Council approves two R-10 conditional rezonings for St. Matthew Baptist Church properties to support planned life center and housing
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Raleigh City Council unanimously approved two related rezonings on Nov. 4: Z1725 (Lewisburg Road parcels, from R-1 to R-10 CU) and Z1825 (Kyle Drive parcel, from R-6 CU to R-10 CU). The applicant, St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, said proceeds from property sales would help finance a planned life center and the church expressed a preference
Raleigh City Council on Nov. 4 approved two related rezonings submitted by St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, changing multiple parcels to R-10 conditional use to allow a broader range of residential building types and to permit the church—s planned community facility on a separately zoned parcel.
Staff described Z1725 as a request to rezone nearly four acres of parcels on the northwestern side of Lewisburg Road from R-1 to R-10 CU, enabling building types that exceed detached single-family housing and increasing residential entitlement. The request is inconsistent with the current Future Land Use Map designation of low-scale residential but staff said it remains consistent overall with the Comprehensive Plan and cited nearby R-10 approvals as context. Z1725 includes a zoning condition prohibiting cemetery and parking-facility uses.
Z1825 concerns a roughly 4.6-acre parcel at 5209 Kyle Drive currently zoned R-6 CU; the application seeks R-10 CU and includes one zoning condition prohibiting voluntary connection to a private, unmaintained gravel RB Drive. Staff and Transportation noted UDO stub-street requirements generally require a connection to Lewisburg Road at site plan, and that coordination with the North Carolina Department of Transportation would be required for any curb/access permit on Louisburg Road.
Ashley Honeycutt Terrazas of Parker Poe represented the church; Deacon James Holloway described the congregation—s long history and the plan to use proceeds from property sales to finance a planned life center for the community. Holloway said the church is "not gonna take the money and run" and expressed a preference that buyers seeking to develop the Lewisburg property include affordable housing, although he said that could not be guaranteed.
After public presentations and staff responses, council members moved to adopt consistency statements dated Nov. 4, 2025 and approve each rezoning; both motions were seconded and approved unanimously.
