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Belmont council pauses rezoning for 23.5-acre site after sewer-capacity concerns
Summary
Council continued the public hearing and rezoning request for a 23.5-acre parcel (ZA2025_01) to August after planning staff said the proposed 107-suite Residence Inn would require about 19,000 gallons per day of sewer capacity and flow would pass through gravity mains already stressed in wet weather.
Belmont planning staff told the council on May 5 that a proposal to conditionally rezone a 23.5-acre parcel near I-85 Exit 27 to a highway-commercial conditional district requires more analysis of sewer capacity before the council can act.
The applicant seeks to build a 107-suite Residence Inn on a 4.1-acre outparcel and to rezone the full 23.5 acres for potential future mixed-use development. Planning staff reported the project's estimated sewer demand is approximately 19,000 gallons per day, and noted that while the local lines can accommodate the flow in dry weather, gravity mains…
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