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Blowing Rock council tables conditional rezoning for Shops on the Parkway after heated public comment
Summary
After a public hearing that drew many residents concerned about scale, architecture and short-term rentals, the Blowing Rock Town Council voted 3–2 to table a conditional rezoning application for the Shops on the Parkway to allow the applicant and staff time to provide a fuller master plan and details on phasing, architecture and potential workforce housing.
The Blowing Rock Town Council on March 11, 2025 tabled a decision on a conditional rezoning application for the Shops on the Parkway, a phased redevelopment proposal that would add residential units above retail at the town’s northern entrance.
Kevin Rothrock, a town planning staffer, said the application (CZ 2024-05) requests conditional rezoning from General Business to conditional General Business for a phased mixed-use project. Phase 1A would add 34 dwelling units in a three- to four-story building, require increased setbacks for portions of the building above 35 feet, reconfigure on-site stormwater (reducing impervious area by about 28,000 square feet) and alter parking standards; staff calculated the project’s minimum parking requirement at about 76 spaces and said…
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