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Fuquay Varina board enacts school‑day no‑parking ordinance for North Lakes subdivision
Summary
After residents urged changes to a block‑by‑block plan, the Fuquay Varina Town Board approved an ordinance banning parking, stopping and standing on identified North Lakes streets during school hours; staff will install signs, work with the high school and begin targeted enforcement in the fall.
The Fuquay Varina Town Board on June 16 adopted an ordinance that prohibits parking, stopping or standing on specified streets in the North Lakes subdivision on school days from 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Assistant Town Manager Mark Matthews told the board the proposal grew from a year‑and‑a‑half review with town police and public works and from a June 4–8 GIS address‑based survey. Matthews said 130 valid addresses of 290 possible responded (about a 45% response rate) and that staff used a 75% block‑level consensus threshold to identify the segments recommended for restriction. He estimated the signage cost at about $4,000 and said the police department will conduct proactive education and enforcement at the beginning of the school year.
The ordinance lists several blocks of Long Lake Drive, a portion of Jones Lake Road (terminus defined roughly 100 feet south of the roundabout), Nantahala Lakeway, Lake Lure Way, Fontana Lake Drive, Beaver Dam Lake Drive, Catfish Lake Drive, Long Townsend Avenue, Pungo Lake Drive and Catherine Lake Court, and excludes Price Lake Way as amended by the board.
During the public comment period, residents pressed two competing requests: some said the survey and outreach missed elderly and less‑online households and urged reopening or revoting; others thanked the board for protections on the blocks that had reached a supermajority. “We live literally on Long Lake. The way this is laying out now is not going to work even for the benefit of our neighbors,” said Tracy Hutchison, who described a single block of homes left exposed by the proposed map. Kevin Clarken, by contrast, thanked staff and commissioners for preserving no‑parking status on his street and said it would restore peace and safety.
Commissioners debated whether to table the ordinance to reopen the survey or to adopt now and begin enforcement and school outreach. Commissioner Charlie Adcock made the motion to enact the ordinance as amended; Commissioner Voren seconded. The board approved the motion by voice vote.
Matthews said the town will install entry signs and street signage for the covered segments and will meet with Willow Spring High School administration in July to coordinate communicating the new rules to students and parents.
The ordinance is effective upon adoption; staff said enforcement will be prioritized at the start of the next school year with initial education followed by citations if needed. The board asked staff to monitor nearby streets for displaced parking and return with adjustments if the restrictions shift parking into neighboring areas.
