The Monday open house is scheduled from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the first floor conference room of City Hall on Roanoke Avenue, according to notices sent by the city clerk and planning department.
The notice from the city clerk advises there is the possibility of a quorum of city council members at the open house, although no action will be taken.
In a letter to landowners surrounding the parcel of land at Highway 125 — approximately 10.04 acres sought to be rezoned from R-40 residential to B-4 commercial — Scott Bumgarner of Mack Gay Associates, a Rocky Mount engineering, surveying and planning company, explains, “Should this rezoning request be approved by the City Council, the property will be developed by Mid-Atlantic Eye Physicians which is currently located at 204 Becker Drive ... They plan to build a new medical facility on this property and move their current practice to this location.”
Mack Gay will hold the community meeting to discuss this rezoning and potential development with any interested parties. “We encourage you to attend this meeting which will give you a chance to review the proposed development and ask any questions you may have.”
Anyone unable to attend the meeting, Bumgarner says in the letter, may contact him at 252-446-3017.
According to the city, the undeveloped property is currently used for small-scale agricultural production and the requested B-4 commercial district is the widest range of commercial land uses. As a result of public input, a less intense district may be considered for approval.
