Planning Board
Regular MeetingRocky Mount, NC · August 13, 2024
Agenda
AGENDA
ROCKY MOUNT PLANNING BOARD MEETING
AUGUST 13, 2024, AT 5:30 P.M.
GEORGE W. DUDLEY CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, FREDERICK E. TURNAGE MUNICIPAL BUILDING
Board Membership
Rocky Mount: Bruce Berry, James Davis, Robert Davis, Robert Hudkins, Johnnie Mayo
Jr., Matthew Sperati (chair), and James Tharin
Edgecombe County: Vacant
Nash County: Vacant
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Meeting Minutes: July 9, 2024
4. Development Review
5. Zoning Review
5.1 Rezoning Request # 20-06-24
Location: 1951 Old Wilson Road
Current Zoning: A-1 (Agricultural District)
Proposed Zoning R-6MFA (Medium-Density Multifamily Residential District)
Property Size: +11.52 acres
Applicant: Carmen Hykal
Property Owner(s): Hykal Properties, LLC
Case Manager: JoSeth Bocook, Deputy Director of Development Services
Voting Representatives: City Members
5.2 Rezoning Request # 02-08-24
Location: Nicodemus Mile Rd [PIN 384119504694]
Current Zoning: R-6CD (Conditional Medium Density Single-Family Residential)
Proposed Zoning R-6MFA (Medium Density Multifamily Residential)
Property Size: +10.66 acres
Applicant: Doug Ledson; L & K Development of NC
Property Owner(s): Richard Minor
Case Manager: JoSeth Bocook, Deputy Director of Development Services
Voting Representatives: City Members
5.3 Rezoning Request # 03-08-24
Location: 2915 N Wesleyan Blvd [PIN 386213233993]
Current Zoning: R-10 (Low Density Residential)
Proposed Zoning B-5 (Commercial Services)
Property Size: +5.28 acres
Applicant: RMNC Properties, LLC
Property Owner(s): Barbara Haddon Nukols
Case Manager: Stephanie Goodrich, Senior Planner
Voting Representatives: City Members
5.4 Rezoning Request # 04-08-24
Location: 1131 S Church St
Current Zoning: R-6MFA (Medium Density Multifamily Residential)
Proposed Zoning B-5 (Commercial Services)
Property Size: +0.24 acres
Applicant: Adrienne Copland
Property Owner(s): Hola Aloha Group, LLC
Case Manager: Stephanie Goodrich, Senior Planner
Voting Representatives: City Members
6. Planning Review
7. Other
8. Items from the Planning Board
9. Items from the Secretary
10. Adjournment (Next regular meeting: September 10, 2024)
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MINUTES OF THE
ROCKY MOUNT PLANNING BOARD MEETING
HELD July 9, 2024, AT 5:30 P.M.
IN THE FREDERICK E. TURNAGE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, GEORGE W. DUDLEY CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
MEMBERS PRESENT
Bruce Berry
James Davis
Robert Hudkins
Johnnie Mayo, Jr., vice-chair
Matthew Sperati, chair
James Tharin
MEMBERS ABSENT
Robert Davis
STAFF PRESENT
Samantha Andelin, Administrative Assistant
JoSeth Bocook, Development Services Deputy Director
Gabrielle Bryson, Storm Water Engineer
Collin Bunch, Engineer Intern
Stephanie Goodrich, Senior Planner
Ramon Muckle, Traffic Engineer
Emilie Pinkston, Development Services Director
Jordan Reedy, Principal Transportation Planner
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Planning Board Minutes
July 9, 2024
1. Call to Order
The chair called the meeting to order at 5:35p.m.
2. Approval of the Agenda
The chair presented the agenda and Mr. Bocook suggested the board make time during the meeting
to elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson, as is required on an annual basis per the Land
Development Code, to coincide with the beginning of the new fiscal year. The board unanimously
approved the agenda with the addition of the election.
3. Approval of the Meeting Minutes: June 11, 2024
The chair presented the June 11, 2024, meeting minutes to the board. A motion was made by Mr.
Tharin seconded by Mr. Berry and unanimously carried to approve the minutes as presented.
4. Development Review
There were no items for review.
5. Zoning Review
5.1 Rezoning Request #20-06-24
At the request of the chair, Development Services Deputy Director JoSeth Bocook, presented a
memo requesting that rezoning petition #20-06-24 to be tabled and the public hearing continued
until August 13, 2024. The request was submitted by Carmen Hykal [Hykal Properties, LLC] to
rezone approximately 11.52-acres at 1951 Old Wilson Road from A-1 (Agricultural Residential
District) to R-6MFA (Medium-Density Multifamily Residential District).
Mr. Bocook advised that a neighborhood meeting was conducted on behalf of the applicants by
Mack Gay Associates on March 26, 2024, to gather stakeholder feedback and satisfy the prerequisite
for rezoning a property having an area of five acres or more that connects to an existing subdivision.
Also, the subject property was annexed into the city’s municipal limits on May 13, 2024. During the
annexation public hearing it was requested further outreach be conducted with the surrounding
community prior to consideration of any development proposal. As a result, an additional
neighborhood meeting was arranged and hosted by Ward 3 Councilmember Richard Joyner on June
4, 2024.
Mr. Bocook stated that Development Services proposes to continue the public hearing until the next
Planning Board meeting as individualized development conditions, or restrictions, on the range of
allowable uses, use standards, development intensities, development standards, and other regulations
applicable to the parallel base conventional zoning district are still being considered.
Mr. Bocook advised that staff recommends the request to amend the city’s zoning map be tabled
and the public hearing continued until August 13, 2024.
The chair called for questions/comments from the Board for staff. There were none.
A motion was made by Mr. Berry seconded by Mr. Davis and carried unanimously to table the
request to rezone the property at 1951 Old Wilson Road and continue the public hearing until
August 13, 2024.
5.2 Rezoning Request #01-07-24
At the request of the chair, Senior Planner Stephanie Goodrich, presented the request for rezoning
submitted by John W. (Bill) Barrett, IV, representative of Hattie T. Barrett Heirs, property owner(s).
Ms. Goodrich stated that the subject site consists of +3.52 acres, located at 1160 Benvenue Road.
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Planning Board Minutes
July 9, 2024
The subject property is zoned R-10 (Low-Density Residential District) and the request is to rezone
to B-2 (Commercial Corridor District).
The property is contains a privately owned, single-family detached dwelling. The site is a forested
property with a nearly 3,000 sq ft, two-story building, having existing vehicular access via a driveway
at the signalized intersection at Benvenue Road and the N Wesleyan Boulevard on-ramp. The site
has minimal flood risk (Zone X, per FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps). To the north of the
subject site, it is zoned B-2 with land use listed as retail and automobile sales; to the south it is zoned
B-2 with land use listed as undeveloped, retail and a financial institution; to the east it is zoned B-5
with land use listed as undeveloped and to the west of the subject site it is zoned B-2 with land use
listed as commercial.
Ms. Goodrich stated that the intent of the existing R-10 zone is intended to provide for urban
residential development, which is designed to provide quiet, low-density areas for single-family living
with related recreational facilities protected from intrusion of commercial and industrial activity.
Permitted uses are designed to stabilize and protect the essential characteristics of the area and
permit certain home occupations as set forth in the LDC. She stated that the intent of the proposed
B-2 zone is established for major retail and service activities removed from the central business
district, with major arterial access and with adequate open space and parking. This district is
intended to serve the residents, non-residents and transient traffic using major arterials that run
through or around the city.
