Archdale planning board recommends rezoning 3.04‑acre Main Street parcel to B‑1

The Archdale Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval on April 6 of a request to rezone a 3.04‑acre portion of a 5.4‑acre parcel along the 10900 block of North Main Street from R‑10 (single‑family residential) to B‑1 (general business).

Planning Officer Matthew Talbott presented the staff report, saying the applicant owns the full 5.4‑acre parcel, which includes the Pioneer Family Restaurant, and also owns an adjacent vacant 2.1‑acre lot with about 160 feet of frontage on North Main Street. Talbott said the city’s adopted Future Land Use Plan designates the site as Main Street Mixed Use, intended to encourage a more walkable, mixed‑use corridor along North Main Street and to consolidate driveways and encourage public open space. He noted the property is adjacent to single‑family homes in the Forest Hills Subdivision and that any future development would have to meet city regulations, including a minimum 25‑foot natural or planted buffer where the site abuts residential lots.

Chairman Scott Greene opened the public hearing; no members of the public spoke for or against the rezoning. After discussion, Vice‑Chair Larry Linthicum moved to recommend approval, Chris Collins seconded, and the Board approved the recommendation unanimously.

Talbott told the Board that no redevelopment plans have been filed at this time; the rezoning, if adopted by City Council, would allow future business development consistent with the Main Street Mixed Use place type. Planning Director Jason Miller later reported that prior rezoning and text‑amendment recommendations from the Planning Board had been approved by City Council on March 24.

The Board’s recommendation will be transmitted to City Council; a consistency statement was noted as required to be read prior to final approval at the council level.