{"id":16862,"date":"2012-12-14T11:54:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T16:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=16862"},"modified":"2012-12-14T11:54:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T16:54:39","slug":"decision-on-stanhope-changes-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/2012\/12\/14\/decision-on-stanhope-changes-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Decision on Stanhope Changes Delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The debate about the changes to a master plan for a future development on Hillsborough Street remains in a Raleigh City Council committee until a compromise can be reached.<\/p>\n

Raleigh Planning Commissioners this week approved the amendments needed to begin the last phase of the Stanhope development, a mixed-use building of student apartments and retail space on Hillsborough Street.<\/p>\n

City Council members delayed final approval last week in order to discuss the changes in the Comprehensive Planning Committee meeting.<\/p>\n

The main point of contention between the neighborhood and the developer is the height of the building, which would go from the currently allowed 40 feet to 86 feet.<\/p>\n

Complicating the matter is a debate between feet and stories when describing the height of a building. In today’s code, feet are used, but the new Unified Development Ordinance uses both.<\/p>\n

While the developer is looking at a seven-story building, neighbors are willing to compromise at five.<\/p>\n

Robin Currin, an attorney representing the developer, said they are willing to come down to 79 feet, which would put the building at visually the same level as the 75-foot Kerr Drugs building, also part of the development. At 79 feet, the building could still house seven stories.<\/p>\n

Currin said the developer has been meeting with investors who have expressed interest in a building at that height.<\/p>\n

While the 79-foot-tall building might end up being five stories, Currin said that a limitation to only five stories isn’t something the developer could do.<\/p>\n

Planning Director Mitch Silver said that once a seven-story building is established, it becomes a mark that other developments can use in the future. He observed that if the UDO were in effect today, a five-story building would be 75 feet.<\/p>\n

Resident Malissa Kilpatrick, a neighbor that lives close to the project, said the building will create a shadow over the area. It would also increase traffic to an area which, she said, is already plagued by problems.<\/p>\n

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Stanhope Village, under construction on Hillsborough Street.<\/p><\/div>\n

Mike Rieder, chair of the Wade Citizens Advisory Council, said CAC members support a five-story development and they gave the clear message that they wanted the building to match the Kerr Drugs building.<\/p>\n

Councilor and Committee Chair Russ Stephenson asked that the case be held until the committee’s next meeting Jan. 9 so that the developer could consider a five-story maximum height.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A change to the controversial Stanhope development has been held in committee to give the developer more time to consider a compromise. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24029,"featured_media":16517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,23],"tags":[1110,556],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24029"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}