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Staff recommends denial of Star Road condos rezoning amid community plan, road-alignment concerns
Summary
Town staff and the planning board recommended denial of a conditional rezoning request for a 14-acre parcel along Capitol Boulevard that would allow 108 stacked townhome units, citing inconsistency with the community plan’s corridor commercial designation and a conflict with the town’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan alignment.
Patrick Grady, the Town of Wake Forest Development Services manager, presented RZ-24-07, a conditional rezoning and site master plan application from SJP Raleigh Durham LLC for a roughly 14-acre vacant parcel along Moonbow Trail and Timberline View Drive owned by Star Landing 2 LLC.
The applicant seeks to rezone the site from highway business to General Residential 10 Conditional District (GR-10 CD) to allow 108 "two-over-two" stacked condominium units, 264 parking spaces (a combination of driveways, garages and surface stalls), 24 bicycle spaces and recreational amenities that include gaming tables, a pickleball court and a playground. The master plan shows 47% open space (10% required) and 2.8% park space (2.5% required).
Staff and the Planning Board oppose the proposal. Grady said staff finds the rezoning "generally inconsistent with the comprehensive plan and not in the public interest" because the town's land-use…
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