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Town staff recommends amending RZ‑2401 open‑space donation to conservation easement; public hearing next
Summary
Senior planner Patrick Grama presented RZ‑2401, a 56‑acre conditional rezoning (Harris Tract) that would create Neighborhood Mixed Use, Open Space and Residential Mixed Use zones; staff recommends amending the applicant’s proposed donation of the open‑space parcel so the land is instead protected by a perpetual conservation easement.
Patrick Grama, senior planner, presented a conditional rezoning request (RZ‑2401) for roughly 56 acres between Harris Road, Wall Ridge Drive and Devon Square Boulevard owned by Jane Pate and proposed by Church Street Company.
The proposal would rezone about 9 acres to Neighborhood Mixed Use Conditional (NMX), about 26 acres to Open Space Conditional, and about 21 acres to Residential Mixed Use Conditional (RMX). Grama described the proposed uses and rezoning commitments, including a cap of up to 400 residential units in the RMX district, with up to 300 multifamily units and a townhome limit described as “the lesser of 100 units or 25% of total units” in the conditions.
Staff flagged one contested condition: condition 8 would require the applicant to donate the open‑space parcel to the Town of Wake Forest or a conservation entity…
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