Forsyth County commissioners approve rezoning of Kernersville Little League site to RS‑40 after public hearing

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to approve zoning map amendment F‑16‑59, rezoning a 6.89‑acre parcel currently used for Kernersville Little League from HBS (Highway Business Special Use) to RS‑40 (residential single‑family, 40,000 square foot minimum lots).

The decision came after a public hearing in which county planning staff and neighbors described the site and the differing expectations about future development. Chris Murphy, Forsyth County director of planning, told commissioners the county originally rezoned the property to HBS for recreational uses in 1987 and that staff’s current recommendation evaluates what could be built under the requested RS‑40 general‑use rezoning. He said RS‑40 is consistent with the surrounding pattern of RS‑30, RS‑40 and agricultural zoning within a roughly three‑ to four‑square‑mile area and with the county’s Legacy 2030 plan and the Northeast Rural Area Study.

Neighbors who spoke in opposition said they had been told different information by the listing agent and by others about the buyer’s plans. Several speakers asked for transparency about the sale,…