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Planning Board recommends rezoning of 'The Plant' site on Lorax Lane to community mixed-use conditional zone
Summary
The Town of Pittsboro Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend conditional rezoning of a 16.83-acre portion of the former Plant site on Lorax Lane from heavy industrial (M-2) to Community Mixed Use (CMU-CZ) to bring existing uses into conformance and enable adaptive reuse.
The Town of Pittsboro Planning Board on June 16 voted unanimously to recommend that the Board of Commissioners approve PB 25-175, a conditional rezoning application that would reclassify roughly 16.83 acres of the former Plant site on Lorax Lane from M-2 (heavy industrial) to Community Mixed Use–Conditional Zoning (CMU-CZ).
The change, presented by planning staffer Randy Cahoon Tingle, is intended to bring longstanding on-site businesses and entertainment uses into compliance with the town zoning code, and to allow permits for modernization and adaptive reuse. "Most of the existing uses are coming into conforming status," Tingle said during the meeting, adding that one of the motivations is to convert an existing structure into an indoor event space.
The property has been used as a manufacturing site and entertainment destination since about 2005. Tingle told board members the rezoning would regularize a mix of uses on the parcel — including workshop and beverage-production activities such as a brewery, distillery and winery — and allow the property owner to seek permits for future changes or additions. The applicant was present in the meeting room for questions.
A board member noted a typographical error in the draft consistency statement involving parcel numbers; staff said the parcel-number discrepancy (one parcel number listed correctly and one incorrectly) could be corrected after the meeting. The board also sought clarification about which specific uses would be covered by the rezoning; Tingle replied that the rezoning is intended to address the bulk of the nonconforming uses on the site.
Planning Board member James Boster moved to recommend approval of PB 25-175 and the attached draft consistency statement; the motion was seconded by Alfreda Alston and passed unanimously. The board did not record a roll-call vote in the transcript.
The recommendation now goes to the Board of Commissioners for final action. The consistency statement and corrected parcel identification will be part of the materials forwarded to the commissioners.
