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Aberdeen board approves amendments to Everine Station redevelopment plan, including townhomes and proposed larger hotel
Summary
The Board unanimously found recommended changes to CZ‑22‑01 reasonable and approved amendments that keep density at 96 units but shift the residential mix to townhomes, allow more frequent farmers markets and add limited assembly uses; staff added parking and shared‑maintenance conditions and capped residential density per acre.
The Aberdeen Town Board on June 22 approved material amendments to conditional zoning CZ‑22‑01 (the redevelopment of the former Aberdeen Elementary site), allowing the developer to change the residential product mix and add event‑oriented uses while preserving previously approved density limits.
Planning Director Pam Graham summarized the requested changes. The plan keeps the overall cap of 96 residential units but shifts the composition to single‑family attached townhomes rather than a mix of detached houses and condominiums. The applicant, Mr. Limos, also asked to allow a greater frequency for farmers markets than the current one‑day‑per‑week limit, to add a new 'assembly minor' use (a small event/meeting facility capped at about 15,000 square feet), and to permit a larger hotel than earlier allowed. Staff recommended allowing a hotel height up to 55 feet (roughly four to five stories) for a hotel/motel use while capping residential heights at 35 feet.
Pam Graham noted site constraints (steep topography north of the site, wetlands on the west side and an upcoming NCDOT highway project that will remove some land) and presented parking analyses showing a range of required parking depending on final uses (roughly 258 to 384 parking spaces, with applicant exhibits showing 375–435 spaces); staff added a condition that developers construct parking and that the town would not be financially required to build parking (the town would participate only in routine shared‑area maintenance).
Developer Mr. Limos told the board the residential changes were driven by market feasibility and that regional builders had become partners; he said many buildings are already cleared for redevelopment. The board asked practical questions (fire department confirmed ladder access to a five‑story hotel would be possible) and discussed architectural character; several commissioners favored more traditional architecture for the townhome product.
The board voted first to adopt staff’s reasonableness/consistency statement and then to approve the CZ‑22‑01 amendments with staff conditions. Staff noted the approval remains conceptual and that TRC review and covenants and restrictions (for private streets, maintenance and shared parking) will be required before construction.
