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Board approves rezoning package for multiple parcels on News Boulevard and Glen Bernie Road
Summary
After a staff presentation and public hearing on drainage and neighborhood buffer concerns, the board adopted a city‑initiated ordinance rezoning several split‑zoned parcels to C3 commercial; roll-call vote carried 6–1 (Alderman Outlaw opposed).
The New Bern Board of Aldermen voted April 14 to adopt a city-initiated rezoning ordinance affecting six parcels on News Boulevard and Glen Bernie Road.
Planning staff explained the package as a cleanup to eliminate split zoning where parcels currently carry commercial and residential or industrial designations. Staff said mailed notices were sent, signs posted and that legal owner consent had been obtained for the six parcels under consideration.
During the public hearing several residents and property owners raised concerns about a drainage ditch running through one of the parcels and expressed confusion about mailed notices; staff and the city attorney clarified that the major drainage artery would not be filled or disturbed and that the rezoning would convert the southern industrial ribbon of that parcel to C3 while leaving the residential buffer intact.
After discussion Alderman Ferguson moved to adopt the ordinance as presented; roll-call vote recorded yes from Aldermen Bryant, Aster, White, Dest, Ferguson and Mayor Odum, and a no from Alderman Outlaw. The motion carried 6–1.
Staff said the change will make certain commercially used properties wholly commercial (C3) and will simplify administration of split-zoned parcels. The action was described as a "cleanup" intended to align zoning with existing land use and to allow a developer’s planned parking expansion to be constructed legally within adjacent commercial zoning.
