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Kernersville aldermen approve rezoning of 108 Coram Street over one dissent
Summary
The Board of Aldermen approved rezoning 108 Coram Street (Zoning Docket K-824) from General Industrial to Pedestrian Business after a public hearing and a staff recommendation; one alderman voted against the change.
The Kernersville Board of Aldermen on March 4 approved an ordinance to rezone 108 Coram Street (Zoning Docket K-824) from General Industrial (GI) to Pedestrian Business (PB) following a public hearing and a staff recommendation.
Town Community Development Director Catherine Garner told the board the rezoning request, submitted by agent Joe Clark on behalf of owner 1 Stop Incorporated, is a “general rezoning” to allow the full range of pedestrian business uses in the Central Kernersville overlay and is consistent with the town’s land use plan. Garner said the site is roughly 0.38 acres and that the PB district “is primarily intended to accommodate office, service, institutional and high density residential uses” consistent with the greater downtown mixed-use designation.
Garner said the Planning Board considered the request at its February meeting and recommended approval, finding the rezoning both reasonable and in the public interest. She noted the existing building on the parcel has been used for commercial purposes and that no redevelopment was proposed as part of the rezoning application.
Agent Joe Clark, present for the applicant, said the parcel’s usable area is limited and that a large multifamily development was unlikely. When asked about residential options under PB zoning, Garner said multifamily housing is an allowed use but would be subject to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) conditions — including condition number 60 — and standard requirements such as parking; given the parcel size she said achieving multifamily development would be challenging.
During the public hearing there were no speakers in opposition and no proponents beyond the applicant. Mayor Pro Tem Thompson moved to approve the rezoning; Alderman Gorham seconded. The motion carried with Alderman Barrow recorded in opposition.
Following the vote, the petitioner confirmed the business address for the record as 217 North Main Street, Kernersville.
Why it matters: rezoning this downtown-adjacent parcel from industrial to pedestrian business expands potential uses consistent with the mixed-use land-use designation and will allow future redevelopment options that are more aligned with downtown commercial and residential patterns.
