Planning Board recommends denial of 134-unit apartment rezoning; commissioners weigh contracts Oct. 6
The Moore County Planning Board voted 6-0 on Oct. 1, 2026, to recommend denying a conditional rezoning that would allow a 134-unit apartment complex at 8003 NC 211 Hwy. The board also voted 6-0 to find the request inconsistent with the county's Land Use Plan. The recommendation is not a final decision. The same request is scheduled for a public hearing before the Board of Commissioners on Oct. 6.
Apartment rezoning at 8003 NC 211 Hwy
According to the Planning Board's minutes, the recommended denial was based on requested deviations from height, density and parking standards. The board took two separate 6-0 votes: one recommending denial of the conditional rezoning, and one finding the request inconsistent with the Land Use Plan.
The Board of Commissioners has scheduled a public hearing on a conditional rezoning from Residential and Agricultural (RA-5) to Multi Family-Conditional Zoning (MF-CZ) for apartments at 8003 NC 211 Hwy, West End, NC 27376. Minutes from that meeting have not been published, so no board action on the request is recorded.
Four parcels on US Highway 1
The Planning Board voted 6-0 to recommend approval of Highway Commercial (B-2) zoning for four parcels on US Highway 1, and voted 6-0 to find that request consistent with the Land Use Plan. The summary states the four parcels were annexed from the Town of Vass.
Other Planning Board action
- Tabled election of vice chair to the next regular meeting (6-0)
- Continued Unified Development Ordinance amendments for the Highway Corridor Overlay District to Oct. 1, 2026 (6-0). The minutes list that continuation date as the same date as the meeting.
- Approved the Aug. 6, 2026 meeting minutes (6-0)
Board of Commissioners, Oct. 6
The Board of Commissioners meets at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 6, 2026, at the Historic Courthouse in Carthage, according to the agenda. Along with the 8003 NC 211 Hwy hearing, the agenda lists public hearings on several Unified Development Ordinance amendments covering subdivisions, appeals and variances.
New business includes a contract with SQ Civil Contractors, DBA Southern Quality Farm, LLC, for the Scale House Project, and a construction contract with the same firm for EMS Station (Station X). The consent agenda lists a sole source purchase from Magnet Forensics, LLC and a meter purchase contract with Utility Solutions & Automation, LLC. The agenda also lists a room occupancy tax discussion, a review of fiscal policy guidelines, and creation of a Flock Camera Committee.
No dollar amounts or contract terms appear in the agenda, and minutes were not yet published.
East Moore Water District, Oct. 6
The East Moore Water District Board of Directors meets at 5:15 p.m. Oct. 6, 2026, at the Historic Courthouse in Carthage. The agenda lists approval of minutes from its Sept. 15, 2026 special meeting, a sole source contract for a meter purchase from Utility Solutions & Automation, LLC, and Revision 4 of the EMWD ARP Capital Project Ordinance.
The agenda names Public Works Director Charles Patnode on the meter item and Finance Director Caroline Xiong on the ordinance item. No dollar amounts or contract terms are stated in the agenda, and minutes were not published.
Coming up
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