Ms. Goodrich advised that there have been several rezoning requests approved in the vicinity of the
subject site since the adoption of the comprehensive plan, in 2003. This year, the adjacent properties
at 1156 and 1144 Benvenue Road to the south were rezoned from R-10 to B-2. In 2018, 1225 N
Wesleyan Boulevard, which has frontage on Thorpe and Wesleyan and abuts the subject property in
the rear, was rezoned from Heavy Industrial (I-2) to Commercial Services (B-5). In 2004, 1120
Thorpe Road was rezoned from I-2 to B-5. The adjacent parcel at the corner of Thorpe and
Benvenue Road was rezoned R-10 to B-5. This is currently the site of Standard Insurance. 1025
Benvenue Road was also rezoned R-10 to B-5.
Ms. Goodrich advised that the applicable goals, objectives and strategies identified within the
Together Tomorrow: Tier, I Smart Growth Comprehensive Plan include: directing community-scale
commercial development to occur in appropriate locations; [Supporting] land use, development, and
zoning decisions that [are] consistent with the comprehensive plan; and the future land use map
identifies the subject site as being in the “Regional Shopping Area.”
Ms. Goodrich advised that interdepartmental review from Environmental Services indicated that
solid waste and environmental services will not be significantly impacted by this zoning map
amendment as services are currently provided in the immediate area; Fire Protection Services
indicated that the proposed zoning map amendment does not pose any adverse impact to
fire/rescue services. The property can be covered with existing resources; Police Protection Services
indicated that the Police Department does not foresee any significant impact to police protection
services as a result of the proposed zoning map amendment; Recreational Services indicated that this
zoning map amendment will not have an impact on the Parks and Recreation Department programs
and facilities; Street Maintenance & Transportation Services indicated that Street Maintenance
services will not be significantly impacted by this zoning map amendment since no additional city-
maintained street mileage will be added. Transportation indicated that the subject property is
situated between N. Wesleyan Boulevard to the north, and Independence Drive to the south. The
parcel has road frontage of 360 feet on Benvenue Road.
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July 9, 2024
Benvenue Road at this location is a two-way, five-lane major arterial, with a center turn lane. This
location has an estimated practical capacity of 39,400 vehicles per day (VPD) and an estimated
average annual daily travel (AADT) of about 16,000 VPD per NCDOT data (2021).
The subject site is served by Tar River Transit’s Route No 5 (Golden East), there is no direct access
to bicycle amenities, and there are no sidewalks in this area, however there is an existing sidewalk on
the bridge over Wesleyan Boulevard. According to the Institute of Transportation Engineers “Trip
Generation Manual, 9th Edition” (Volume 3, page 1484), the development of a 3,000 sq ft retail
facility such as a Hardware or Paint store, could generate approximately 153 additional vehicle trips
per day on an average weekday, with 50% of traffic entering and 50% of traffic exiting and a
NCDOT driveway permit will be required for any access points on Benvenue Rd. The driveway
permit will be reviewed concurrently by NCDOT and the City of Rocky Mount. Any new
development at this site will require payment in lieu of installing a sidewalk along the frontage on
Benvenue Road. Sidewalk construction is typically required for Benvenue Road (curb and gutter).
The guardrail that exists over the Wesleyan Boulevard bridge may need to be relocated for the new
sidewalk at this site. A traffic impact analysis (TIA) will be required if the rezoning use adds 1,000
new trips per day, or 100 new peak hour trips. Other mitigation measures may be required as site
development plans are reviewed.
Ms. Goodrich advised that notification of this public hearing was sent to property owners within
250’ of the subject site. A notification sign was posted on the subject property and the Planning
Board agenda is listed on the City’s website.
Ms. Goodrich advised that staff recommends that the request be forwarded to the Rocky Mount
City Council recommending approval on the basis that the proposed rezoning of the subject site can
be considered consistent with the adopted Together Tomorrow: Tier I Smart Growth
Comprehensive Plan and is reasonable and in the public interest as detailed in the foregoing staff
analysis.
The chair called for questions/comments from the Board for staff. Mr. Tharin asked if this site had
been before the Planning Board previously. Mr. Berry reminded him that it was two adjacent
parcels that were rezoned earlier in 2024.
The chair called for questions/comments from the Board for the applicant. Mr. Phillip Rabil of
Chambliss & Rabil was present on behalf of the applicant, Mr. Barrett. Mr. Rabil stated that he did
not have anything to add to what staff had presented but would answer any questions the board may
have. There were no questions from the Board for the applicant.
The chair called for questions/comments from the public. There were no questions or comments in
support of or opposition to the request.
There being no further questions/comments from the public, the public portion of the hearing was
closed.
A motion was made by Mr. Berry seconded by Mr. Tharin and carried unanimously to recommend
to the Rocky Mount City Council approval of the request to rezone the parcel totaling
approximately 3.52 acres located at 1160 Benvenue Road on the basis that the proposed rezoning of
the subject site can be considered consistent with the adopted Together Tomorrow: Tier I Smart
Growth Comprehensive Plan and is reasonable and in the public interest as detailed by staff’s
analysis.
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July 9, 2024
6. Planning Review
There was none.
7. Other
7.1 Election of board chairperson and vice chairperson
Mr. Sperati opened the floor for nominations for chairperson and vice chairperson. Mr. Berry
nominated Mr. Sperati to continue to serve as chair and Mr. Tharin nominated Mr. Mayo to
continue to serve as vice chair. Mr. Mayo declined, stating that he would like someone else to have
an opportunity to serve as vice chair, at which time Mr. Tharin nominated Mr. Berry to serve as vice
chair. With no other nominations presented, Mr. Tharin made a motion, seconded by Mr. Mayo and
carried unanimously for Mr. Sperati to continue to serve as chair and Mr. Berry to serve as the new
vice chair.
8. Items from the Planning Board
The members of the Planning Board noted the revised staff report format and expressed
appreciation for the additional information and it being easier to read.
Regarding rezoning requests, Mr. Sperati inquired as to when staff discusses with the applicant the
appropriateness of adding conditions to a request, such as prohibiting certain land uses that would
otherwise be permitted within the proposed zoning district. Mr. Bocook stated that planning staff
will advise the property owner at the time of application if they foresee certain types of zoning
districts would be inappropriate at locations in the absence of special conditions. Sometimes
conditions are added after feedback from stakeholders but must always be agreed to by the
applicant.
9. Items from the Secretary
There were none.
10. Adjournment (Next regular meeting August 13, 2024)
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:55p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Rocky Mount Planning Board
JoSeth Bocook, Secretary
To: City of Rocky Mount Planning Board
From: JoSeth Bocook, Deputy Director of Development Services
Date: August 2, 2024
Re: Rezoning Request # 20-06-24 – 1951 Old Wilson Road
This memo is intended to inform the Planning Board of the intent to table the request to
rezone the property at 1951 Old Wilson Road and continue the public hearing until
September 10, 2024.
Background and Discussion:
Rezoning petition #20-06-24 was submitted by Carmen Hykal [Hykal Properties, LLC] to
rezone an approximately 11.52 acre site at 1951 Old Wilson Road, from A-1
(Agricultural Residential District) to R-6MFA (Medium-Density Multifamily Residential
District).
