location, Barr said. The planning presentation noted the parcel carries split zoning, with RP on its northeastern portion and RA on the remaining acreage.
No members of the public signed up to speak at the county's public hearing. The planner and the board did not attach conditions on specific uses as part of the approval.
The rezoning will allow future permitting and development under the Neighborhood Commercial zoning rules; Barr and the board did not set a timeline for any specific development or building permits.
The planning case file number is 2025‑07 and the parcel was described in the record as 4.19 acres at 1024 N.C. Highway 87.
