Fayetteville City planning staff forwarded a large-scale development application for 28 residential units at 1919 South Ashwood on Wednesday, May 28, saying the applicant must address design and site comments before the project can proceed to permitting.

The project team — represented at the meeting by Conley Hale of Craft & Toll — described the proposal as a 28-unit, two-plus bedroom development on about 2.39 acres in a residential intermediate (RI) zone. Jessie Masters, the city’s development review manager, said the planning division’s checklist shows a handful of outstanding items that must be submitted with the next resubmittal.

“In your resubmittal, do provide us with those the elevation facing the street so we can verify, the architectural standards,” Masters told the applicant, noting that only parking-lot-facing elevations were included in the current package. Planning also flagged a variation standard: one duplex building type exceeded the allowed repetition (type V used four times where the maximum is three), and staff said swapping to a different duplex type in one location could resolve that issue. Planning requested a written zone-exemption letter and clearer side‑elevation drawings showing overhangs and bay windows so staff can verify setback and separation distances.

Several city departments reviewed the plan at the technical meeting. Engineering and building-safety staff raised questions about projections and potential proximity to property lines; building safety warned that if buildings are closer than 20 feet, one-hour rated walls and opening limitations may apply. Fire staff indicated no objection to forwarding at this point. Solid Waste asked the contractor to mount enclosure gate hinges so gates can open more than 90 degrees. Public‑safety and other departments flagged minor drafting and parking‑count items to resolve prior to issuance.

Masters summarized the next steps as a resubmittal addressing the listed comments and said planning would forward the item to the next phase of review once those items are resolved. No formal vote took place during the Techbot session; the record shows planning’s action as forwarding the item with required clarifications rather than final approval.

City staff requests and technical requirements—street‑facing elevations, a zone‑exemption letter, corrected duplex-type repetition, clarifications about overhangs and eaves, parking‑stall dimension compliance, and verification of building separation—will need to be included in the applicant’s next submission to the city’s permit portal. The applicant team said they will follow up by email after the meeting to coordinate the revisions and any offline conversations with Fire and Engineering.