A neighborhood meeting was conducted on behalf of the applicants by Mack Gay
Associates on March 26, 2024 to gather stakeholder feedback and satisfy the prerequisite
for rezoning a property having an area of five acres or more that connects to an existing
subdivision. Also, the subject property was annexed into the city’s municipal limits on
May 13, 2024. During the annexation public hearing it was requested further outreach be
conducted with the surrounding community prior to consideration of any development
proposal. As a result, an additional neighborhood meeting was arranged and hosted by
Ward 3 Councilmember Richard Joyner on June 4, 2024.
Development Services proposes to continue the public hearing until the next Planning
Board meeting as individualized development conditions, or restrictions, on the range of
allowable uses, use standards, development intensities, development standards, and other
regulations applicable to the parallel base conventional zoning district are still being
considered.
Requested Action:
Development Services recommends the request to amend the city’s zoning map be tabled
and the public hearing continued until September 10, 2024.
Please let me know if you have questions, concerns, or need additional information.
5.2 Rezoning Request # 02-08-24
Planning Board Staff Report
Location: Nicodemus Mile Rd [PIN 384119504694]
Current Zoning: R-6CD (Conditional Medium Density Single-Family District)
Proposed Zoning: R-6MFA (Medium Density Multifamily District)
Property Size: +10.66 acres
Applicant: Doug Ledson; L & K Development of NC
Property Owner(s): Richard Minor
Case Manager: JoSeth Bocook, Deputy Director
Voting Representatives: City Members
CURRENT PROPERTY INFORMATION
Land Use: Wireless Communications Tower; Undeveloped
Site Features: The site is mostly forested with mature evergreen trees adjacent to
US-64. At the eastern extent of the subject site exists a 199’
monopole wireless communications tower that was erected after a
Special Use Permit was granted, in 2010.
Flood Hazards: Minimal Flood Risk (Zone X)
SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USES
Zoning: Land Use:
North: R-10 (Low Density Residential) Single-Family Dwellings, Detached
South: N/A Controlled Access Freeway
East: R-6CD; Undeveloped;
R-15 (Very Low Density Residential) Single-Family Dwellings, Detached
West: R-6MFACD (Conditional Medium Single-Family Dwellings, Detached
Density Multifamily Residential)
ZONING DISTRICT SUMMARY
Existing Zoning: R-6CD Proposed Zoning: R-6MFA
Zoning District The R-6 district is intended to The R-6MFA district is
Intent: provide for urban residential intended to provide for urban
development, which is designed residential development, which
to provide a medium density is designed to provide for
area containing single-family medium density areas for
dwellings along with related multifamily, triplex, duplex and
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5.2 Rezoning Request # 02-08-24
recreational facilities protected single-family units with related
from intrusion of commercial recreational facilities protected
and industrial activity. Permitted from intrusion of commercial
uses are designed to stabilize and industrial activity. Permitted
and protect the essential uses are designed to stabilize
characteristics of the area and and protect the essential
permit certain home characteristics of the area and
occupations as set forth in the permit certain home
LDC. occupations as set forth in the
LDC.
Permitted Uses: See the attached list of uses See the attached list of uses
permitted within this zoning permitted within this zoning
district, as well as the uses district, as well as the uses
allowed by special use permit. allowed by special use permit.
Minimum Lot 6,000 square feet 6,000 square feet (Single-Family);
and/or Density 7,000 square feet (Two-Family);
Requirements: 7,000 for the first 2 dwelling
units and 1,800 for each
additional dwelling unit
(Multifamily)
Minimum Yard Front Yard Setback: 25’ Front Yard Setback: 25’
Regulations:
Side Yard Width: 10’ Side Yard Width: 10’
Rear Yard Depth: 20’ Rear Yard Depth: 20’
Height 35’ 35’ Single-family and two-to
Limitations: four-family dwellings;
60’ Multifamily dwellings
Minimum Lot 60’ 60’
Width at MBL:
Minimum Lot 35’ 35’ Single-family and two-to
Frontage: four-family dwellings;
20’ Multifamily dwellings
ZONING HISTORY OF THIS LOCATION
There have been two zoning map amendments approved within the vicinity of the subject
site since the adoption of the current comprehensive plan, in 2003.
In 2007, the subject site was rezoned from R-15 to R-6CD. The conditions permit all
land uses normally allowed in the underlying district and require a 10-foot vegetative
buffer with a six-foot fence at the time of development along the eastern property line
[on the property adjacent to the east].
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5.2 Rezoning Request # 02-08-24
The property across Nicodemus Mile Road to the north was rezoned from R-15 to R-10,
in 2005. It has been partially developed as Windstone Subdivision.
INTERDEPARTMENTAL REVIEW
Environmental Services
New residential units will be serviced by the City and there is adequate capacity to
serve the additional units.
Street Maintenance & Transportation Services
Development of the rezoned property is likely to include construction of new public
streets. Upon acceptance of the streets for public maintenance, the streets will be
added to the Powell Bill map for the city to receive its proportionate share of Powell
Bill revenue. The additional public street mileage will not have an immediate
significant impact on street maintenance expenses, and the city has the available
resources to absorb the additional routine maintenance activities into its current
workload. Improvements to the adjacent streets needed to adequately serve the
property will be determined as part of the site plan review process and would be
constructed by the developer.
See attached Transportation report.
Water and Sewer Services
This zoning change, with the existing water [12” main] and sewer [8” main]
infrastructure in the area, is set to positively impact Water Resources. The water and
sewer treatment plants are fully prepared and have adequate capacity to support this
change.
PUBLIC NOTICE
The applicant conducted a neighborhood meeting with area stakeholders on July 31, 2024.
Written notice of this public hearing was mailed to property owners within 250 feet of the
subject site (see attachments). A notification sign was posted on the subject property, and
the Planning Board agenda and staff report was published on the City’s website.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONSIDERATIONS
The following policies and goals identified within the Together Tomorrow: Tier I Smart
Growth Comprehensive Plan are consistent with and advanced by this request:
Encourage new residential development to locate adjacent to existing residential
development, where utilities are available to build stronger neighborhoods by
connecting roads and sidewalks;
Continue to promote a diverse housing stock throughout the entire city and ensure
affordable housing opportunities are available for qualifying residents throughout the
city. Continue to foster the expansion of affordable housing options
Establish “Neighborhoods of Choice” that provide residents with a wide range of
quality housing options.
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5.2 Rezoning Request # 02-08-24
The future land use map identifies the subject site as being in a “Planned Infill
Growth” area.
REASONABLENESS CONSIDERATIONS
The following site considerations and other facts should be considered in the review of this
rezoning request:
The proposed rezoning maintains the current potential density of the subject site,
while introducing the possibility for multifamily development in a location that is
accessible to commercial and essential services in the surrounding area.
The proposed rezoning, if developed with multifamily dwellings, will increase the
population of the immediate area. There would likely be an increase in traffic
volumes; however, Nicodemus Mile Road has documented capacity and access to
Tar River Transit.
This property is currently zoned R-6, which allows for a similar scale of development
as the proposed R-6MFA district. While the adjoining property to the west is zoned
R-6MFACD with conditions that limit residential development to single-family and
two-family dwellings, there are existing townhomes ¼ mile west on property zoned
R-6MFA.
this amendment [improves consistency with the long-range plan, by facilitating the
needed and desired variety of housing at a site designated for infill growth, and will
improve the tax base upon development.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the request be forwarded to the Rocky Mount City Council
recommending approval on the basis that the proposed rezoning of the subject site can be
considered consistent with the adopted Together Tomorrow: Tier I Smart Growth
Comprehensive Plan and is reasonable and in the public interest as detailed in the foregoing
staff analysis.
