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Council approves annexation and rezoning for 23‑home Pittard Sears Road development
Summary
The Cary Town Council unanimously adopted an annexation ordinance and rezoning (R‑8 Conditional Use) for a roughly 12.6‑acre site on Pittard Sears Road, limiting the project to 23 detached homes, requiring 8,000‑sq‑ft minimum lots, EV‑ready two‑car garages, and a 5‑foot bike lane with a mid‑block pedestrian crossing.
The Cary Town Council voted unanimously to approve annexation and initial Cary zoning for about 12.6 acres at 606 and 694 Pittard Sears Road, enabling a residential development limited to 23 detached dwellings.
Erin Puckett, the planner presenting the item, summarized the applicant’s concessions: “They've offered limiting development of the site to a maximum of 23 detached dwellings, which is about 1.8 units per acre, ensuring the lot size will be calculated exclusive of stream buffers... providing a 2 car garage for each unit and wiring each garage for future electric vehicle charging, ensuring all perimeter buffers will be within common open space, increasing the required site frontage improvements to accommodate a 5 foot wide bike lane, removing the temporary turnaround to the north on Patasso Drive... and installing a mid block pedestrian crossing to include a rectangular rapid flashing beacon.”
Planning staff found the request consistent with the Imagine Cary Community Plan and noted an 8–1 Planning & Zoning Board finding of consistency. Council members emphasized that the applicant responded to neighborhood concerns by increasing lot sizes (from a prior proposal for smaller lots), committing to on‑site stormwater improvements (including acquisition of a parcel to host a stormwater pond), and offering transportation and EV infrastructure features.
A council member moved to adopt the annexation ordinance, the statement of consistency, and the rezoning ordinance; the motion was seconded and passed by unanimous voice vote.
The action approves initial zoning under R‑8 Conditional Use and directs staff to finalize the ordinances as adopted; because the applicant did not own an adjacent parcel west of the site, council noted that any future use of that parcel would require separate annexation and rezoning.
