TOWN OF CARY
REQUEST FOR REZONING / LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT
TOWN COUNCIL IMPACT STATEMENT 10/25/01
01-REZ-12 - LPA-08

PETITIONER

PROPERTY OWNER

Hugh J. Gilleece, III
875 Walnut St., Ste. 360
Cary, NC 27511

James C. Crone, Trustee
James W. Bizzell, Estate Trust
1821 Jenks Carpenter Rd.
Apex, NC 27502

Shearin Bizzell McDermott
1801 Jenks Carpenter Rd.
Apex, NC 27502

 

LOCATION:

1821 and 1801 Jenks Carpenter Road

MAPS:

Vicinity Map - Small
Vicinity Map - Large
Zoning Map
Aerial Map
Land Use Plan Map
Stream Buffers

 

PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS

TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING:

July 12, 2001

PLANNING & ZONING BOARD:

August 20, 2001
PLANNING & ZONING BOARD: September 17, 2001
TOWN COUNCIL: October 25, 2001

 

PARCEL INFORMATION

Parcel #

Realid #

Area

0744.03-21-2749

0119972

2.18 acres

0744.03-21-4441

0119971

3.45 acres

 

REZONING DATA
 

CURRENT

PROPOSED

Zoning:

Residential 40

Residential Mixed Conditional Use

Zoning

Residential 40

Residential Mixed Conditional Use

Overlay District:

Jordan Lake Watershed

Jordan Lake Watershed

Land Use:

Residential, Single-Family

Residential, Mixed

 

REZONING CONDITIONS

CURRENT

PROPOSED

N/A
  1. This project will develop as single family residential only.
  2. Minimum 12,000 square foot single family lots.
  3. The buffer adjacent to Wellsley will be a 30-foot Type A buffer.

 

REZONING HISTORY

N/A

 

SITE DATA

WATER/SEWER SERVICE

Staff Remarks: Water is available to serve both properties via an existing public line within Jenks Carpenter Road right-of-way. Sanitary sewer service is available to serve parcel 074403214441 via an existing public line within Jenks Carpenter Road right-of-way. Sanitary sewer service is not currently available to serve parcel 074403212749.

 

TRANSPORTATION

Traffic Impact Analysis Required: Yes [ ] No [ X ]

Residential mixed conditional use of six DU’s/acre for 5.63 acres will generate 323 trips daily. The AM peak hour will generate 25 trips and the PM peak hour will generate 34 trips.

Road Widening: The Town of Cary Comprehensive Transportation Plan designates Jenks Carpenter Road to have an ultimate 3 lane cross section (one lane in each direction with a center turn lane). The realignment of the Carpenter Upchurch/Jenks Carpenter/High House Road intersection is scheduled for construction in year 2005. With the construction of this four legged intersection, Jenks Carpenter Road will be realigned and have significant grade changes along the frontages of the two subject parcels.

Access: Access for the proposed subdivision would best be addressed at time of subdivision plan submittal when staff will be provided detailed information on subdivision layout, topography, buffers, etc

 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

This project will have to meet the nitrogen removal requirements of the Town of Cary. There are riparian buffers associated with the project and DWQ will have to investigate if encroachment is desired. The project is not in a protected watershed.

 

WAKE COUNTY SCHOOL CAPACITY IMPACTS:
 

Current Enrollment

Campus Capacity

Projected Number of Additional Students

Elementary

Davis Drive Elementary School

1,105

116%

(11 portable classrooms)

8

 

 

Middle

Davis Drive Middle School

1,239

118%

(9 portable classrooms)

4

High

Green Hope High School

1,353

75% (no portable classrooms)

5

Preschool
(0-4 years)

      

9

 

Current Enrollment is based on the 20th day of the school year.

Number of portable classrooms as of 12/18/00.

The schools shown are preliminary and are not necessarily the schools that will be assigned to this location at the time of development.

Be advised that the Projected Number of Additional Students is only a rough approximation. The actual number of students will vary depending on several variables, such as dwelling unit type, number of bedrooms, dwelling size, and other factors. A more definitive estimation will be done at the time of site plan submittal, which is when the applicant is required to secure a Certificate of Adequate Educational Facilities from the Wake County School System.

ADJACENT ZONING AND LAND USES
 

Zoning:

Land Use:

North:

Residential 40

Jenks Carpenter Road, vacant land

South:

Residential 12 Conditional Use

Single Family homes (New Subdivision platted as Upchurch Farms Phases 1-5)

East:

Residential Multi-Family 12 Conditional Use

Apartments

West:

Residential 12

Single-family homes (Wellsley)

 

TOWN OF CARY FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DATA
 

CURRENT

PROPOSED

Plan Designation:

Low density residential

Medium density residential

Alternate Designation:

N/A

N/A

Activity Center:

N/A

N/A

 

LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT HISTORY

None.

 

STAFF ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION

CHANGES SINCE PUBLIC HEARING: *Yes [ x ] No [ ]

* See additional zoning conditions as indicated above.
 

PROTEST PETITION FILED: Valid [ x] Invalid [ ] None Filed [ ]

 

REZONING REQUEST

Analysis:

Since the public hearing the applicant has provided additional conditions. These conditions restrict the unit type to single family homes and provide for a minimum lot size of 12,000 square feet. With these changes a land use plan amendment is no longer required.

At the public hearing some comments were heard concerning access to this site. It was suggested access be provided from the southern portion of this tract. Upon further review by the engineering staff, a sketch for a future subdivision is shown with two cul de sacs from Jenks Carpenter Road along with a stream buffer on this southern boundary. The applicant has removed access conditions based on the Town’s engineering comments to review the access points at the time of subdivision review. This site is severely restricted to the Town of Cary’s realignment of Jenks Carpenter Road to Carpenter Upchurch Road. The grade elevations with require a guardrail with no access along most of the frontage of this site. Below is a list of pros and cons:

Pros

  • Consistent with the Town’s Land Use Plan.
  • Limits the permitted uses and lots sizes to compliment the adjacent subdivisions
  • Has provided additional landscape buffer

 

Cons

  • Valid protest petition

Recommendation: Staff recommends approval. 

 

PLANNING & ZONING BOARD 8/20/01 RECOMMENDATION

Board voted to table this item until the September 17, 2001 meeting as Engineering staff needs to clarify access points via a staff report back to the P&Z Board.

PLANNING & ZONING BOARD 9/17/01 RECOMMENDATION

Board voted to forward to Council for approval at their September 27, 2001 meeting with the conditions as presented by staff.

TOWN COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION

To be considered after the October 25, 2001 Council meeting.

Information regarding this rezoning case will be on the Internet prior to the public hearing. Our Internet address for this case is http://www.townofcary.org/depts/dsdept/P&Z/rezonings/2001cases/2001index.htm.