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Developer seeks conditional rezoning for 8,450-square-foot retail center at Maplewood and North Berkeley
Summary
Wooten Development Company asked the council to rezone a 1.42-acre parcel to a Neighborhood Business conditional district to build an 8,450-square-foot, five-tenant commercial center; staff presented a 70% site plan and said additional reviews and approvals are required.
Wooten Development Company requested a conditional rezoning to allow a five-tenant commercial retail center on a 1.42-acre tract at the corner of Maplewood Drive and North Berkeley Boulevard. City planning staff presented the proposal during the council meeting and described the project's key elements.
Planning staff said the applicant is requesting rezoning from Office and Institutional (O&I) to Neighborhood Business conditional zoning to permit a multi-tenant commercial retail center on the site. The comprehensive land-use map shows the parcel is largely within a mixed-use designation, with a small portion identified as medium-density residential. Staff noted the Neighborhood Business district corresponds to the mixed-use designation but not to medium-density residential.
The applicant proposes an 8,450-square-foot commercial building with five tenant spaces and 59 parking spaces (one space per 150 square feet of retail). The 70% site drawings show sidewalk improvements along Maplewood Drive and North Berkeley Boulevard, a proposed stormwater pond area and a 10-foot landscape buffer on several sides (the typical Type A buffer is 20 feet; the applicant proposed a reduced 10-foot buffer). Staff said engineering, stormwater calculations and driveway permits from NCDOT and the City of Goldsboro will be required before final site plan approval.
Planning staff also said the applicant volunteered to exclude certain uses from the site, naming bingo parlors, internet cafes, sweepstakes facilities and electronic gaming operations as nonpermitted uses under the conditional zoning. The submittal currently is at about 70% completeness; staff said the application will return to the Technical Review Committee (TRC) and to council with a full set of engineering and landscaping drawings prior to a final decision.
No council vote on the rezoning was recorded in the provided transcript excerpt; the item moved into the public hearing portion of the agenda following the staff presentation.
