#SmithCreekWatershed
584+ acres of forest in northern Wake County NC under threat of development in the watershed which feeds into the reservoir then into the Neuse River.
#Environment #Conservation
@WakeOSI
Wake County currently has jurisdiction and has protections such as R-80W zoning, meaning only one residential unit per 2 acres.
The threat is, there is an adjacent town which plans to gain jurisdiction and eventually change the zoning to up to 10 townhouses per acre, so 20 times as densely populated, thus destroying 584+ acres of pristine forest and wildlife habitats in a sensitive watershed area.
@Shenango_Linda @MartyintheShed @WakeOSI
Potentially 10 residential dwelling units per acre. Maybe townhomes.
The adjacent town planning staff director is not being transparent about who she's taking with, which properties, and what the property owners/developers want to build.
One rumor is someone wants to build townhomes 😨 but the county with jurisdiction has a zoning which only allows 1 residential dwelling unit per 80,000 sq ft (almost 2 acres).
@JanMD @WakeOSI
Why? What do they want to put there?