Summary
Six split-zoned parcels along Neuse Boulevard were unified to C-3 Commercial, and part of a vacant industrial parcel was rezoned too — though staff scaled back after Kings Row residents complained. Property owners consented and the Planning Board recommended it unanimously.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 3
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Jul 16, 2026.
Impact analysis
Property owners gain consistent commercial zoning that clears up city-created split zoning.
Kings Row neighbors worried about traffic and lost the original plan to rezone part of parcel 8-208-143 fully commercial, though staff kept the northern strip residential.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Planning & Zoning - Jul 16, 2026
The city proposed cleaning up mixed zoning on nearly 8 acres along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, making it all Commercial 3.
Board of Aldermen - Apr 14, 2026
Six split-zoned parcels along Neuse Boulevard were unified to C-3 Commercial, and part of a vacant industrial parcel was rezoned too — though staff scaled back after Kings Row residents complained. Property owners consented and the Planning Board recommended it unanimously.
Planning & Zoning - Mar 19, 2026
Two rezoning actions could shift the zoning of parcels along Neuse Boulevard and South Glenburnie Road from mixed commercial/residential (and one industrial) designations to Commercial 3. That affects what can be built there and how the corridor develops.
Related development
3328 Neuse Boulevard Rezoning
Cleans up split zoning created by the city itself; commercial zoning now extends along the corridor while the strip near Kings Row stays residential.
City Initiated Rezonings with Owner Consent (Neuse Boulevard / S Glenburnie Road)
These rezonings would remove residential-zoned pockets from the commercial corridor, tidying up the zoning map along Neuse Boulevard and part of Glenburnie Road.
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