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Planning board recommends denial of Peach Orchard rezoning, citing safety and access concerns
Summary
The planning board voted to recommend denial of H2026‑01, a conditional rezoning for a 149‑lot Peach Orchard community, because of unresolved safety, access and environmental questions, and will send that recommendation to town council for final action on May 11.
The Town of Harrisburg Planning & Zoning Board on April 21 voted to recommend denial of a proposed rezoning and map amendment for the Peach Orchard property, a conditional plan for up to 149 single‑family lots on about 175 acres.
Planning staff presented H2026‑01 as a conditional rezoning to Residential Low that would allow a conservation‑design neighborhood of 149 lots with roughly 30% open space (about 52 acres), including a dedication of just over 20 acres of public parkland. Staff said the applicant proposed transportation mitigations (turn lanes and other off‑site improvements identified in a transportation technical memorandum), and that NCDOT had reviewed site‑distance analyses. Staff also noted constraints: remnant…
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