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Board allows CrossFit facility to remain under conditional zoning with occupancy cap after contentious hearing

Johnston County Board of Commissioners / Planning · December 2, 2025
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Summary

After extensive public testimony both for and against, the board approved a conditional rezoning for a CrossFit facility at 16745 Buffalo Road with an amended application restricting uses to fitness/personal training and ancillary activities and an occupancy cap of 25 participants and staff; staff will prepare a statement of consistency for a subsequent meeting.

The county approved a conditional rezoning for a 1.14‑acre portion of a larger tract at 16745 Buffalo Road (case 25‑11) after a prolonged hearing that included neighborhood opposition and multiple supporters urging preservation of a long‑running fitness community.

Staff introduced the case and explained traffic counts on Buffalo Road (8,100 vehicles per day in a 2018 count) and that the parcel lies in a low‑density residential place type; the application was amended to pare back potential objectionable uses and focus on a fitness and health facility with limited ancillary retail and business office functions.

John Oglesby (CSCU Engineering) and property owner Paul White said the…

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