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Design Review Commission

November 5 @ 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Public Meeting – November 5, 2026

The City of Raleigh Design Review Commission will conduct a public meeting on Thursday, November 5 at 4:30 p.m. at the Raleigh Municipal Building, 222 West Hargett Street in the City Council Chamber.

For more information about the meeting, please contact Kasey Evans or visit the Design Review Commission webpage.

WHEREAS Raleigh Church of Christ, Inc., property owner, requests the following design alternates from Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Section 7.2.4: (1) to provide a 6.5ft tall fence in lieu of the required 6.5ft tall wall within the Type A1 transitional protective yard along the shared property line with 901 Barringer Drive; (2) to provide a 6.5ft tall fence in lieu of the required 6.5ft tall wall within the Type A1 transitional protective yard along the shared property line with 849 Barringer Drive; and (3) to provide at least 95 linear feet of 6.5ft tall fence in lieu of the required 6.5ft tall wall within the Type A1 transitional protective yard along the shared property line with 338 Jones Franklin Road. All requests are in conjunction with the expansion of an existing church parking lot on the approximately 2.5 acre property zoned R-6 located at 402 Jones Franklin Road and 911 Barringer Drive (ASR-0034-2026).

WHEREAS Martin-Dawson Property LLC, property owner, requests the following design alternates: (1) to provide a minimum 2ft 5in stepback in lieu of the required 12ft stepbackper UDO Section 3.3.3.B on the Building 1 building facade facing S Dawson St; (2) to provide a minimum 8ft 3in stepback in lieu of the required 12ft stepback per UDO Section 3.3.3.B on the Building 1 building facade facing Commerce Place; (3) complete relief from parking structure screening required per UDO Section 7.2.5.F for the south side of Building 1; (4) to provide 355sf (40%) of transparency in the 0ft to 12ft zone in lieu of the minimum 888sf (66%) required and 266sf (30%) of the transparency in the 3ft to 8ft zone in lieu of the minimum 444sf (50%) required on the ground story of the building facade facing S Dawson Street per UDO Sections 3.2.6.F and 1.5.9; (5) to provide 39ft right-of-way width, complete relief from the 27ft back-of-curb to back-of-curb width, minimum 0ft wide utility placement easement, minimum 0ft wide maintenance strip, minimum 5ft wide sidewalk, minimum 0ft buffer, minimum 0ft bike lane, minimum 0ft wide planting area, minimum 10ft wide travel lane, complete relief from the planting type requirements, and complete relief from the street tree spacing requirement for Commerce Place in lieu of the Avenue 2-Lane Undivided street cross section required per UDO Section 8.5.5.A and the Main Street Streetscape required per UDO Section 8.5.9.A; and (6) complete relief from providing cross access to 301 W Martin Street and 320 W Davie Street required per UDO Section 8.3.5.D. All requests are in conjunction with construction of one mixed use building and one general building on the approximately 0.82-acre site zoned DX-20-CU located at 311 Commerce Place and 322 W Davie Street (ASR-0054-2026).

WHEREAS Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership, property owner, requests the following design alternates: (1) to allow a reverse movement in the right-of-way from the proposed loading and service area driveway on S Harrington Street instead of the forward motion required per UDO Section 8.3.5.A; (2) to provide 1,236sf (52%) of transparency in the 0ft to 12 ft zone in lieu of the minimum 1,568sf (66%) required and 436sf (44%) of transparency in the 3ft to 8ft zone in lieu of the minimum 784sf (50%) required on the ground story building facade facing S Harrington Street per UDO Sections 3.2.6.F and 1.5.9; (3) complete relief from providing cross-access to abutting lots required per UDO Section 8.3.5.D. The property owner also requests the following design alternates from RSDM Section 9.5: (4) to construct a driveway onto W Hargett Street located 139.4ft from an existing driveway at 311 W Hargett Street in lieu of the minimum 200ft spacing required; and (5) to construct a driveway onto S Harrington Street located 36.7ft from the existing alley at 217 S Harrington Street in lieu of the minimum 200ft spacing required. All requests are in conjunction with construction of a mixed use building on the approximately 0.98-acre site zoned DX-40-CU located at 327 W Hargett Street (ASR-0056-2026).

The Commission typically meets on the first and third Thursday of each month at 4:30 p.m. Upcoming meeting agendas for the Design Review Commission can be found on our City Council, Boards and Commissions Agendas and Minutes page. Design Review Commission public meetings will be broadcast live on RTN 11 and on our live streaming webpage. To watch past meetings, visit our video services page.

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  • Raleigh Municipal Building
  • 222 W. Hargett St.
    Raleigh, NC 27601 United States
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