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Rezoning Request # 02-08-24 5.2
Comparison of Permitted Land Uses from Land Development Code Sec. 503
Uses permitted in R-6CD and R-6MFA districts:
• Accessory dwelling
• Accessory structure
• Accessory use
• Adult day care center in CED (s/BOA)
• Adult day care center in an institutional structure (s(BOA)
• Adult day home occupation
• Cemetery/Columbarium (s/BOA)
• Childcare center in CED (s(CC)
• Childcare center in an institutional structure (s/CC)
• Childcare home occupation
• Church/religious institution (s/BOA)
• Dwelling, modular home
• Dwelling, single-family detached
• Family care home
• Fire station operation
• Fortune Telling
• Government operation
• Group home for developmentally disabled adults
• Historical preservation commercial use (s/CC)
• Home occupation
• Library (s/BOA)
• Modular/manufactured office for office and/or exhibition (s/BOA)
• Open/passive space
• Private recreation club or swimming club (s/BOA)
• Public recreation, such as community center building, parks, museum, playgrounds, and
similar facilities operated on a nonprofit basis
• Residential Cluster Development
• School: elementary, junior high, and high school (s/CC)
• Shelter home for women, families, and/or children
• Temporary use
• Tiny home
• Utility station or substation (s/BOA)
• Wireless communication tower less than 100 feet in height (s/BOA)
• Wireless communication tower 100 feet or greater in height (s/BOA)
• Yard sale
Additional uses permitted in R-6MFA district but not R-6CD district:
+ Boardinghouse operation
+ Dwelling, multifamily
+ Dwelling, multistory high density, Central City area and adaptive reuse of historic properties
+ Dwelling, single-family attached
+ Dwelling, two-to-four family
+ Health club/gym spa
+ Home for the aged (s/BOA)
+ Nursing home (s/BOA)
+ Shelter for women, families, and/or children
Prohibited uses in R-6MFA district that are permitted in R-6CD district:
- Automobile off street parking (s/BOA)
Rezoning Request # 02-08-24 5.2
Transportation Comments Prepared by CRM Public Works Department, Engineering/Traffic Division
General Parcel Information:
The subject property, located on Nicodemus Mile Rd., is a singular parcel with 10.65 deeded acres.
This parcel is located on the south side of Nicodemus Mile Rd. and sits just north of US 64. The
parcel has road frontage of approximately 1,278 feet on Nicodemus Mile Rd.
Rezoning Effect on Roadway Capacity:
Nicodemus Mile Rd. is a two-way, two-lane minor arterial. It has an estimated practical capacity of
11,500 vehicles per day (VPD) and an estimated average annual daily travel (AADT) of about 3,500
VPD per NCDOT data (2021). According to the Institute of Transportation Engineers “Trip
Generation Manual, 9th Edition” (Volume 2, page 388), the development of a mid-rise apartment
containing 100 units could generate approximately 650 additional vehicle trips, or 60 new peak hour
trips per day, on an average weekday, with 58% of traffic entering and 42% of traffic exiting.
Access information:
Tar River Transit’s Route No 5 (Golden East) serves this location.
The subject parcel does NOT have direct access to bicycle amenities.
There are no sidewalks in this area.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Street/driveway access to Nicodemus Mile Road will be reviewed
upon submittal of a site development plan. Any new developments at this site will require payment
in lieu of installing sidewalk along the frontage on Nicodemus Mile Rd. A traffic impact analysis
(TIA) will be required if the development adds 1,000 new trips per day or 100 new peak hour trips.
Other mitigation measures may be required as site development plans are reviewed.
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Adjacent Property Owners Notified – Nicodemus Mile Rd [PIN 384119504694] 5.2
Marshall L Sr & Leona Pridgen Richard H Minor Helen H Raynor
2030 Nicodemus Mile Rd 1444 Jeffreys Rd 2421 Nicodemus Mile Rd
Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27804
David A & Peggy J German Kelton N & Patricia A Drewery Bernard L Helm
2413 Sexton Rd 2404 Sexton Rd 2005 Nicodemus Mile Rd
Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27804
Dennis Joe Price Michelie Silver Windstone Building Company Llc
2120 Nicodemus Mile Rd 127 Old Village Ln 1701 Sunset Ave Ste 500
Rocky Mount NC 27804 N Topsail Beach NC 28460-8133 Rocky Mount NC 27804
Whw Llc Susan R Battle Amy S Weede
Po Box 8693 2408 Sexton Rd 14 Wildberry Dr
Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27804
Jeffrey E & Larvonia Judkins William T & Jeannette Williams Linda V & Lindburgh Williams
2405 Sexton Rd 2413 B P Ln 2412 Sexton Rd
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Steve Henderson Jr Morgan Sheenagh Nguyen Windstone Building Company Llc
2420 Sexton Rd 11260 Avocet Ln Apt 101 1701 Sunset Ave Ste 500
Rocky Mount NC 27804 Raleigh NC 27617-8474 Rocky Mount NC 27804
Kenneth Earl & Erdie M Farmer Alexis Cooper Bernard L & Carla L Helm
2416 Sexton Rd 2401 Sexton Rd 2005 Nicodemus Mile Rd
Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27804
Windstone Building Company Llc Jerry C Williams
1701 Sunset Ave Ste 500 2417 B P Ln
Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27804
5.3 Rezoning Request # 03-08-24
Planning Board Staff Report
Location: 2915 N Wesleyan Blvd [PIN 386213233993]
Current Zoning: R-10 (Low Density Residential)
Proposed Zoning: B-5 (Commercial Services)
Property Size: +5.28 acres
Applicant: RMNC Properties, LLC
Property Owner(s): Barbara Haddon Nukols
Case Manager: Stephanie Goodrich, Senior Planner
Voting Representatives: City Members
CURRENT PROPERTY INFORMATION
Land Use: Undeveloped
Site Features: Wooded lot with no known geographical encumbrances
Flood Hazards: Minimal Flood Risk (Zone X)
SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USES
Zoning: Land Use:
North: R-6MFA (Medium-Density Multifamily) Undeveloped
I-2CD (Conditional Heavy Industrial)
South: O-I (Office and Institutional) College (NCWU Advancement Bldg.)
East: O-ICD Across Wesleyan, there are a variety of
B-5 (Commercial Services) uses allowed, but the area is mainly
undeveloped with one single-family
I-1 (Light Industrial)
dwelling on the I-1 site and a barber
I-2 (Heavy Industrial) shop/beauty salon on O-ICD site
West: B-5 Landscaping service
Indoor sports range
ZONING DISTRICT SUMMARY
Existing Zoning: R-10 Proposed Zoning: B-5
Zoning District The R-10 district is intended to The B-5 district is intended for
Intent: provide for urban residential business and warehouse support
development, which is designed to services that support the regular
provide quiet, low-density areas needs of the primary activities in
for single-family living with the B-4 district, along rail sidings
related recreational facilities and primary streets. It is designed
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5.2 Rezoning Request # 03-08-24
protected from intrusion of to support a wide variety of
commercial and industrial activity. commercial uses in the adjacent
Permitted uses are designed to rail sidings and primary streets
stabilize and protect the essential adjacent to the traditional
characteristics of the area and downtown central business district
permit certain home occupations. and related areas of mixed
commercial enterprises.
