Applicant withdraws rezoning request for transitional home at 2423 Cedar Creek Drive after neighborhood opposition

An applicant has withdrawn a request to rezone 2423 Cedar Creek Drive and to obtain a special permit that would have allowed a transitional home for young adults aging out of foster care, following opposition from nearby residents and a staff recommendation to deny the change.

The rezoning request would have changed the property from R-2A (rural residential) to A-1 (agricultural), a zoning district that, under county regulations, permits halfway houses and similar care facilities by special permit. Brian Schultz of the regional planning agency told commissioners the commission and staff concluded the A-1 district is not appropriate in this established single-family neighborhood and recommended denial. "Approving A-1 at this location will set the precedent for future rezoning requests," Schultz said, noting there are already approximately 183 acres of A-1 property elsewhere in the county where…