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Whiteville council approves rezoning of 705 Jefferson St. for highway-serving business use
Summary
After a unanimous Planning Board recommendation, the Whiteville Town Council approved a rezoning request to change 705 Jefferson Street from office/institutional to B-3 (highway-serving business). Council found the rezoning consistent with the land-use plan and encouraged adaptive reuse of the underutilized property.
The Whiteville Town Council approved a rezoning request for 705 Jefferson Street, changing the property's zoning from office/institutional to B-3 (highway-serving business). The applicant, Henry Naidu, requested the change to allow commercial reuse of the property, which previously formed part of a medical facility complex.
The rezoning came before the council as an advertised public hearing. Town planning staff told the council that adjacent property owners were notified, the site was posted, and the Planning Board had recommended approval unanimously at its January meeting. Planner Lewis said the corridor on Jefferson Street includes existing commercial uses and that nearby parcels already carry B-3 zoning, which supported the request for adaptive reuse.
A consistency statement read into the record noted that the town's future land-use map identifies the site as office and institutional but also allows commercial uses that are in harmony with surrounding development. The statement said the proposed district requires vegetated buffers next to residential uses and that the site already has a vegetative buffer. Council voted to approve the rezoning after the public hearing and the consistency statement was adopted.
Council members and staff referenced recent stormwater and parking improvements on the adjacent 709 Jefferson Street property, and staff noted the property had previously been part of the same medical-facility ownership as 709. The applicant and the property owner's representative were present during the hearing and answered council questions.
The council's action authorizes rezoning to B-3; the record shows the Planning Board recommended approval and the council adopted the consistency statement and voted to approve the rezoning.