Permitted Uses: See the attached list of uses See the attached list of uses
permitted within this zoning permitted within this zoning
district, as well as the uses district, as well as the uses
allowed by special use permit. allowed by special use permit.
Minimum Lot 10,000 SF N/A
and/or Density
Requirements:
Minimum Yard Front Yard Setback: 30’ Front Yard Setback: 25’
Regulations:
Side Yard Width: 12’ Side Yard Width: 10’
Rear Yard Depth: 30’ Rear Yard Depth: 10’
Height 35’ N/A
Limitations:
Minimum Lot 75’ N/A
Width at MBL:
Minimum Lot 35’ N/A
Frontage:
ZONING HISTORY OF THIS LOCATION
There has only been one rezoning/Map amendment within a half a mile along N. Wesleyan
Blvd since 2003, the site of the future gas station approximately a third of a mile away at
3079 N Wesleyan Blvd that was rezoned from I-2 to B-5.
INTERDEPARTMENTAL REVIEW
Environmental Services
Commercial development has the option to be served by either the City or private
hauler. The city has adequate capacity to serve the development should the owner(s)
choose the city as their provider.
Street Maintenance & Transportation Services
New public street construction is not anticipated with this rezoning. Improvements to
the adjacent streets needed to adequately serve the property will be determined as part
of the site plan review process and would be constructed by the developer. Public
Works does not anticipate significant impacts on street maintenance activities or
expenses as a result of this rezoning.
See attached Transportation report.
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Water and Sewer Services
This zoning change, with the existing water [12” main] and sewer [15” main]
infrastructure in the area, is set to positively impact Water Resources. The water and
sewer treatment plants are fully prepared and have adequate capacity to support this
change.
PUBLIC NOTICE
The applicant conducted a neighborhood meeting with area stakeholders on July 16, 2024.
The minutes from the meeting are attached.
Written notice of this public hearing was mailed to property owners within 250 feet of the
subject site (see attachments). A notification sign was posted on the subject property, and
the Planning Board agenda and staff report was published on the City’s website.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONSIDERATIONS
The following policies and goals identified within the Together Tomorrow: Tier I Smart
Growth Comprehensive Plan apply to this request:
This portion of the N Wesleyan Boulevard corridor is identified as an infill growth or
developed area in the 2003 comprehensive plan. Over time, changes have shifted the
area to commercial or industrial zoning for several years, with an emphasis on
development of commercial land uses.
Chapter 4, Land Use Section F recommends that support for commercial
development is encouraged adjacent to existing concentrations of commerce.
REASONABLENESS CONSIDERATIONS
The following site considerations and other facts should be considered in the review of this
rezoning request:
Residential development is happening along tertiary streets off of Thomas A. Betts
Parkway. It is not appropriate to have single-family residential development along
Wesleyan Boulevard, except for the adjacent R-6MFA property, there are no
residentially zoned areas on Wesleyan Boulevard for at least a mile to the north, at
Belmont Lake. There is no residential zoning on the west side of Wesleyan
Boulevard until you pass Sunset Avenue, about five miles south.
The Nash County tax record shows a single-family dwelling on the property to the
north of the subject property, built in 1939, but there is no condition listed, and it
does not appear to be in use.
There do not appear to be any detriments to adjacent or nearby property owners.
The character of adjoining and nearby properties is commercial in nature, so there
would not be any inconsistencies created if this request is granted.
This amendment provides for expansion of commerce in a predominantly commercial
area that aligns with our economic development policies.
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the request be forwarded to the Rocky Mount City Council
recommending approval on the basis that the proposed rezoning of the subject site can be
considered consistent with the adopted Together Tomorrow: Tier I Smart Growth
Comprehensive Plan and is reasonable and in the public interest as detailed in the foregoing
staff analysis.
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Rezoning Request # 03-08-24 5.3
Comparison of Permitted Land Uses from Land Development Code Sec. 503
Uses permitted in existing R-10 district:
• Accessory dwelling
• Accessory structure
• Accessory use
• Adult day care center in CED (s/BOA)
• Adult day care center in an institutional structure (s(BOA)
• Adult day home occupation
• Automobile off street parking (s/BOA)
• Bed and Breakfast (s/BOA)
• Cemetery/Columbarium (s/BOA)
• Childcare center in CED (s/CC)
• Childcare center in an institutional structure (s/CC)
• Childcare home occupation
• Church/religious institution (s/BOA)
• Dwelling, modular home
• Dwelling, single-family detached
• Family care home
• Fire station operation
• Fortune Telling
• Government operation
• Group home for developmentally disabled adults
• Historical preservation commercial use (s/CC)
• Home occupation
• Library (s/BOA)
• Modular/manufactured office for office and/or exhibition (s/BOA)
• Open/passive space
• Private recreation club or swimming club (s/BOA)
• Public recreation, such as community center building, parks, museum, playgrounds, and
similar facilities operated on a nonprofit basis
• Residential Cluster Development
• School: elementary, junior high, and high school (s/CC)
• Shelter home for women, families, and/or children
• Temporary use
• Tiny home
• Utility station or substation (s/BOA)
• Wireless communication tower less than 100 feet in height (s/BOA)
• Wireless communication tower 100 feet or greater in height (s/BOA)
• Yard sale
Comparison of Permitted Land Uses 5.3 Rezoning Request # 03-08-24
Uses permitted in proposed B-5 district:
• Accessory building
• Accessory Use
• Adult day care center in non-residential district
• Adult day center in an institutional structure
• Adult day home occupation
• Adult establishment
• Alcoholic beverages, packaged, retail store, including ABC store
• Ambulance service, non-governmental
• Animal medical care, including kennel operation (s/BOA)
• Assembly: armory, assembly hall, coliseum, movie theater, stadium, etc.
