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Board denies Eastwood Homes rezoning request for portion of Martin Luther King Jr. Road
Summary
The Mocksville Town Board unanimously denied a conditional rezoning request for roughly 20.6 acres on Martin Luther King Jr. Road after commissioners raised traffic and infrastructure-capacity concerns; staff had recommended approval with conditions limiting density to 2.91 units per acre and 62 single-family units.
The Mocksville Town Board unanimously voted to deny a conditional rezoning request from Eastwood Homes for the southern portion of a 51.8-acre parcel on Martin Luther King Jr. Road.
Planning staff presented the request as TOM-25, saying the applicant sought to rezone approximately 20.6 acres from Open Space Residential (OSR) to Neighborhood Residential Conditional. Planner Mister Easter told the board the proposed conditions would cap density at 2.91 units per acre, limit development to no more than 62 single-family homes and require standard NCDOT and DEQ approvals for roads and erosion control. He said the town’s 2019 land-use plan identifies the area as residential and that the Mocksville planning board had unanimously recommended approval.
Commissioners pressed staff on density, minimum lot dimensions and ingress/egress. Mister Easter explained that OSR is measured as a density allowance (4 units per acre in full build-out) and that the developer’s preliminary plat would still have to meet technical-review requirements and any lot-size or site-plan changes would return to the board.
During board discussion several commissioners said growth is outpacing local infrastructure, pointing to congestion along Martin Luther King Jr. Road and nearby Highway 158. The concerns echoed an earlier citizen comment about traffic and safety near McAllister Park. Commissioner Dron moved to deny the rezoning and Commissioner Lambert seconded; the motion carried unanimously.
Following the vote the board adopted a written "statement of inconsistency and unreasonableness" required by statute, using a suggested draft in the packet to document why the board denied the map amendment.
What happens next: the denial preserves the parcel’s current zoning (OSR and flood-plain designations) for the time being; any future development proposals that would change lot sizes or access will require either a new application or negotiation with the town’s technical-review and permitting authorities.
Provenance: topic introduced SEG 158; discussion and vote concluded SEG 474–SEG 508.
