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Commissioners approve conditional rezoning for 12.56-acre Pierce Road site with use limits and buffers
Summary
The Johnston County Board of Commissioners approved a conditional rezoning (Case 25‑06) for 12.56 acres on Pierce Road to allow light industrial/flex uses with an extensive list of excluded heavy uses, enhanced buffers and traffic mitigation measures; the planning board had recommended denial while county staff recommended approval.
The Johnston County Board of Commissioners approved a conditional rezoning for 12.56 acres on Pierce Road near Cleveland Road (Case 25‑06) at its evening meeting, allowing a multi‑tenant light industrial/flex development under conditions agreed between the applicant and county staff.
County planning staff told commissioners the property, currently zoned agricultural/residential and undeveloped, is designated in the county's land use plan as a regional mixed‑use center and lies partially within an Interstate Highway Interchange overlay. Bratz Newton, county planning staff, said the applicant's revised filing excludes a number of heavy industrial uses and that conditional zoning would make allowed uses site‑specific and subject to the submitted site plan and attached conditions.
Developer attorney Tom Johnson, representing Greystar and the applicant, said the project team doubled the number of excluded uses after planning‑board comments and hired McAdams…
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