UPDATE 9/4/24: The newest developer looking to build is Pulte Homes, looking to construct 161 homes on very tightly packed lots (~.21 acres her home). Additionally, the new developer has no buffer zone proposal between our neighborhoods and the new proposed neighborhood.

The last developer, Mattamy Homes, a tract homes builder, had proposed a rezoning 93 acres located at 8115 Caddy Road, Raleigh, NC 27603, to R8, allowing them to build 253 new homes.

Summary of Community’s Concerns:

• Traffic concerns: they told us the Traffic Impact Analysis will be made public once the Master Plan is approved to be submitted to the town council, but they were not aware of the new stop light indicating that their Traffic Impact Analysis was conducted prior to it’s installation. We invited them to our neighborhoods to see the traffic at 8am rush hour and 5pm rush hour. Assuming each home has 2 cars, which most average household in this area do, this will at 506 cars to our roadways.
• Access points: developments are required to have 3 access points if # of homes is larger than 250 – their proposal shows just 2 access points: Landsburg Dr. and Okamato St. in Eagle Mountain.
• Traffic safety: we will have to request DOT for speed bumps and speed limit signs for any roads that are state maintained.
• Road damage: they will be responsible for any damage done to our roads off of the development site. With that many homes being constructed over a long period of time, we can anticipate road damage will occur.
• Mailbox placement: we do not know what Pulte's plan is for mailbox placement and how that will affect traffic patterns in our existing neighborhoods.
• Houses per acre: Pulte plans show a rezoning change which allows smaller lot sizes. Rezoning would also annex the new neighborhood into the Town of Garner tax base.
• Buffer: Pulte has no plans to give us a buffer as noted on the pre-application concept.
• Environmental study: a South Mountain neighbor asked if they've done an environmental impact study, considering the land has been undisturbed for so many years, and multiple streams run through it. They said they had, but didn't address it further. We made sure to note that with the clearing of the land, it will surely destroy the ecosystem and force animals up to our properties and roads, which could cause traffic accidents.
• Water concerns: They are required to connect to city water and sewer. No easement was mentioned to acquire access. They also said it won't disturb our water table, but they did not agree with and not concerned by us stating the disruption of the land will hurt the permeation of the soil, which would disturb our water table.
• Water containment: They've allowed for storm overflow collection areas to control the stormwater, which is also considered one of the neighborhood’s “open space areas”.
• House purchase price points: While we do not yet know the proposed sale price of these homes, we can assume given the developer's details (lot size, etc) that they may affect our homes' values.
• We do not yet know how many homes at a time Pulte proposes to build and how that will affect our day-to-day lives.

Our neighborhoods are continuing to meet and gather more information as time goes on. Please read the notes from our ongoing strategy meetings here: https://tinyurl.com/DevelopmentConcernMtgNotes