• Auction sales, excluding livestock auctioning
• Automobile off-street, parking
• Automobile truck, trailer rental
• Automobile repair and/or body work excluding commercial wrecking, dismantling, or
storage of junked vehicle
• Automobile sales, new and used
• Automobile service station operation
• Automobile/vehicle wash
• Automobile wrecker service
• Bakery production and wholesale sales
• Bakery on premises and retail only
• Beauty shop/barber service
• Bed and Breakfast
• Boardinghouse operation
• Boats and accessories, retail sales, and service
• Bus station activities
• Childcare center in non-residential districts
• Childcare home occupation
• Childcare structure in an institutional structure
• Church/religious institution
• Contractor, excluding outside storage of equipment or supplies
• Contractor, with outside storage of equipment or supplies
• Convenience store
• Crematory
• Dwelling, live/work
• Dwelling, multifamily
• Dwelling, upper story
• Fabrication, light manufacturing
• Farmers' market
• Financial Institutions
• Fire station operations
• Flammable material
• Flea market
• Funeral home
• Government operation
• Grocery/food sales
• Health club/gym spa
Comparison of Permitted Land Uses 5.3 Rezoning Request # 03-08-24
• Historical preservation commercial use (s/CC)
• Home occupation
• Industrial sales of equipment or repair service
• Kennel operations
• Laboratory operations, medical or dental
• Library
• Lodge (fraternal organizations)
• Manufactured home sales
• Modular/ manufactured office, for office and/or exhibition (s/BOA)
• Motel, hotel, or motor court operations
• Monument sales
• Museum/art gallery
• Newspaper publishing
• Nightclub, Bar & Tavern
• Nursery operations - retail/wholesale
• Office use (of a doctor, dentist, osteopath, chiropractor, optometrist, physiotherapist, or
other medically-oriented profession)
• Office use (with no on-premise stock of goods for sale to the general public and the
operation and services of which are customarily conducted by means of written, verbal, or
mechanically reproduced communication material)
• Open/passive space
• Pawn shop
• Private recreation club or swimming club (s/BOA)
• Public recreation, such as community center building, parks, museum, playgrounds, and
similar facilities operated on a nonprofit basis
• Public utility works, shops or storage yards
• Radio or television studio activities only
• Radio or television transmitting commercial (s/BOA)
• Railroad station operations
• Recreation or amusement enterprise
• Recreation or amusement enterprise, racquet facilities
• Recycling center
• Restaurant
• Retailing or servicing 50,000 or less gross sq. ft. per unit with operations conducted and
merchandise displayed inside and/or outside a building and not otherwise listed herein
• Retailing or servicing with operations conducted and merchandise displayed inside and/or
outside a building and not otherwise listed herein
• Salvage operation or junk yard
• School: commercial, trade or vocational
• School: elementary, junior high and high school (s/CC)
• Shelter for women, families, and/or children (s/CC)
• Storage, flammable
• Storage, outside
• Storage, warehouse
• Taxicab/limousine operations
• Temporary use
• Theater production, outdoor (s/BOA)
• Therapeutic community
Comparison of Permitted Land Uses 5.3 Rezoning Request # 03-08-24
• Tobacco sales warehouse
• Transient/homeless shelter (s/CC)
• Truck terminal activities repair and hauling and/or storage
• Utility station or substation (s/BOA)
• Wholesale sale (with operations conducted and merchandise stored entirely within a building
and not otherwise listed herein)
• Wireless communications tower less than 100 feet in height
• Wireless communications tower 100 feet or greater in height (s/BOA)
• Yard sale (attic sale, lawn sale, or garage sale) as an accessory use to a residence or church or
civic, cultural, educational, charitable, or similar organization
Rezoning Request # 03-08-24 5.3
Transportation Comments Prepared by CRM Public Works Department, Engineering/Traffic Division
General Parcel Information:
The subject property, located on N Wesleyan Blvd., is a singular parcel with 5.4 deeded acres. This
parcel is located on the west side of N Wesleyan Blvd. and sits about half-way between Thomas A
Betts Pkwy and Business Park Dr. The parcel has road frontage of approximately 622 feet (+-) on
N Wesleyan Blvd.
Rezoning Effect on Roadway Capacity:
N Wesleyan Blvd. is a 2-way, 4-lane median divided major arterial. It has an estimated practical
capacity of 41,700 vehicles per day (VPD) and an estimated average annual daily travel (AADT) of
about 19,500 VPD per NCDOT data (2023). According to the Institute of Transportation
Engineers “Trip Generation Manual, 9th Edition” (Volume 3, page 1419), the development of a
business such as a Building Materials and Lumber Store with 10 employees, could generate
approximately 300 additional vehicle trips per day on an average weekday, with 50% of traffic
entering and 50% of traffic exiting.
Access information:
Tar River Transit’s Route No 9 (Battleboro/Goldrock Shuttle) serves this location.
The subject parcel does NOT have direct access to bicycle amenities.
There are no sidewalks in this area.
RECOMMENDATIONS: An NCDOT driveway permit will be required for any new access
points on N Wesleyan Blvd. The driveway permit will be reviewed concurrently by NCDOT and
the City of Rocky Mount. Any new developments at this site will require payment in lieu of
installing a sidewalk along the frontage on N Wesleyan Blvd. A traffic impact analysis (TIA) will be
required if the rezoning use adds 1,000 new trips per day or 100 new peak hour trips. Other
mitigation measures may be required as site development plans are reviewed.
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Adjacent Property Owners Notified – 2915 N Wesleyan Blvd 5.3
Hassan Munir Safa Shehadeh Club Way Llc Willie Heirs Cooper
604 Eagles Ter PO Box 7066 2913 N Wesleyan Blvd
Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27804
James E Grant Carolina North Partnership Llc Barbara Haddon Nuckols
1325 N Oakwood Dr 3702 Boren Dr 2724 Amherst Rd
Rocky Mount NC 27801 Greensboro NC 27407 Rocky Mount NC 27804
Wright Development Corporation James E Grant R B D Investments Inc
PO Box 7515 1325 N Oakwood Dr PO Box 7515
Rocky Mount NC 27804- Rocky Mount NC 27801 Rocky Mount NC 27804
Bearcat Properties Llc North Carolina Wesleyan College Inc Norman C Harrell
470 Bass Rd 3400 N Wesleyan Blvd 151 N Business Ct
Nashville NC 27856 Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27804
Bearcat Properties Llc Cherry Rentals Llc Apf International Llc
470 Bass Rd 401 Barrington Dr 141 N Business Ct
Nashville NC 27856 Tarboro NC 27886 Rocky Mount NC 27804
Alton T & Virginia T Pridgen
1241 Green Tee Ln
Rocky Mount NC 27804-9634
5.4 Rezoning Request # 04-08-24
Planning Board Staff Report
Location: 1131 S Church St
Current Zoning: R-6MFA (Medium Density Multifamily Residential)
Proposed Zoning: B-5CD (Conditional Commercial Services)
Property Size: +0.24 acres
Applicant: Adrienne Copland
Property Owner(s): Hola Aloha Group, LLC
Case Manager: Stephanie Goodrich, Senior Planner
Voting Representatives: City Members
PROPOSED ZONING CONDITIONS
The following uses shall be prohibited:
o Kennel
o Crematorium
o Nightclub, bar or tavern
Hours of operation of a non-residential use will be limited to 7 am to 10 pm.
CURRENT PROPERTY INFORMATION
Land Use: Warehouse storage
Site Features: 50’ wide, 200’ deep lot. Developed with a single-story 2,188 square
foot commercial building constructed in 1944.
Flood Hazards: Minimal Flood Risk (Zone X)
SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USES
Zoning: Land Use:
North: R-6MFA Single-Family Dwelling, Detached
South: R-6MFA Single-Family Dwelling, Detached
East: R-6MFA Single-Family Dwelling, Detached;
Vacant
West: R-6MFA, B-5 Single-Family Dwelling, Detached;
Church/Religious Institution;
Automobile Sales
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5.2 Rezoning Request # 04-08-24
ZONING DISTRICT SUMMARY
Existing Zoning: R-6MFA Proposed Zoning: B-5
Zoning District Intended to provide for urban Intended for business and
residential development, which is warehouse support services that
Intent: designed to provide for medium support the regular needs of the
density areas for multifamily, primary activities in the B-4 district,
triplex, duplex and single-family along rail sidings and primary
units with related recreational streets. It is designed to support a
facilities protected from intrusion wide variety of commercial uses in
of commercial and industrial the adjacent rail sidings and primary
activity. Permitted uses are designed streets adjacent to the traditional
to stabilize and protect the essential downtown central business district
characteristics of the area and and related areas of mixed
permit certain home occupations. commercial enterprise.
Permitted Uses: See the attached list of uses See the attached list of uses
permitted within this zoning permitted within this zoning
district, as well as the uses district, as well as the uses
allowed by special use permit. allowed by special use permit.
