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Smithfield council approves 20‑lot Powell Tract subdivision with conditions amid traffic, septic and airport‑noise concerns
Summary
The Town of Smithfield council voted 4-2 to approve a preliminary plat for a 20‑lot single‑family subdivision on 21.24 acres in the R20A zoning district, subject to six staff conditions. Council members and nearby residents raised traffic safety, septic siting and aircraft noise disclosures during the quasi‑judicial hearing.
The Town of Smithfield council approved a preliminary plat for the Powell Tract (case S‑25‑2), a 20‑lot single‑family subdivision on 21.24 acres in the R20A district, after a quasi‑judicial public hearing and with six conditions attached.
The vote followed staff testimony that the applicant, Swift Creek Road Land Development LLC, had revised an earlier plan to meet the town’s new septic‑lot standard of 30,000 square feet per lot and added a looped street layout, sidewalk on one side maintained by a homeowners association and a 10‑foot buffer along the development’s northern property line. Planning Director Steven Winsman said the project would be served by county water, septic systems and Duke Energy and that an open space lot will include the stormwater detention area.
The developer’s attorney, Marcus Burrell of Hewitt Law…
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