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Aberdeen board approves rezoning for Habitat for Humanity 103‑acre planned development
Summary
The Aberdeen Board of Commissioners voted Oct. 28 to rezone roughly 103.2 acres for a mixed‑use planned development submitted by Habitat for Humanity, approving staff‑recommended conditions including wetland buffers, developer‑funded road and sewer improvements, and limits on future plan changes.
The Aberdeen Board of Commissioners on Oct. 28 approved a rezoning that clears the way for a roughly 103.2‑acre planned development proposed by Habitat for Humanity.
The map amendment, filed as ZA‑24‑02, would rezone land near US 15501 and PD Road from R20 and General Commercial to a Planned Development district that combines single‑family, townhome and multifamily housing with retail and an institutional parcel. Planning staff advised the board that the conceptual master plan meets required PD criteria but requires conditions to protect sensitive areas and municipal services.
“This project is meant to expand our ability to meet the needs of our communities,” Amy Pry, executive director of Habitat for Humanity, told the board. She said the proposal aims to provide both traditional Habitat single‑family homes and “missing middle” housing such as townhomes and apartments to serve teachers, first responders and health‑care workers.
Planner Shawn Davis and consultant Nathan Romberg described the master plan and technical requirements. The plan includes a minimum of 23% open space, a proposed developer‑funded sewer pump station and force main, and a town‑usable well site that Habitat said it would turn over to Aberdeen if it proves viable.
Romberg said the traffic‑impact study — prepared and reviewed with NCDOT — requires turn‑lane and driveway improvements on US 15501 and PD Road that the developer must build. He also said the project, as studied, did not generate a signal warrant at the main intersection but will require geometric and turn‑lane work paid by the developer.
Residents at the public hearing raised worries about traffic, parking for reused school buildings, emergency access and potential effects on nearby property values. Several speakers asked for clearer guarantees about shared parking and buffer zones between the new buildings and existing homes.
Planning Director Pam (first name provided in the record) told the board staff had included recommended conditions addressing those concerns, including a 100‑foot undisturbed buffer around identified wetlands, shared‑parking agreements to protect civic uses on the repurposed school campus, and a cap on any material amendment threshold so major changes would return to the board for review.
The board adopted staff’s reasonableness and consistency statement and approved ZA‑24‑02 with the recommended conditions on a voice vote; the transcript records the motions and a roll call was not taken. Staff said the approval grants conceptual plan approval; the applicant must still submit site engineering and receive Technical Review Committee approval before construction permits are issued.
Next steps include technical engineering review, NCDOT sign‑off on right‑of‑way improvements, and subsequent permitting. The project is proposed to be built in phases; Habitat and its partners said the first phase would include the well site, some single‑family lots and a portion of the multifamily component.
Board members and staff emphasized that many details remain to be resolved in subsequent technical review and that the conditions attached to the approval are intended to address public‑safety, environmental and parking concerns before final permits are issued.
