Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Multifamily Development topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council approves 168‑unit Stadler Station apartments; requires driveway standard for parking entrances
Summary
The Town of Smithfield approved a special use permit for 168 garden‑style apartments (Stadler Station) on 13.17 acres with a single condition: parking lot entrances must be built to the town’s driveway standard; staff said stormwater, sidewalks and two access points meet code and DOT did not require a full traffic impact study.
The Town of Smithfield council approved a special use permit for Stadler Station Apartments (SUP‑24‑05), a proposed 168‑unit garden‑style apartment complex, subject to a single condition requiring parking‑lot entrances be constructed in accordance with the town’s standard driveway detail.
Planning staff presented the project as seven apartment buildings on 13.17 acres in a long‑zoned B‑3 district, noting about 3.5 acres of the site fall within the 100‑year floodplain and will remain undeveloped. The master plan shows two full‑movement entrances—one at Peden Road and one at an extended Components Drive—to satisfy fire‑code requirements for two access points at the proposed density.
The applicant offered a traffic memorandum prepared by Davenport Engineering to satisfy the town’s exemption from a full traffic impact study. Davenport engineer Dionne Brown testified staff used industry standard trip generation and Synchro modeling, found AM/PM peak impacts manageable and concluded intersections studied would operate at level‑of‑service B without requiring turn lanes or DOT‑mandated improvements.
On land‑use compatibility and property impacts, an appraisal‑style market analysis by Andy Cable of Integra Realty Resources found no measurable rent‑ or value‑impact to adjacent commercial or light‑industrial properties from proximity to multifamily development. The applicant also described buffer yards, sidewalks and a stormwater facility north of the development aligned with town standards.
Councilors voted that the eight special‑use findings were met, and then approved the SUP with the single construction detail condition. Planning staff will require the applicant to show that the parking entrances meet the town’s driveway standard on construction plans before building permits are issued.
Next steps: Applicant to submit construction drawings and permits; the parking‑entrance detail is a condition of the approval.
Sources: Planning presentation, Davenport traffic memorandum, applicant testimony, town staff recommendation.