Minimum Lot 6,000 square feet (Single-Family); N/A
and/or Density 7,000 square feet (Two-Family);
Requirements: 7,000 for the first 2 dwelling
units and 1,800 for each
additional dwelling unit
(Multifamily)
Minimum Yard Front Yard Setback: 25’* Front Yard Setback: 25’
Regulations:
Side Yard Width: 10’* Side Yard Width: 10’
Rear Yard Depth: 20’* Rear Yard Depth: 10’
Height 35’ n/a
Limitations:
Minimum Lot 60’ Current LDC, Actual is 50’ n/a
Width at MBL:
Minimum Lot 35’ n/a
Frontage:
* Lot meets prior lot of record variance criteria for 15’ front, 5’ one side and 8’ on the
other side yard with a 20’ rear setback
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5.2 Rezoning Request # 04-08-24
ZONING HISTORY OF THIS LOCATION
There has been no zoning map amendment approved within the vicinity of the subject site
since the adoption of the current comprehensive plan, in 2003.
INTERDEPARTMENTAL REVIEW
Community Development
Energy Resources
Environmental Services
Commercial development has the option to be served by either the City or private
hauler. The city has adequate capacity to serve the development should the owner(s)
choose the city as their provider.
Street Maintenance & Transportation Services
New public street construction is not anticipated with this rezoning. Improvements to
the adjacent streets needed to adequately serve the property will be determined as part
of the site plan review process and would be constructed by the developer. Public
Works does not anticipate significant impacts on street maintenance activities or
expenses as a result of this rezoning.
See attached Transportation report.
Water and Sewer Services
This zoning change, with the existing water [6” main] and sewer [8” main] infrastructure
in the area, is set to positively impact Water Resources. The water and sewer treatment
plants are fully prepared and have adequate capacity to support this change.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Written notice of this public hearing was mailed to property owners within 250 feet of the
subject site (see attachments). A notification sign was posted on the subject property, and
the Planning Board agenda and staff report was published on the City’s website.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONSIDERATIONS
The following policies and goals identified within the Together Tomorrow: Tier I Smart
Growth Comprehensive Plan apply to this request:
This area of Rocky Mount is identified as an Infill Growth area
Infill opportunities in the City’s existing city limits are the primary focus for
development (C. Land Use); The request for a zoning map amendment aligns with
the recommendation of the comprehensive plan’s goals for infill commercial growth.
However, the area directly surrounding the subject property is developed and zoned
as residential, and preservation of existing housing and neighborhoods should also
be taken into consideration.
Preserving housing stock and affordable housing is a major goal for the City of
Rocky Mount. Although this site was developed for commercial and historically has
been used as commercial, conditions were placed on the map amendment request
that may alleviate some of the concerns that neighbors may have should this request
be approved.
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REASONABLENESS CONSIDERATIONS
The following site considerations and other facts should be considered in the review of this
rezoning request:
The proposed map amendment does not change or alter the site or what has already
been developed and in use.
Surrounding properties are zoned residential, but there are clusters of B-5 zoned
properties on the same block to the north and south.
The subject property is already in use as commercial (warehouse storage).
This amendment improves consistency with the existing use.
Many properties in this general area have been in use as commercial (B-5) for several
years, as has this property.
Conditions placed upon the map amendment request are intended to protect the
surrounding residences from activities that may be considered a nuisance.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the request be forwarded to the Rocky Mount City Council
recommending approval on the basis that the proposed rezoning of the subject site can be
considered consistent with the adopted Together Tomorrow: Tier I Smart Growth
Comprehensive Plan and is reasonable and in the public interest as detailed in the foregoing
staff analysis.
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Rezoning Request # 04-08-24 5.4
Comparison of Permitted Land Uses from Land Development Code Sec. 503
Uses permitted in existing R-6MFA district:
• Accessory dwelling
• Accessory structure
• Accessory use
• Adult day care center in CED (s/BOA)
• Adult day care center in an institutional structure (s(CC)
• Adult day home occupation
• Boardinghouse operation
• Cemetery/Columbarium (s/BOA)
• Childcare center in CED (s(CC)
• Childcare center in an institutional structure (s/CC)
• Childcare home occupation
• Church/religious institution (s/BOA)
• Dwelling, modular home
• Dwelling, multifamily
• Dwelling, multistory high density, Central City area and adaptive reuse of historic properties
• Dwelling, single-family attached
• Dwelling, single-family detached
• Dwelling, two-to-four family
• Family care home
• Fire station operation
• Fortune Telling
• Government operation
• Group home for developmentally disabled adults
• Health club/gym spa
• Historical preservation commercial use (s/CC)
• Home for the aged (s/BOA)
• Home occupation
• Library (s/BOA)
• Modular/manufactured office for office and/or exhibition (s/BOA)
• Nursing home (s/BOA)
• Open/passive space
• Private recreation club or swimming club (s/BOA)
• Public recreation, such as community center building, parks, museum, playgrounds, and
similar facilities operated on a nonprofit basis
• Residential Cluster Development
• School: elementary, junior high, and high school (s/CC)
• Shelter for women, families, and/or children
• Shelter home for women, families, and/or children
• Temporary use
• Tiny home
• Utility station or substation (s/BOA)
• Wireless communication tower less than 100 feet in height (s/BOA)
• Wireless communication tower 100 feet or greater in height (s/BOA)
• Yard sale
Comparison of Permitted Land Uses 5.4 Rezoning Request # 04-08-24
Uses permitted in proposed B-5 district:
• Accessory building
• Accessory Use
• Adult day care center in non-residential district
• Adult day center in an institutional structure
• Adult day home occupation
• Adult establishment
• Alcoholic beverages, packaged, retail store, including ABC store
• Ambulance service, non-governmental
• Animal medical care, including kennel operation (s/BOA)
• Assembly: armory, assembly hall, coliseum, movie theater, stadium, etc.
