Commissioners approve rezoning to regularize Rupert Landscape parking lot at 3513 Angier Avenue

The Durham County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a rezoning ordinance on June 22 that changes a 0.4‑acre parcel at 3513 Angier Avenue from Residential Suburban-20 to Industrial Light with a textual development plan to permit parking for an adjacent landscaping business.

Planning staff member Jovar Jones told the board the site is currently used as a parking lot and staff recommended changing the future place-type map to suburban commercial to reflect the surrounding pattern. Jones said the applicant held neighborhood meetings on Sept. 29, 2025 and March 18, 2026; only one community member attended the first meeting and no comments were posted on the Durham Rezoning Explorer.

Leticia Shapiro, attorney with Morning Star Law Group representing Rupert Landscape, said the two parcels were purchased together and the rezoning would align zoning across the properties. Shapiro emphasized the applicant’s text commitments that prohibit certain incompatible uses on the parcel, including payday lenders, adult establishments, indoor firing ranges, nightclubs or bars, hotels, car washes and gasoline sales, and that required plantings will use native species.

The Planning Commission forwarded the case with a 12‑0 positive recommendation. Commissioners moved and unanimously adopted the ordinance and the required consistency statement under state law (N.C. Gen. Stat. §160D-605).

The vote regularizes an existing use, resolves an active zoning violation according to the applicant and staff, and changes the place-type designation to suburban commercial as recommended by staff.