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Planning Board honing language in development rules
by CHRIS BURRITT
Photo by Annette Joyce/NWO
This vacant lot at the end of a historic building across from Stokesdale Fire Department will be turned into parking for downtown Stokesdale.
by ANNETTE JOYCE The landscape in downtown Stokesdale is about to change – again. Matt Moorefield, who owns a growing number of storefronts across from the Stokesdale Fire Department, announced that two businesses – a boutique and an urgent
care doctor’s office – have signed leases to open up shop within the next few months. Having already established a presence in downtown Kernersville as 119 on North, the new 119 on North Stokesdale is owned by longtime friends Jennifer Bream and
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SUMMERFIELD – Two and a half months after Summerfield Town Council adopted new development rules, the town’s Planning Board has begun the task of sharpening definitions in the regulations. The council voted June 8 to adopt a unified development ordinance (UDO) that included changes made earlier in the meeting that allow for higher density housing. Not only did the finalhour move anger opponents of high density development, it also contributed to confusion around the definition
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of words such as “multi-family.” References to dwellings that allow more than one family to live under the same roof are charged in Summerfield where developer David Couch has proposed the development of roughly 1,000 acres with a mix of businesses and residences, including townhomes and apartments. The possibility that apartments may be built has galvanized opponents, including some who lump various forms of multi-family housing in the same category. “David Couch’s quadplexes are going to be known as apartments,” Planning
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IS TH SU I E S
Summerfield’s current definition of ‘multifamily dwellings’ has contributed to confusion, disagreement
IN
Revitalization continues in downtown Stokesdale
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