MONROE – Union County commissioners unanimously voted April 15 to deny a rezoning request that would have allowed David Weekley Homes to build a 391-home neighborhood on nearly 179 acres at 4719 Weddington Road.
Shannon Boling, land acquisition manager for David Weekley Homes, said his team has held three neighborhood meetings since starting the rezoning effort in February 2023.
These meetings led to commitments from the development team to add a 50-foot enhanced buffer on the east side of the project and a turn lane into the neighborhood to help mitigate traffic of N.C. 84.
Boling pitched a project with a lower density than surrounding neighborhoods at 2.1 units per acre with a commitment to build a stormwater system that can withstand a 100-year storm event. It would also be an age-restricted community.
“As of last fall, we made the commitment to make this an age-restricted community to have zero impact on Union County Public Schools and dramatically decrease the traffic impact on the roads,” Boling said.
Commissioner Brian Helms expressed appreciation for David Weekley Homes’ responsiveness in working with the county staff. .
“I’m still concerned about stormwater,” Helms said. “I realize you guys have increased the mitigation there with stormwater. Originally I believe it was proposed that we were looking at 25-year mitigation. Now we’re looking at 100. With everything that we have experienced here in this county as of late with stormwater, that remains at the top of my consideration.”
He also had concerns with traffic. Helms acknowledged the applicant’s attempts to mitigate traffic of N.C. 84 but he is more concerned about congestion out toward Potter Road and N.C. 84 as well as bottlenecks on secondary roads toward Monroe.
Someone else tried to rezone the site, known as Dickson Farm, in 2019 with plans to build 50 more homes but that proposal was denied, according to the county staff report. The site consists of two parcels, one with a home and the other used for cropland.
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