Several pending plans need quasi-judicial review
The only action for the Wake Forest Planning Board next Tuesday, April 1, is to review and vote on a text amendment in the Unified Development Ordinance, but the agenda also lists four major projects requiring quasi-judicial review that will be before the board soon. The last agenda item is a presentation by Town Attorney Eric Vernon about quasi-judicial public hearings. Neighbors have complainted that those hearings, which require sworn and often professional testimony, do not allow them to offer their objections and comments. The four future projects are: — A request by Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary for an amendment to its master plan. — A review of phase three of the St. Ives subdivision master plan. St. Ives is off Kearney Road. — A hearing for the Paschal subdivision, which would permit 17 single-family home lots on 14.37 acres on the north side of Durham Road. The applicant is