Huntersville planning board approves Mission Stumptown rezoning for 247‑unit mixed‑use development

The Huntersville Planning Board voted to recommend approval of rezoning petition R‑24‑13, a request from Mission Properties LLC to rezone roughly 19 acres at the southwest corner of Stumptown Road and Statesville Road for a mixed‑use development that would include 247 residential units and commercial space.

Board members and staff framed the project as a compact mixed‑use node next to existing and planned improvements along U.S. 21. Brian Richards, planning staff, told the board that the developer is offering 16 “obtainable” units at two AMI tiers (some at about 80% AMI and others in the 80–100% AMI range) that would remain available for 15 years through project financing, and that staff is generally supportive of the plan pending final architectural and plan‑set clarifications.

The rezoning application asks for several modifications, including allowance for a higher percent‑attached residential product than the base zoning requires, permission to encroach and replant a buffer adjacent to I‑77 to accommodate grading and stormwater, side‑yard parking between two buildings, and a block‑length modification up to roughly 740 feet to…