Developer seeks voluntary annexation for 39 Williamson Road townhomes; sewer extension will require NCDOT encroachment permit

Staff presented an annexation and utility-extension request (AX202602) for a 5.189-acre property at 396 Williamson Road proposing 39 attached residential units and a commercial outparcel. Staff identified the owner as Mooresville Hospital Management Associates Inc. and the applicant as Matthew Gallagher of Blue Hill Development; utilities placed the site in tier 1 of the growth map for water with extension, but said gravity sewer extension will require a developer to obtain an NCDOT encroachment permit and construct downstream capacity improvements to town standards.

Public works and fire said the site could be served with the proposed infrastructure and the parcel lies inside a WS4 protected watershed area with special impervious-surface rules (staff noted the site must meet WS4 limits). Staff also flagged a pending NCDOT road-widening project affecting Williamson Road and said Sundown Road extension is currently not funded in the town transportation plan. Board members asked questions about timing of DOT work and density (39 units), and staff said they would supply additional details requested by commissioners.

No final decision or vote was recorded during this session; the town will return the item for formal action per the meeting schedule.