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Southern Pines council approves Penick Village conceptual plan with new height, setback and gate conditions
Summary
The council approved PD‑04‑25 (Penick Village) after lengthy public comment and negotiations; the approval caps building height at 60 feet measured under the town’s UDO, adds larger setbacks and planted buffers along Delaware Avenue, requires a fire‑marshal‑approved non‑audible gate opener (with Yelp required as backup), and requires watershed allocation or demonstration of pre‑1993 impervious surface before Phase E PDP approval.
The Southern Pines Town Council voted to approve Penick Village’s conceptual development plan (PD‑04‑25) on Nov. 6, setting zoning conditions designed to reduce visual and environmental impacts on neighboring properties while allowing the continuing‑care community to expand.
The motion, moved by the applicant’s primary mover and seconded by another council member, carried after an extended public hearing in which residents raised concerns about building height, stormwater, buffers and neighborhood scale. The council recorded the motion to adopt the CDP with a concurrent comprehensive plan map amendment and a set of conditions that staff will incorporate into a final revised CDP prior to any preliminary development plan application.
Why council acted: Planning staff and the applicant said the project responds to local needs for senior housing and that the campus is largely built out; the applicant said Penick’s existing independent‑living units are fully occupied and that there is…
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