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Planning board backs Ashburn PUD rezoning after debate about stubs, buffers and a roundabout
Summary
The planning board recommended approval of rezoning case 24CZ10 (Ashburn PUD) and a related transportation-plan realignment that adds a roundabout and moves a sidepath to minimize off-site impacts. The 15.3-acre proposal would allow townhomes and single-family homes at about 4.8 units per acre; Wake County Schools warned of capacity constraints and the applicant declined offering workforce units as a zoning condition.
Joshua Killian, planning staff, presented rezoning case 24CZ10 on July 14 for roughly 15.3 acres in western Apex. The applicant proposes a planning-development conditional (PUD) rezoning to allow a mix of townhomes and single-family detached homes at a density of about 4.8 units per acre. Joshua told the board the project would provide a minimum of 30% required common area (RCA) per the Unified Development Ordinance and that the applicant intends to mass-grade part of the eastern parcel to meet additional RCA calculations.
Shannon Cox presented a companion transportation-plan amendment to realign the minor collector so it follows a path entirely within the parcels proposed for rezoning; the amendment flips the previously-adopted alignment, places a roundabout at the new…
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