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STAFF REPORT
Town Council,
March 24, 2005
Fairview
Neighborhood
Activity
Center
(PL05-034)
Public Hearing on a proposed amendment to the Land Use Plan (05-LPA-02) to
create a
Neighborhood
Activity
Center
centered on the intersection of
Ten Ten Road
and
Holly Springs Road
, for the area known as
Fairview
.
Speaker:
Don Belk, Senior Planner
From:
Jeffery
G. Ulma, AICP, Director, Planning Department
Prepared by: Donald R. Belk,
AICP, Senior Planner
Approved by: William B.
Coleman, Jr., Town Manager
Approved by: Benjamin T.
Shivar, Assistant Town Manager
BACKGROUND:
The
Fairview
community lies
within the southeastern portion of
Cary
’s urban service
area, in the general vicinity of the Ten Ten Road/Holly Springs Road
intersection. The area has
seen significant development activity in recent years.
An existing convenience store and mini-storage complex, located on
the southwestern quadrant of this intersection, were approved under
Wake
County
development
regulations. Other existing
uses include a day care facility and an auto
repair shop. Recent
Town-approved residential subdivisions in the general area include
Grayhawk (78 units), Wrenn Meadow (73 units), and a 110-unit subdivision
at
4600 Ten Ten Road
.
Properties owned by the Southwestern Wake YMCA and the
Cary
Alliance
Church
have also been
approved for future institutional uses.
The Town recently received an application for a commercial shopping
center development at the intersection of these thoroughfares (re:
Fairview Village PDD, 04-REZ-29).
As
a result of these approvals, the availability of utility infrastructure in
the vicinity has increased the development potential of land within the
Fairview
area.
This has prompted Town staff to assess changing conditions to
determine if an update to the Land Use Plan is warranted.
The
combined activities described above have led to conditions that, in
essence, cause this area to function as a neighborhood activity center
today. Recognizing these
trends, and in anticipation of future development activity, staff believes
that a land use plan amendment will enable the Town to better evaluate
development and re-development proposals in the area.
This, in turn, will foster a development pattern consistent with
the Land Use Plan’s description of a
Neighborhood
Activity
Center
to “provide the
commercial and institutional uses necessary to support the common
day-to-day demands of the surrounding neighborhood for goods, services,
and facilities.”
PROPOSED
LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT: Staff
proposes establishment of a neighborhood activity center (NAC) focused on
the Ten Ten Road/Holly Springs Road intersection, which would contain a
mix of commercial, institutional, office, and residential uses in the area
(see
proposed NAC map). Using
mid-range floor-area ratios for commercial and office development, the
proposed Fairview NAC could generate 138,000 to 150,000 square feet of
commercial activity, and 120,000 to 130,000 of office/institutional.
These totals compare favorably with the Town-wide average for
neighborhood activity centers of 157,500 commercial and 110,000
office/institutional. The
proposed NAC could also contain approximately 50 units of medium density
residential housing.
PUBLIC
INPUT AND INVOLVEMENT: A
community ‘open house’ was held on
March 7, 2005
.
Town staff’s radius for notification was 1,000 feet from the
intersection of
Ten Ten
and
Holly Springs Road
; a total of 107
notices were mailed. Staff
received phone calls or visits from three property owners within the area
who were supportive of the proposal. Approximately
20 citizens attended the open house, which was held at the
Macedonia
Methodist
Church
.
The overwhelming concern of attendees was traffic (see
summary of comments).
Staff
Recommendation:
Staff recommends that this Land Use Plan amendment to create the
Fairview
Neighborhood
Activity
Center
be referred to the April 18 Planning and
Zoning Board meeting for review.
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