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Commissioners briefed on three rezoning petitions amid traffic and land‑use concerns
Summary
Planning staff presented three separate rezoning requests for the April 24 public hearing: a 5.55‑acre storage rezoning (William & Deborah Kramer, F1655), a 29.62‑acre RS20→RS12S subdivision (F1656) near Walkertown, and a 30.35‑acre industrial request (Front Street Wahlberg LLC) that would require a special intense development allocation.
Forsyth County planning staff briefed commissioners April 21 on three zoning petitions scheduled for the April 24 public hearing. Each petition raised distinct land‑use, infrastructure and traffic questions.
Kramer storage (F1655) - Proposal: William Ernest Kramer III and Deborah S. Kramer seek to rezone 5.55 acres on the northwest side of Everett Road from RS‑9 (residential) to GBS (general business‑services) for internal and external storage services. - Planning staff noted the request is not consistent with the Southwest Suburban Area Plan recommendation for low‑density attached housing (0–8 units/acre) and warned it could discourage investment at the nearby West Clemmons/Everett Road activity center and encourage strip commercial development along Everett Road. The planning board voted 7–1 to recommend approval after a February public hearing; staff said there were no speakers in opposition at the planning board hearing and that one dissenting planning‑board vote was recorded. - Concerns raised in commissioner questions included potential traffic impacts on a two‑lane Everett Road, proximity…
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