Yadkinville rezoning hearing for 633 W. Main Street ends with no motion after neighbor objections

At its March 2 meeting, the Yadkinville Board of Commissioners opened but did not act on a rezoning request for 633 W. Main Street. Planning Director Meredith Detsch told the board that applicant Rafel Trabelsi asked to rezone the 2.2-acre parcel from Office Institutional to Residential High Density Conditional Zoning District to allow conversion of the existing house into five rental units with ten parking spaces planned behind the building.

Detsch said the proposed rezoning aligns with the town’s Future Land Use Map and that the Planning Board recommended approval conditional on construction of a 100% opaque fence. Resident Tate Williams urged the board to reject the rezoning, saying the change would alter neighborhood character and that frequent drug activity and multiple 911 calls at the address raise safety concerns and could depress nearby property values. Trabelsi said he bought the property as an investment and intends to divide the house into apartments; he noted that more tenants lived there in the past than he now proposes.

Mayor Eddie T. Norman closed the public hearing and asked for a motion. No commissioner moved to advance the rezoning, so the board neither approved nor denied Map Amendment 2025-06 and the related Major Special Use Permit 2025-02 could not be considered that evening. Mayor Norman set future public hearings on April 6, including a code text amendment and a separate evidentiary hearing for a proposed multi-family project on Progress Lane.

The action on 633 W. Main Street remains pending; the town did not take a formal vote on the rezoning at the March 2 meeting.