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Land Use Board approves rezoning for half-acre site on U.S. 601 South
Summary
On Oct. 21, 2025, the Union County Land Use Board voted to recommend approval of a straight rezoning that would change a roughly half-acre parcel on U.S. 601 South from RA-40 to Highway Corridor (2025RZ010), a move applicants say would make the lot usable but which staff warned could set a difficult precedent for roadside development.
The Union County Land Use Board on Oct. 21 recommended approval of rezoning petition 2025RZ010, a request to change a roughly half-acre parcel on U.S. 601 South from RA-40 (rural residential) to Highway Corridor zoning.
The rezoning request, presented to the board by county planner Bjorn, would be a straight rezoning without conditions. Bjorn said the parcel sits next to a wide NCDOT right of way, has no mapped streams or floodplain and is largely cleared, but noted that the site is small and across 601 from single-family homes. Traffic on the four‑lane U.S. 601 was described in staff materials as carrying a little more than 12,000 vehicles per…
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