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Council schedules hearings on multiple rezoning items, including student housing rehearing
Summary
Council set public hearings for planning commission items: a 3.79‑acre rezoning request (residential 4 → residential 10), a text‑change to conditions near Crabtree Valley Mall, and a rehearing for a student‑housing rezoning on Haven Ferry Road (applicant requested May 19).
Raleigh City Council set public hearings on several planning commission items and a special rehearing requested by an applicant for student housing.
Planning staff (Matthew Klem) reviewed a series of items: a petitioned text change to school‑lot area minimums (staff requested a 60‑day extension of review); a rezoning of 3.79 acres from Residential‑4 to Residential‑10 (planning commission recommended denial, 8–1), and a zoning‑condition text change for a 4.7‑acre property across from Crabtree Valley Mall (planning commission recommended approval, 8–0). Staff recommended public hearings on June 2 and June 16 for various items.
On a special rezoning along Haven Ferry Road (Z3725), the applicant explained that a revision to the petition added a story (requesting RX‑5 rather than RX‑4) so the matter requires a second public hearing at the council table; the applicant asked for a May 19 hearing due to permitting timelines tied to the school year and student housing opening. Council set the May 19 hearing and other hearings on the dates recommended by staff.
Details: staff said the rezoning request would increase the allowed intensity but noted zoning condition number 5 would continue to limit visible height from the street to match a four‑story appearance, and estimated unit counts were discussed (staff estimated approximately 478 units for a four‑story prototype in one case).
