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Commissioners approve conditional rezoning for mixed commercial use on NC 43 corridor
Summary
Pitt County commissioners approved a conditional rezoning for a 12.56-acre parcel on NC 43 South to a general commercial conditional district for mixed retail, storage and contractor uses, subject to site-plan review, landscaping buffers, stormwater controls and other standard conditions.
Pitt County planning staff recommended and the Board of Commissioners approved a conditional rezoning requested by Pure Vita Fund LLC to reclassify about 12.56 acres on the western side of NC 43 South from rural residential to a general commercial conditional district for landscaping and horticultural services, miscellaneous retail sales, self‑storage, and contractor/flex space.
Planning staff said the parcel fronts NC 43, with some of the frontage already zoned general commercial, and argued the request is consistent with the NC 43 South Corridor land-use plan and the county’s Envision Pitt County 2045 comprehensive plan. Staff recommended the board require a site plan review and a set of standard conditions: a 10‑foot landscape buffer where the site abuts residentially zoned property or public right-of-way, submission and approval of a landscaping plan, improvements of parking and loading to meet anticipated traffic, erosion‑ and sedimentation-control and stormwater plans, adherence to fire-protection and emergency-access requirements, a driveway permit from NCDOT, and a traffic-impact analysis.
A proponent, Brian Fagundis of ARC Consulting Group, told the board the request formalizes a commercial frontage that already exists and that the applicant is agreeable to the recommended conditions. Commissioner comments focused on using a two-motion practice (consistency then reasonableness/approval) to ensure the record supports any denial or approval; the board adopted a consistency statement and then approved the rezoning subject to staff recommendations. The excerpted transcript records motions and a vote but does not include roll-call tallies in the provided segments.
Next steps: the applicant must submit a site plan, obtain NCDOT driveway approval and meet the other stated conditions before a zoning compliance permit can be issued.
Speakers in the record include planning staff (Jonas Hill), the applicant’s consultant (Brian Fagundis) and commissioners.
