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Oxford tables 527‑acre Perry Farm rezoning after airport safety and jurisdiction concerns
Summary
After a developer presentation on the 527‑acre Perry Farm neighborhood, residents and airport officials raised safety, noise and federal‑grant concerns tied to the Henderson‑Oxford Airport. The Board of Commissioners voted to table the rezoning for 30 days pending FAA notification and annexation clarity.
The Oxford Board of Commissioners on March 11 opened a public hearing on a developer request to rezone roughly 527 acres known as Perry Farm from AR‑40 to a residential mixed‑use conditional district, then voted to table the request for 30 days while the city and developer complete FAA notification and clarify annexation authority.
The developer, represented by Cindy Schwarzkopf of Kimley Horn, described a three‑phase plan that would include a mix of single‑family lots and a reduced count of townhomes, roughly 25 percent open space (developer estimate: about 132 acres) and a phased buildout the team said could take five to eight years. Schwarzkopf said the traffic impact analysis (TIA) was coordinated with NCDOT and identified intersection improvements…
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