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Commissioners hear three rezoning requests and a plan to add conditional zoning to county ordinance
Summary
Harnett County development staff presented three rezoning requests (Pilgrim's View Lane, Will Lucas Road, partial Bud Hawkins rezoning) and a proposed conditional‑zoning text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance; planning board recommended approval for the rezonings and unanimously supported the conditional‑zoning revisions.
Development services staff brought several land‑use items to the commissioners’ meeting, including three individual rezoning requests and a text amendment to establish conditional zoning in the county Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).
Sarah Arbor of Development Services summarized the first rezoning request (Plan 2512003), a request to rezone roughly 29.42 acres on Pilgrim's View Lane from industrial to RA30 and to amend the future land‑use designation from employment growth area to rural and agricultural; staff recommended approval and noted the property is split‑zoned with an environmentally sensitive conservation portion that would remain unchanged.
The second case (Plan 26100001) asked to rezone about 4 acres at 311 Will Lucas Road from commercial to RA20R; staff said the parcel is surrounded largely by RA20R and planning staff recommended approval (planning board vote 5–0). The third case (Plan 260100002) sought a partial rezoning of about 3.95 acres of a split‑zoned ~14‑acre property on Bud Hawkins Road to commercial; staff recommended approval and reported some adjacent residents had expressed traffic and property‑value concerns at the planning board hearing, which had nonetheless voted unanimously to recommend approval.
Arbor also presented a text amendment to create conditional‑zoning districts (revisions to Articles 4, 13 and 14). She described a clearer pre‑submittal and review process, thresholds that would trigger public input (for example, public input for residential projects exceeding 250 dwelling units or nonresidential projects over 5 acres), and a proposed 60‑day stop‑time review before planning‑board consideration. The planning board voted 5–0 to recommend approval of the draft UDO changes; staff said the amendment would proceed to a required public hearing.
Planning staff said conditional zoning will give the county and nearby residents the ability to negotiate site plans and development conditions up front, with the goal of improving development quality and mitigating local impacts.
Next steps: rezonings and the UDO amendment will be scheduled for public hearings as required by ordinance.
