Two subdivisions among items on TRC agenda

Two single-family residential subdivisions will be considered by the Sanford-Lee County Technical Review Committee on May 29.

Sky Ridge Estates would result in 28 homes on 16.5 acres on Eddy Drive near Commerce Drive and Lee Avenue in southeast Sanford.

The current zoning is SN-9 and the average lot would be 10,000 square feet, according to a planning document. The property owners are Margaret Ann and Mike Thomas of 3806 Lee Ave.

Also in that area, a separate 125-unit townhome project proposed by John Woodlief of Cary would connect Commerce Drive with Lee Avenue in advance of the North Carolina Department of Transportation doing so, according to Woodlief, who spoke at a Sanford City Council meeting about his project on May 20.

The Thomas family hired local attorney Fred Webb to represent them at the city council meeting, and Webb said, “We oppose because Lee Avenue is not constructed to handle the amount of traffic” that townhomes would bring. “This is where the city meets the country.”

The requested rezoning from suburban neighborhood (SN-12) to the Lee Avenue Conditional Zoning District for the townhome project will be considered by the Sanford City Council next month.

PETTY ROAD SUBDIVISION

Terry Stewart of Sterling Developers of Sanford is proposing a 133-lot, single-family subdivision on 58 acres at 3116 Carbonton Road southwest of Sanford near the intersection of Petty Road and Wicker Street.

The average lot size would be 9,780 square feet.

The land is in Sanford’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. It was rezoned in January 2023 to the Petty Road Conditional Zoning District, according to a planning document.

The land must be annexed into the city in order to be developed in the manner proposed.

Also on the agenda are a Packforce Hangar at the Raleigh Executive Jetport in northern Lee County and a Blossman gas storage building on Cameron Drive near Lee Avenue and Industrial Drive in south Sanford. That latter would be used for propane tank refurbishment for Teddy Donathan and BMER LLC of Sanford.

Just because a project is proposed does not mean it will come to fruition.