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Board approves rezoning for New Waters Recovery; plan preserves historic Johnson house and limits patient program
Summary
The town board voted March 3 to rezone 13.9 acres at 6321 Johnson Pond Road to allow a licensed residential treatment center for adults, with conditions limiting onsite vehicles, requiring voluntary admissions and preserving the J. Bill Johnson historic house.
The Fuquay Varina Town Board on March 3 recommended approval of a zoning map amendment and corresponding land-use change for 13.9 acres at 6321 Johnson Pond Road to allow a hospital-medical-center use operated by New Waters Recovery North Carolina RTC LLC.
The conditional rezoning requires that the facility accept only adult clients (18 and older), that clients be medically stable and free from acute mental-health symptoms at intake, and that treatment be voluntary. Additional conditions added after the Planning Board review require that clients not have vehicles on site at any time during their stay, that the site have 24-hour camera surveillance, an ornamental gate at the entrance and a nightly curfew of 10 p.m. for residence halls.
Justin McClendon, chief executive officer of New Waters Recovery, told the board…
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