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Council approves New York Place preliminary development plan with impervious‑surface limits and prohibited‑use list
Summary
The council approved PD‑07‑24 (New York Place), a preliminary development plan proposing 40 residential units and 9,100 sq ft of commercial space, adding conditions to ensure impervious surface stays at or below 70% (or uses approved permeable measures) and restricting several high‑traffic uses.
The Southern Pines Town Council voted to approve the preliminary development plan for New York Place (PD‑07‑24), a mixed‑use project that would add about 40 condominium units above roughly 9,100 square feet of retail and commercial space along West New York Avenue and South Bennett.
Planning staff told the council that two substantive concerns had been addressed in negotiations with the applicant: a list of prohibited uses to reduce the risk of future high‑traffic commercial tenants and an impervious‑surface condition requiring the site to be 70% or less impervious or to use permeable pavement or similar technologies approved by the town engineer.
Nick Robinson, attorney for…
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