Rock Hill planners could approve close to 200 townhomes and a concrete pipe production site this week. They’ll decide whether hundreds more senior living spaces and other business stay on track, too.
The city planning commission meets Tuesday night. They’ll make a final decision on two projects, and recommendations to Rock Hill City Council on three more. Combined, the proposed projects could bring more than 400 residences and 300,000 square feet of business space.
Here’s a look at the proposals:
? The Onyx is a mixed-use development at West Main Street, Rawlinson Road and Oriole Drive. It’s near Northwestern High School. A 32-acre portion of the project would add 190 townhomes, pending planning commission approval.
The area was slated to get a grocery store. A shopping center was partially demolished in 2016 as part of plans to put a Walmart Neighborhood Market there. Then those plans changed.
Developers pivoted from what was Rawlinson Corner Shops to create The Onyx.
The property has a former fast food restaurant building on West Main, a home on Rawlinson and several undeveloped parcels. The city annexed some of the property last year. The retail strip center that’s still there will count as the commercial piece needed to build new townhomes with a mixed-use zoning.
A site plan submitted to the city for plat approval shows most of the townhomes at the corner of Rawlinson and Oriole.
Commercial properties fill in along Main Street. Townhome amenities include a 4,500-square-foot fenced dog park, a fenced pickleball court, a 2,000-square-foot playground and a 1,000-square foot pavilion.
? Charlotte company and property owner Northbridge submitted plans for a nearly 100,000-square-foot building at 330 Porter Road. It’s on 22 acres, west of Interstate 77.
The building wouldn’t have an office but would devote about 64,000 square feet to the making or assembling of precast concrete pipes. The rest of the building would store those products. An outdoor storage area adds about 200,000 square feet.
The business is highly automated, according to information provided to the city, so only about 20 employees would be there at a time.
Three more decisions await the planning commission, but only for a recommendation. Rock Hill City Council will cast the final vote on each of them. They include:
? ACTS Retirement-Life Communities asked the city to annex and rezone 109 acres so the company can expand Park Pointe Village. The retirement community and assisted living facility is at 3025 Chesbrough Blvd. The property up for annexation is beside it, at 1108 Leach Road.
The expansion would add 41 duplexes, for 82 new residences, plus up to five buildings of independent living apartments. Those buildings would have 147 apartments.
The plan also shows a nearly 18,000-square-foot community clubhouse.
Even without the second phase up for annexation, the existing Park Pointe Village has room to grow. There are 161 residences and 60 healthcare or assisted living beds now. Another 94 residences and 60 beds are allowed.
If the annexation and rezoning happens, Park Pointe Village would have a total of up to 484 residences and 120 beds.
Along with dining facilities, the planned clubhouse will have indoor pickleball courts. Outside pickleball, tennis and basketball courts are planned, as is a mini golf course.
? Rock Hill company Innate Automation wants to annex and rezone nearly 6 acres at 2272 Ebenezer Road to allow commercial, industrial or flex buildings. The property is near the city airport and Aspen Business Park, but it’s also surrounded by residential properties.
With its shape and surrounding homes, city staff recommended against the zoning change.
The northwestern Rock Hill property is wooded, but had two homes on it that were removed by 2005. A stream runs through a small portion of the site.
A sketch plan shows one entrance off the highway, leading to six buildings. They combine for more than 22,000 square feet.
The first an third building from the road would be 4,800 square feet each, and other others 3,200 square feet each. The plan shows a thick tree buffer between the buildings and homes to the east.
? Kanawha Land Company and Alliance Industrial Company, both in Rock Hill, want to annex and rezone more than 17 acres at 2782 Commerce Dr. The move would allow for a more than 210,000-square-foot industrial building that could be used for wholesale or warehouse space.
The east Rock Hill property is just off Red River Road. It’s surrounded by other warehouses, manufacturing, chemical plants and the city’s wastewater treatment plant.
A site plan submitted to the city shows a large rectangular building with a single access off Commerce Drive. There’s parking on both long sides of the building and a retaining wall at the rear of the property to buffer it from neighboring parcels.