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Planning Board recommends approval of Gabriel Farms rezoning with affordable-unit, pool and traffic conditions
Summary
Mooresville Planning Board voted to recommend the Town Board approve rezoning of a 50.28‑acre site (Gabriel Farms) for 218 townhomes, adding conditions including a 5% attainable housing set‑aside (120% AMI for 10 years), a pool/clubhouse amenity and traffic improvements to Cove Church Drive; the recommendation will move to the Town Board.
The Mooresville Planning Board on voice votes recommended that the Town Board approve a conditional corridor mixed‑use rezoning for a 50.28‑acre tract at 1680 Mecklenburg Highway, known as Gabriel Farms, to allow 218 single‑family attached dwellings.
Planning staff presented the request (CZ‑2025‑10) as a site within the WS‑4 watershed and the village center node, noting impervious‑coverage limits and prior concept‑plan approval. Planner James Coleman said the applicant’s mitigation commitments and concept plan address the town’s standards and that the site would be in Ward 1 if annexed.
Applicant attorney Bob McIntosh described the proposal as a for‑sale townhome community with infrastructure improvements: “There are 218 townhomes, active recreation area,” he said, and noted a sewer collector/pump…
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