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Aberdeen board approves 10 Pines plan‑development with conditions after developer narrows proposal
Summary
By a vote Nov. 24 the Aberdeen Town Board approved Rivera Development’s amended plan development (the “10 Pines” proposal), which cuts the prior 2019 approval’s commercial component and proposes 305 single‑family/attached units, a church site and expanded buffers and voluntary mitigation measures.
The Aberdeen Town Board on Nov. 24 approved ZA25‑04, a plan development amendment for approximately 122 acres submitted by Rivera Development LLC, after staff and the applicant agreed a set of conditions to address traffic, stormwater and adjacent‑property concerns.
Planning director Pam Graham told commissioners that the 2019 PD allowed 370 housing units and 120,000 square feet of commercial development but that the current application proposes 305 homes (single‑family detached and attached), a 3.2‑acre religious‑institution site, a one‑acre well site and more than 30% open space. Graham said the submittal included a traffic‑impact analysis and several voluntary concessions intended to mitigate neighbor concerns.
Applicant Sean Davis of Morris Richie Associates said the current plan was a voluntary “downzoning” relative to the earlier PD: “We’re proposing 305 homes, a church, and a well, which we believe is a significant voluntary downzoning of this property,” he told the board. Davis described proposed access changes (constructing Page Street, closing an existing Olivia Lane crossing once alternate access is provided), perimeter buffers and on‑site stormwater management areas sized to protect adjacent properties.
Residents and neighboring jurisdictions raised stormwater and drainage concerns, requests for stronger conservation easements and questions about phasing and emergency access. The applicant offered a list of added conditions in response: a minimum 50‑foot conservation buffer adjacent to Country Club of North Carolina (CCNC) property with an associated conservation easement; additional understory evergreen plantings; improvements to Olivia Lane and limits on construction‑traffic routing; and a phased access plan that keeps certain secondary gates closed until a specified construction threshold is reached.
After deliberation the board found the amendment consistent with adopted plans, reasonable and in the public interest and approved the PD amendment with the recommended conditions. Planning staff said the approval will advance into technical review for construction drawings and that additional engineering checks (water, sewer, stormwater) remain part of the TRC process.
