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Board approves rezonings at 213 Patterson Street and 1717 West Mountain Street; planners say changes support downtown and neighborhood business uses
Summary
At its July 8 meeting the Kernersville Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to approve land-use amendments and rezonings for properties at 213 Patterson Street (KDP 77 / zoning docket K825) and 1717 West Mountain Street (KDP 78 / zoning docket K827).
At its July 8 meeting the Kernersville Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to approve two companion development-plan amendments and rezonings.
The board first approved a request to amend the Kernersville development plan from medium-density residential to mixed use for a 0.19-acre parcel at 213 Patterson Street (KDP 77) and then unanimously rezoned the property from RS-7 (residential single-family) to Pedestrian Business (zoning docket K825). Planning staff said the change was intended to support redevelopment in the downtown/Bodenhamer Street transition area and to allow a mix of residential, commercial and office uses compatible with surrounding development.
Catherine Garner, the town’s community development director, told the board that staff and the planning board found the rezoning consistent with the comprehensive plan and that the parcel sits adjacent to existing Pedestrian Business zoning. Garner said the planning board deliberated the case (three planning board members were absent and one member voted against) but recommended approval.
The board took the second unanimous action on a related pair of items: a Kernersville development plan amendment (KDP 78) to change the land-use designation of a parcel at 1717 West Mountain Street from low-density residential to Commercial — Neighborhood Scale, and a rezoning from RS-12 to Neighborhood Business (zoning docket K827). Garner said the parcel is just under half an acre and that the rezoning would bring a longstanding commercial use (the former Wilson Tire Shop) into conformance with zoning while limiting higher-intensity commercial intrusions on the surrounding residential area.
Both companion cases were presented as general rezoning requests, meaning the full range of permitted uses in the new districts would apply. The board moved and seconded the two development-plan votes and the two rezoning ordinances in sequence; each motion passed 5-0.
After the West Mountain rezoning, the petitioner (who identified herself as Cheryl Albrecht) told the board she expects to close on the property next week and begin work to upfit the space for a small-batch ice-cream shop and general store uses. The board and staff said required permits and utility coordination remain prerequisites before business operations begin.
