After a public hearing that stretched past midnight, the Durham City Council voted 4-3 early Wednesday to annex and rezone 11 acres on two-lane Sherron Road for up to 50 single-family homes.
The council approved the Oak Grove Landing annexation and utility extension agreement with M/I Homes of Raleigh. Mayor Leo Williams and council members Javiera Caballero, Matt Kopac and Carl Rist voted yes. Council members Nate Baker, Shanetta Burris and Chelsea Cook voted no.
The vote followed nearly two hours of public comment and council debate on familiar tensions in Durham: whether the city should continue adding housing in areas where residents say roads, sidewalks, emergency services and other infrastructure have not kept pace…