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Council continues Yergan Road Apartments special‑use hearing after debate over commercial uses, traffic and buffers
Summary
Council held a multi‑hour quasi‑judicial hearing on a 257‑unit apartment proposal at Yergan Road and U.S. 70 and voted 4–1 to continue the special‑use permit review so staff and the applicant can study alternatives, including whether portions of the site should be reserved for commercial use and how to preserve trees along the U.S. 70 frontage.
The Garner Town Council continued its review of a special‑use permit application for a 257‑unit apartment complex at Yergan Road and U.S. 70 after an extended presentation from the applicant and a lengthy council debate over whether the site should include commercial uses and how to address traffic and tree preservation.
The applicant — Blue Heron Asset Management — presented site plans, architectural elevations and transportation analysis for the three‑building, four‑story proposal. Technical witnesses, including traffic and appraisal experts, testified to the development’s traffic impacts and to market effects on adjacent property values. After more than an hour of council debate that highlighted competing views about commercial development along Highway 70, council voted 4–1 to continue the hearing to a future date to allow time for additional analysis and possible revisions.
Why it matters: the property at the Highway 70/Yergan Road intersection is within a major commercial corridor identified in the town’s planning…
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