• Auction sales, excluding livestock auctioning
• Automobile off-street, parking
• Automobile truck, trailer rental
• Automobile repair and/or body work excluding commercial wrecking, dismantling, or
storage of junked vehicle
• Automobile sales, new and used
• Automobile service station operation
• Automobile/vehicle wash
• Automobile wrecker service
• Bakery production and wholesale sales
• Bakery on premises and retail only
• Beauty shop/barber service
• Bed and Breakfast
• Boardinghouse operation
• Boats and accessories, retail sales, and service
• Bus station activities
• Childcare center in non-residential districts
• Childcare home occupation
• Childcare structure in an institutional structure
• Church/religious institution
• Contractor, excluding outside storage of equipment or supplies
• Contractor, with outside storage of equipment or supplies
• Convenience store
• Crematory
• Dwelling, live/work
• Dwelling, multifamily
• Dwelling, upper story
• Fabrication, light manufacturing
• Farmers' market
• Financial Institutions
• Fire station operations
• Flammable material
• Flea market
• Funeral home
• Government operation
• Grocery/food sales
• Health club/gym spa
Comparison of Permitted Land Uses 5.4 Rezoning Request # 04-08-24
• Historical preservation commercial use (s/CC)
• Home occupation
• Industrial sales of equipment or repair service
• Kennel operations
• Laboratory operations, medical or dental
• Library
• Lodge (fraternal organizations)
• Manufactured home sales
• Modular/ manufactured office, for office and/or exhibition (s/BOA)
• Motel, hotel, or motor court operations
• Monument sales
• Museum/art gallery
• Newspaper publishing
• Nightclub, Bar & Tavern
• Nursery operations - retail/wholesale
• Office use (of a doctor, dentist, osteopath, chiropractor, optometrist, physiotherapist, or
other medically-oriented profession)
• Office use (with no on-premise stock of goods for sale to the general public and the
operation and services of which are customarily conducted by means of written, verbal, or
mechanically reproduced communication material)
• Open/passive space
• Pawn shop
• Private recreation club or swimming club (s/BOA)
• Public recreation, such as community center building, parks, museum, playgrounds, and
similar facilities operated on a nonprofit basis
• Public utility works, shops or storage yards
• Radio or television studio activities only
• Radio or television transmitting commercial (s/BOA)
• Railroad station operations
• Recreation or amusement enterprise
• Recreation or amusement enterprise, racquet facilities
• Recycling center
• Restaurant
• Retailing or servicing 50,000 or less gross sq. ft. per unit with operations conducted and
merchandise displayed inside and/or outside a building and not otherwise listed herein
• Retailing or servicing with operations conducted and merchandise displayed inside and/or
outside a building and not otherwise listed herein
• Salvage operation or junk yard
• School: commercial, trade or vocational
• School: elementary, junior high and high school (s/CC)
• Shelter for women, families, and/or children (s/CC)
• Storage, flammable
• Storage, outside
• Storage, warehouse
• Taxicab/limousine operations
• Temporary use
• Theater production, outdoor (s/BOA)
• Therapeutic community
Comparison of Permitted Land Uses 5.4 Rezoning Request # 04-08-24
• Tobacco sales warehouse
• Transient/homeless shelter (s/CC)
• Truck terminal activities repair and hauling and/or storage
• Utility station or substation (s/BOA)
• Wholesale sale (with operations conducted and merchandise stored entirely within a building
and not otherwise listed herein)
• Wireless communications tower less than 100 feet in height
• Wireless communications tower 100 feet or greater in height (s/BOA)
• Yard sale (attic sale, lawn sale, or garage sale) as an accessory use to a residence or church or
civic, cultural, educational, charitable, or similar organization
Rezoning Request # 04-08-24 5.4
Transportation Comments Prepared by CRM Public Works Department, Engineering/Traffic Division
General Parcel Information:
The subject property, located at 1131 S Church St., is in Nash County. It is a singular parcel with
0.25 calculated acres. This parcel is located on the east side of S Church St. and sits near the
intersection where Paul St. meets S Church St. The parcel has road frontage of approximately 50.5
feet (+-) on S Church St.
Rezoning Effect on Roadway Capacity:
S Church St. is a 2-way, 2-lane minor arterial with a center left turn lane. It has an estimated practical
capacity of 16,000 vehicles per day (VPD) and an estimated average annual daily travel (AADT) of
about 4,600 VPD per NCDOT data (2021). According to the Institute of Transportation Engineers
“Trip Generation Manual, 9th Edition” (Volume 3, page 1623), the development of a 2000 square
foot tire store could generate approximately 60 additional vehicle trips per day on an average
weekday, with 65% of traffic entering and 35% of traffic exiting.
Access information:
Tar River Transit’s Route No 3 (South Rocky Mount) is accessible one block west on S
Franklin Street.
The subject parcel does NOT have direct access to bicycle amenities.
There are sidewalks at this location.
RECOMMENDATIONS: An NCDOT driveway permit will be required for any new access
points on S Church St. The driveway permit will be reviewed concurrently by NCDOT and the City
of Rocky Mount. A traffic impact analysis (TIA) will be required if the rezoning use adds 1000 new
trips per day or 100 new peak hour trips. Other mitigation measures may be required as site
development plans are reviewed.
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Adjacent Property Owners Notified – 1131 S Church St 5.4
Dwight L Robinson Lvg Tr U/A Tabernacle of Deliverance Church Gill Company
10/26/1998 1136 S Church St 1029 Benvenue Rd
3668 Green Hills Rd Rocky Mount NC 27803 Rocky Mount NC 27804
Rocky Mount NC 27804
Anita R & Todd C Palmer Dunimus Outreach Ministries Inc Sharon Ciampoli
1002 Cuscowilla Dr 105 Henry St 1143 Meadow Ln
Cary NC 27511 Rocky Mount NC 27803 Chester PA 19013
Darline J Rice Dalman F & Ivinia Williams Donnie Willard Bunn
1128 Sw Main St 5010 Watsonia Dr 1105 S Church St
Rocky Mount NC 27803 Zebulon NC 27597 Rocky Mount NC 27803
Donnie Willard Bunn Tyneesha M Palmer Hola Aloha Group Llc
1105 S Church St 1124 S Church St 6020 Haywood Dr
Rocky Mount NC 27803 Rocky Mount NC 27803 Rocky Mount NC 27803-8834
Tabernacle Of Deliverance Vonda T Harmer Patricia L Nixon Richardson
Po Box 2932 1114 S Church St 1201 S Church St
Rocky Mount NC 27803 Rocky Mount NC 27803 Rocky Mount NC 27803
Waymon P Sr Robinson Et Al Quenesha Nicole Mcnair Rev Lvg Trust Tabernacle Of Deliverance Ch
720 Sutton Rd 436 E 36Th St 1136 S Church St
Rocky Mount NC 27801 Charlotte NC 28205 Rocky Mount NC 27803
Namon & Bertha Jones Maria Winslow Buys Houses Llc Eastern Nc Rentals Llc
1128 Sw Main St 610 W Morgan St, #210 4431 Nc 231
Rocky Mount NC 27803 Durham NC 27701 Zebulon NC 27597
John & Lillie Marie Doward Gill Company Leroy Avent
1135 S Church St 1029 Benvenue Rd 814 Paul St
Rocky Mount NC 27803 Rocky Mount NC 27804 Rocky Mount NC 27803
Nathaniel & Delois Ann Deans Anita R & Todd C Palmer Dunimus Outreach Ministries Inc
2452 Melvid Ct, Apt C 1002 Cuscowilla Dr 105 Henry St
Raleigh NC 27610-3585 Cary NC 27511 Rocky Mount NC 27803
Tabernacle Of Deliverance Ch Samuel Lee Sr Spruill Wilbert Skinner
1136 S Church St 219 Paul St 323 Paul St
Rocky Mount NC 27803 Rocky Mount NC 27803 Rocky Mount NC 27803
Adjacent Property Owners Notified – 1131 S Church St 5.4
Jose A & Jessica C Hernandez Rivera Diana Dang Felix W & Linda T Jackson
1111 S Church St 425 Tarboro St 14256 Nc 43 N
Rocky Mount NC 27803 Rocky Mount NC 27801 Rocky Mount NC 27801
Joy Hope Holy Church Thomas E Sr & Stella L Rogers Richard W & Rosa B Proctor
2076 Travis Run 1207 S Franklin St Po Box 249
Mail Returned Mr 00000- Rocky Mount NC 27803 Nashville NC 27856
Dwight L Robinson Lvg Tr U/A W P Sr & W P Jr Robinson Kimberly Jean Crandell
10/26/1998 720 Sutton Rd 1119 S Church St
3668 Green Hills Rd Rocky Mount NC 27801 Rocky Mount NC 27803
Rocky Mount NC 27804
Darline J Rice Dunimus Outreach Ministries Inc
1128 Sw Main St 105 Henry St
Rocky Mount NC 27803 Rocky Mount NC 27803
The next regular meeting of the
City of Rocky Mount Planning Board
is scheduled for
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
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