Board approves Robinson Ridge site plan, developers set Phase 1 for 2025
April 25, 2024 | Canton Town, Haywood County, North Carolina
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The Town of Canton Board of Aldermen approved the land use plan and site plan for the Robinson Ridge development after a public hearing on April 25.
Town Planner Byron Hickox presented the staff report and developers Michael Parrott, Mark Hingson and Brian Young told the board Phase 1 is expected to be completed in 2025 and Phase 2 in 2027. Parrott said he worked with the Department of Transportation on a traffic analysis and that DOT recommended repainting lines and arrows instead of installing new traffic signals. "The project was not about quantity, but more about quality," Mayor Zeb Smathers said, describing the proposal as meeting the board's design expectations.
No members of the public offered comment during the hearing. Planning-board members Jeanne Forrest and Carl Cortwright said the board had productive meetings with the developers; Cortwright noted cut-through traffic from I-40 remained a planning concern that had been discussed with engineers. Both Police Chief Scott Sluder and Fire Chief Wheeler told the board they have capacity to serve the development's emergency needs.
Alderwoman Mull made the motion to close the public hearing and subsequently moved to approve the land use plan and the site plan; Alderwoman Proctor seconded both motions and the board carried them. The developers said the filter-plant upgrades needed for the project are expected to be complete by the time construction begins, and a groundbreaking event was scheduled for early June.
The board's recorded motions show formal approval of both the land use plan and the site plan; the minutes do not record individual vote tallies beyond the board's affirmative motions. The approvals include annexation of the development area (but not adjoining houses on North Canton Road), and approvals were conditioned on the submitted plans and staff recommendations.
Town Planner Byron Hickox presented the staff report and developers Michael Parrott, Mark Hingson and Brian Young told the board Phase 1 is expected to be completed in 2025 and Phase 2 in 2027. Parrott said he worked with the Department of Transportation on a traffic analysis and that DOT recommended repainting lines and arrows instead of installing new traffic signals. "The project was not about quantity, but more about quality," Mayor Zeb Smathers said, describing the proposal as meeting the board's design expectations.
No members of the public offered comment during the hearing. Planning-board members Jeanne Forrest and Carl Cortwright said the board had productive meetings with the developers; Cortwright noted cut-through traffic from I-40 remained a planning concern that had been discussed with engineers. Both Police Chief Scott Sluder and Fire Chief Wheeler told the board they have capacity to serve the development's emergency needs.
Alderwoman Mull made the motion to close the public hearing and subsequently moved to approve the land use plan and the site plan; Alderwoman Proctor seconded both motions and the board carried them. The developers said the filter-plant upgrades needed for the project are expected to be complete by the time construction begins, and a groundbreaking event was scheduled for early June.
The board's recorded motions show formal approval of both the land use plan and the site plan; the minutes do not record individual vote tallies beyond the board's affirmative motions. The approvals include annexation of the development area (but not adjoining houses on North Canton Road), and approvals were conditioned on the submitted plans and staff recommendations.
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