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Town of Wake Forest · Board of Adjustment
Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 5:59 pm

Regular meeting

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What's on this agenda

The Board of Adjustment holds a public hearing on a variance for a 5.15-acre lot at 0 Foundation Drive. The site sits across from Heritage High School, behind the Shoppes at Heritage Village. The Nau Company wants to build apartments there, on land Heritage RMX, LLC owns, but the parcel has only 22.71 feet of frontage on Foundation Drive. That is not enough to meet the Residential Mixed-Use district's rule requiring at least half a building's frontage within 18 feet of the street. The company asks the board to make that maximum setback not apply to the property.

Approving the variance takes a four-fifths vote of the board, under state law and the town's ordinance. The board must also find that the setback rule creates a hardship rooted in the lot's shape, not the owner's actions, and that granting relief still fits the ordinance's purpose. Staff's report walks through each required finding but does not recommend granting or denying the variance.

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Agenda items (7)

Procedural · 3Discussion item · 2Minutes approval · 1Public hearing · 1
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. 2 Adoption of Agenda
    Procedural
  3. 3.A Approval of Minutes
    Minutes approval
    The board considers minutes from an earlier meeting.
  4. 5.A Public Hearing on BOA-22-02 Foundation Drive Apartments Variance
    Public hearing
    The Nau Company wants to build apartments on a 5.15-acre lot at 0 Foundation Drive, owned by Heritage RMX, LLC, but the parcel has only 22.71 feet of street frontage. The company asks the board for a variance from the Residential Mixed-Use district's 18-foot maximum front setback; staff's report addresses the required findings but does not recommend a decision.
  5. 6 Staff Comments
    Discussion item
  6. 7 Board of Adjustment Comments
    Discussion item
  7. 8 Adjournment
    Procedural

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