Louisburg council approves rezoning for 46-unit senior housing amid traffic and infrastructure concerns

The Louisburg Town Council on March 30 approved a conditional rezoning to allow a 46-unit independent senior-living development at 0 Tanglewood Drive after a public hearing dominated by traffic, parking and infrastructure concerns.

Planning staff told the council the applicant, Fairfield Homes, is proposing a three-story independent senior living facility on a 9.37-acre parcel (tax parcel 015494) with 28 one-bedroom and 18 two-bedroom units, three areas of open space, pedestrian connections and 59 parking stalls (10 ADA-compliant). Staff said the proposal conforms to the town’s 2030 comprehensive plan focus-area guidance when based on a site-specific plan and recommended approval conditioned on the applicant’s written agreement to limit the site to independent senior living and to annual compliance certification.

Developer representatives emphasized local demand and timeline pressures tied to tax-credit financing. "We received a perfect score," the Fairfield Homes representative said of preliminary feedback from the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, and…