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Board approves rezoning for 45-acre Fowler Road subdivision, limits set at 100 homes
Summary
The Rolesville Planning Board approved a conditional rezoning (REZ2404) to allow up to 100 single-family detached homes on roughly 45 acres near Fowler and Mitchell Mill roads; the proposal includes architectural standards, open space and pedestrian connections and drew a 4–1 vote.
The Rolesville Planning Board approved Rezoning 2404, allowing a conditional Residential High designation and voluntary annexation for roughly 45 acres at 6520 Fowler Road and 6521 Mitchell Mill Road.
Planning staff described the request as a voluntary annexation from Wake County’s R30 district to a conditional Residential High (RH) zoning district, with a concept plan and a set of conditions emphasizing single-family detached homes, an upper maximum of 100 lots and architectural commitments. Staff said the proposal aligns with the adopted comprehensive plan’s medium-density residential guidance.
Representing the applicant, Collier Marsh of Parker Poe said the proposal—filed by Hopper Residential—would deliver about 2.2 units per acre, provide approximately 33% open space, and include a public pollinator garden, a pedestrian network and a greenway connection to the adjacent Broadmoor community. The applicant’s traffic study, completed by Stantec, estimated just over 1,000 daily trips and recommended roadway improvements at the Fowler Road and Mitchell Mill intersections.
“We are proposing only single family homes in this project,” Collier Marsh said, describing lot sizes closer to 9,000 square feet and a maximum of 100 homes on the site. Marsh and the applicant team noted the development would be lower density than a nearby recently approved project and argued it creates an appropriate transition from Rollsville Road into undeveloped areas.
Board members asked why the applicant sought RH instead of RM zoning and discussed lot dimensions; staff and the applicant pointed to the concept plan, proposed conditions and the lower overall density (2.2 units per acre) as justification.
A motion to approve the rezoning as presented carried by a 4–1 vote. The board’s approval included the applicant’s conditions on lot sizes, open space, architectural requirements and commitments to the pedestrian network and pollinator garden. Staff indicated required off-site or intersection improvements were part of the project review with the traffic impact study informing recommended mitigation.
The rezoning approval will proceed through the town’s annexation and rezoning administrative steps; the applicant and staff did not specify a construction schedule at the meeting.
