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Planning board recommends denying DR Horton’s 275-home Fern Hill proposal amid traffic, school and infrastructure concerns
Summary
The board voted to recommend denial of DR Horton’s conditional rezoning for 275 single-family homes on 127.6 acres at 313 Fern Hill Road, citing incompatibility with the town’s tiered growth map and concerns raised by residents about schools, traffic and water infrastructure.
The Mooresville Planning Board voted to recommend denial of a conditional rezoning application from D.R. Horton that would have allowed up to 275 single-family detached homes on roughly 127.6 acres at 313 Fern Hill Road.
Planning staff presented the request (CZ‑2025‑16) as a rezoning from Iredell County Residential Agriculture to Town of Mooresville Conditional Residential General. Staff noted the site contains a stream, wetland and an existing pond; the proposal called for preserving stream buffers and providing more than 25 percent open space. Staff said the development lies in the town’s Tier 4 growth area and that a traffic impact analysis (TIA) was still under…
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