TOWN COUNCIL

REQUEST FOR REZONING/COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT

APPLICANT(S)

OWNER(S)
Jimmie R. and Claire Smith
205 Lewiston Ct.
Cary, NC 27513
(919) 319-3194		 Jimmie R. and Claire Smith
232 East Chatham Street
Cary, NC 27511
(919) 467-4999
LOCATION: Corner of Waldo and Hunter Streets (behind Hair Waves Salon, 232 E. Chatham Street)
MAPS: Vicinity
Zoning
Land Use Plan

In Town Limits [ X] Cary ETJ [ ] Cary Planning Jurisdiction Only [ ]

PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING: April 8, 1999
PLANNING & ZONING BOARD: May 17, 1999
TOWN COUNCIL: June 10, 1999

 

PARCEL INFORMATION

Parcel #

Realid #

Area

076419615470

0111189

.11 acres

Portion of 076419615418

0065566

.16 acres
   

.27 acres

 

REZONING DATA
 

CURRENT

PROPOSED
Zoning:

Downtown Residential (DR)

Business 2 Conditional Use
Overlay District:

Core Neighborhoods

N/A
Land Use:

Vacant

Parking

 

REZONING CONDITIONS

CURRENT

PROPOSED

N/A

 To only be used for additional parking for Hair Waves Salon with the one entrance/ access through the existing one located on Hunter Street

 

REZONING HISTORY
Case 98-REZ-11
From Downtown Residential (DR) w /Core Neighborhood Overlay To Business-2 Conditional Use w/Town Center Overlay A
Withdrawn by Applicant on: July 13, 1998

 

SITE DATA

WATER/SEWER SERVICE
Staff Remarks:

Water and sanitary sewer services are currently available to serve this property.

 

TRANSPORTATION
Traffic Impact Analysis Required: Yes [ ] No [ x]
Staff Remarks: Per the Interim Planned Development Ordinance, the proposed request does not require a Traffic Impact Analysis report.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
Staff Remarks:

This property is located within the Walnut Creek Basin and will not be required to comply with the Town’s Reservoir Watershed Protection Ordinance.

 

WAKE COUNTY SCHOOL CAPACITY

There shall be no additional impact to the Wake County school system.

 

ADJACENT ZONING AND LAND USES
 

Zoning:

Land Use:
North:

B2 (Business-2)

Commercial
South:

DR (Downtown Residential)

Residential
East:

B2 and DR

Residential
West:

B2 and DR

Residential and Commercial

 

TOWN OF CARY LAND USE PLAN DATA
 

CURRENT

PROPOSED
Plan Designation: Low Density Residential Commercial
Alternate Designation: None None
Activity Center: None None

EXISTING LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT HISTORY
None

 

STAFF ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION
CHANGES SINCE PUBLIC HEARING: *Yes [ ] No [ X ]
*See revised rezoning conditions on page # of this document.
PROTEST PETITION FILED: Valid [ ] Invalid [ ] None Filed [ X ]
 

LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT

Analysis: The Town's Land Use Plan has this property designated for Low Density Residential and is located across the street from single family homes. In order to provide the necessary parking for Hair Waves, the property is being proposed to be rezoned to B-2 CU for a parking lot only. According to the Land Use Plan (pg. 107) "Parking lots that face a street should be partially screened from the street by a low fence, wall, hedge, or topographic feature". If these guidelines are followed, the impacts on the adjacent neighborhood should be minimal.

Recommendation: Since the proposed rezoning is for only 0.27 acres in an area designated for Low Density Residential and the rezoning will not allow for construction of a building, Staff recommends not to amend the Land Use Map which would suggest that the property could be used for commercial uses.

REZONING REQUEST
Analysis: At the present time this property is vacant and located directly adjacent to the Hairwaves Salon. Recently the Hairwaves site was expanded and with this expansion, the parking demands increased for this property. The Hairwaves site meets site plan requirements for parking spaces, but the customer parking demands are higher than existing on site spaces. Currently the overflow parking is using Hunter and Waldo Streets next to this site. Staff believes the rezoning of this site to only allow parking for the Hairwaves Salon will decrease the impact of a commercial use next to a residential area. The potential new parking area on this property will be required to have some base plantings around the spaces to screen from adjacent properties and help contain the parking on site.

Recommendation: Staff recommends approval.

PLANNING & ZONING BOARD RECOMMENDATION
At their meeting of May 17, 1999, the Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously to support staff's decision not to amend the Land Use Plan, and to forward this rezoning request to the Town Council with a recommendation of approval.