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Board recommends medium-density zoning for 834 Wilbon Road; neighbors ask for pedestrian crossing
Summary
The planning board recommended rezoning 1.3 acres at 834 Wilbon Road from residential-agriculture to residential medium-density conditional zoning, with conditions limiting the site to single-family detached homes and one driveway access.
The Fuquay-Varina Planning Board on May 20 recommended approval of a zoning change for 834 Wilbon Road that would rezone 1.3 acres from residential-agriculture to residential medium-density conditional zoning, limiting the site to single-family detached homes with architectural controls and a single access point to Wilbon Road.
Attorney John Adcock, representing the petitioner, told the board the request is straightforward and noted conditions limiting the development to single-family detached units, anti-monotony architectural standards and a single driveway access serving the lots. “There will only be 1 access to Wilbon Road, and there will be some type of internal street that would serve the lots that would get to that 1 access point,” Adcock said.
Two nearby residents, Dan Ford and Thomas Gorman of the Briargate community, spoke in favor of the rezoning but asked the town to require pedestrian-crossing features on the Wilbon Crossing frontage to improve access to future commercial and school destinations. Ford told the board that pedestrian connectivity ranks high in resident surveys and requested that the town include a pedestrian-crossing condition if the rezoning is approved: “My request tonight is that the town include some level in its as a condition in its approval for this proposed development,” he said. Gorman added that a safe crosswalk at the existing sidewalk connections would benefit neighborhood residents.
Staff explained that infrastructure and sidewalk requirements will be determined at subdivision or construction-plan review and that the parcel may qualify as an infill subdivision; street and utility connections from the cul-de-sac to the north will be required when plans are submitted. Staff also said that engineering would need to evaluate any specific crosswalk or flashing-beacon proposals because the location’s geometry may make certain crossing treatments infeasible.
A planning-board member moved to recommend approval of the rezoning; after a second the motion carried. The recommendation will be forwarded to the Town Board. Subsequent plan-review stages will determine final frontage improvements, sidewalk and any engineered pedestrian features.
