AGENDA ITEM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
ITEM TITLE
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Open the Public Hearing to Consider a Request to Close Portions of the Public Right-of-Way in Cowan Boulevard and White Oak Drive
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RESPONSIBLE STAFF, TITLE, DEPARTMENT*
Lance Norris, Director, Public Works Department
Chris Roberts, Manager of Engineering and Infrastructure, Public Works Department
Robert Gehris, Engineer III, Public Works Department
STAFF RECOMMENDATION*
Staff recommends that Council open a Public Hearing on March 12, 2025 to consider a request to close sections of a platted public right-of-way (ROW) within Cowan Blvd and White Oak Drive. The Council may close the Public Hearing this evening and act on the requested closures, or refer action to a future meeting.
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ACTION/DECISION POINTS*
Council shall open a Public Hearing to consider the ROW closure request, and may either close the hearing to approve or reject the request, or refer action to a future meeting.
LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT*
Resolution (2025-01-29/R-2.01) called for a public hearing to be held during the regularly scheduled Council Meeting on March 12, 2025 to consider this requested right-of-way closure. North Carolina General Statute Sec. 160A-299 sets out the process for closing public rights-of-way. This closure request is related to the proposed Meridian Lakeview Development (19 E. Lakeview Dr), the conditional rezoning of which was approved by Council under (2023-11-15/O-3) (Project # CZD-23-6).
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT*
This closure request is for a portion of the White Oak Drive right-of-way and a portion of the undeveloped platted right-of-way know as Cowan Boulevard per the attached map.
Properties bordering the ROW requested for closure are included in the conditional zoning ordinance CZD-23-6, approved November 15, 2023
Developer has applied for a zoning compliance permit to construct the proposed developments associated with this right-of-way closure request (ZCP-24-22)
All adjacent property owners have been notifi...
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