Franklin Street Townes Common Area (RZ-24-03)
Wake Forest
Description
A request to rezone 4.81 acres of common area in a mostly built-out 61-unit townhome development from RMX to RMX-CD, allowing the pool-and-clubhouse amenity to be replaced with a playground, pavilion, benches, and bike racks. The board denied it after a contentious public hearing.
Impact summary
The County Commission denied it on Oct 6, 2026.
The change lets the developer finish the long-stalled site — the amenity area and the final block of townhomes — with a playground instead of a pool. No new units or density are added.
Applicant
- Name
- Caroline Krause-Iafrate, Franklin Street Townes, LLC
- Address
- 0 Franklin Park Avenue, Wake Forest, NC (PIN 1840571129)
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · County Commission
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 6, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Board of Commissioners (Work) - Oct 6, 2026
A request to rezone 4.81 acres of common area in a mostly built-out 61-unit townhome development from RMX to RMX-CD, allowing the pool-and-clubhouse amenity to be replaced with a playground, pavilion, benches, and bike racks. The board denied it after a contentious public hearing.
Planning Board - Sep 8, 2026
A conditional district rezoning of a 4.81-acre common area parcel from RMX to RMX-CD, with the sole condition that development follow a new master plan replacing the approved pool and clubhouse with a playground, pavilion, benches, bike racks, and landscaping. The Planning Board recommended approval 6-0; the Board of Commissioners holds the final public hearing October 6.
Related issues (1)
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