BREAKING NEWS-Cornwallis Road 900 New Homes

Public hearing case number 0829 zoning office 919 989-5150 for hearing date.

If you live near, drive down Cornwallis Road between Hwy 42 and Cleveland Road you must send this message to all of your neighbors and neighborhood organizations

This property owner has applied for a zoning change from AR to PUD (Planned Unit Development). What does this mean? Congestion that will not believe. This is the skinny.
Under the new code: 900 Single Family and Town Homes
690 Single and 290 Multi-family
Assume each household will have two cars that's 1800 vehicles on Swift Creek to 42.Environmentally speaking: If you have been fortunate enough to experience the "Lake at Swift Creek" during big rains and storms wait for the run off from the previous pastures.
This is for information only. The numbers of homes possible confirmed by the zoning office. Contact them and attend the hearing with your neighbors, friends and lawyers to stop the code change (at least to a less dense amount). Zoning stated November as hearing date. Concerned Resident

 

Why do I feel PRM felt this way about 10-12 years ago?:lol:

 

Do you guys realize how many trips this would produce.....probably 8-10 trips per day per unit (think 2 cars, to work/school and back is 4, plus a trip to the store, or soccer practice, that's 6, ....etc.)

That is over 7000 trips per day...Cornwallis just got toasted! I hope that NCDOT will ask for serious improvements!

 

Yep, and how I felt about Morehead-Beaurfort-Atlantic Beach years ago. They. call it progress. I'm unconvinced.
To be sure, one might think that the economic slowdown will delay that Cornwallis thing at some point

 

And where will all the children go to school? Polenta, Cleveland, and Westview are over capacity now. :banghead:

I keep trying to understand Ms. Pope's and Mr. Stewart's logic that "growth pays for itself."

 

The revenues generated by an influx of single family residences does not pay for the all of the services they will require.

I wonder if their "growth pays for itself" line will one day waaaaaaay down the road come to fruition ... when they are long gone.

Keep on keepin' on. :banghead:

 

I would not worry about it. Be at least 10-15 years before its fully built out. If then even.

 

Was this listed on the Planning Board's agenda for last night's meeting? I've reviewed the agenda, but don't see it. If anyone was at the PB's meeting, if it was discussed, will you give me a little more info about it and what happened?

Thanks.

 

On the planning boards agenda for 11/18.

 

Aha! Just saw your post on the Planning Board's Discussion board. Learned a little more- hoping to get my copy of site plans and TIA soon.

Thank you.

 

So, is this the logic behind the PB and County Commissioners approving most all growth that comes before them? It's okay to say yes now because they expect to be long gone before it's fully built out?

Not trying to pick a fight, just found your comment interesting and wanted to rib you a little bit. :jester:

On another note, I don't like spreading rumors, but I heard that Son-Lan is really having financial difficulties during these times. Despite being disappointed in a few of their development decisions, I hope the rumor is untrue.

 

As long as a development meets the planning and development guidelines, there really is very little the Planning Board can do to deny the development. They do realize it will be several years before its built out and i would guess several years before its even gone past 100 lots built. Even then, there is no guarantee it will ever be fully built out.

Son-Lan is fine.

 

I wouldn't worry too much right now. I don't know anyone in construction confident enough to start building a bunch (let alone 100+) of spec homes right now. Last year my hubby was building about 6-8 at a time, and now he's got 2 up, and he's not very excited about that, but had to build them. I know what you're all saying, that even if it doesn't happen now, it still will, but at least it won't be happening right now.

 

I think densities have already been considered in the long range planning, and they are set to go up considerably for this area. Fighting it will be almost impossible. The southeastern portion of the county is being planned as a rural conservation district.

I've seen the map at the planning office in Smithfield, but can't find it online. Does anyone have a link?

 

I am not necessarily against development, however in this case I wish it would stay pasture. But if we are to say goodbye to the Cornwalis Cows I would hope that they start to improve the quality of the developments going in. By that I mean more amenities. Walking trails, corner parks, open space, pools, etc.

I have mentioned this before, but an excellent way to provide an amenity i to use the colonial pipeline right of way as a county greenway. A lot of communities up north have done this under high tension power lines. Colonial pipeline runs through the proposed development, South Hills and PleasantWoods just to name a few. I might actually shop at WalMart if I could ride my bike there.

These are the kind of creative things the couonty can begin doing. I am sure developers will help fund it and additional funding can be raised by civic groups, WalMart, HOAs, chamber of commerce, churches, etc.

 

Well this person might live in a Son-Lan development that is not quite finished yet. Would that make Son-Lan's financial situation any of their business? It would certainly be a concern of mine.

Not to mention, if they are in dire straits they could start cutting corners and all of us will be left with shabby development.

 

I am sure the developers will pass along the cost. I don't doubt that one bit.

You have to start somewhere and the cost of a walking trail or park divided by the 900 homes planned would probably be neglible, especially if you had matched funding from other sources. An amenity costing $250,000 spread out over 900 homes add a whopping $277.78 to each sale price. Including existing dveleopments into amenties also makes a stronger case for tax payer funding becuase more people benefit from it (i.e., parks system).

 

Right, they bought a house in a development that is planned to be FINISHED. That is the developers side of the bargain.

I could by a house in Phase 1 and half-way through Phase 2 they stop work leaving torn up roads, empty lots, construction debris, etc. all over the place. That leaves me holding a lot of the developers baggage.

As for it being someone else's business, I am not suggesting that Son-Lan has to provide finaicial statements to the general public. I am suggesting that many developers get greedy, sloppy and that leaves a lot of people in a bad way.

 

The only development that Son-Lan has not finished yet is Island Creek. There is one phase left to build. Everything else they have is built, ie: services, roads, etc. All the lots might not be sold in some of their projects, but the development is built.

There are 2 that are under construction but no one is living out in those developments yet.

 

I got it!!! we'll all pool our money and buy the property! That way, we can have parks, trails, and such. Or, we could just leave it pasture and cows, that's obviously an excellent way to make a living. Maybe we could purchase the property, buy a $150,000 combine, $75,000 tractor, and $35,000 planter. Then all we need is about $15,000 worth of soybean seed, $8,000 of lime and fertilizer, and one of those big trucks to haul our crop to market. I'm sure those trucks are cheap. Really, how much could 18 wheels cost? 400 horse power, 3 - 5 miles per gallon @ $4.25 a gallon. Insurance on such a vehicle can't be but so much can it? Oh yeah, we've gotta license this truck for 80,000 pounds. That shouldn't be much more than you're passenger car, should it? We'll also need to spray this crop for pest. Now we can buy a sprayer and do it our self, or hire it done. Anyhow , we can decide that at the next meeting. Either way, we've still got to pay for the chemical (about $3,000). So, 40 bushels per acre at $10.00 per bushel = $400. per acre. Now we can't plant beans in the woods where they can put houses, so we might not maximize our potential. If we've got 200 acres cleared that's $80,000. Less what we pay for land, equipment, supplies, labor, an occasional break down, and fuel. Oooo, we got to pay property tax too!