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Land Use Ordinance Rewrite Work Session
PURPOSE: This agenda item is designed to provide the Town Council with an opportunity to receive an update from CodeWright, the consultant team preparing the Land Use Ordinance rewrite, and to ask questions and provide comments in an informal setting.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
___ Race/Equity ____ Climate __X__ Comprehensive Plan ____Other
Council Direction Statement
Goal #4 of the Land Use Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan, Carrboro Connects, specifically calls for the Land Use Ordinance to be updated for consistency with the goals of the comprehensive plan. The comprehensive plan is based the foundational pillars of race and equity and climate action. Pocket questions addressing questions about incorporating race and equity into the project have been provided.
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Information
INFORMATION: The Carrboro Land Use Ordinance rewrite is underway. Over the course of the last few months, CodeWright, the consultant firm hired to rewrite the Town’s development code has met with the mayor and town council, department heads and members of the development community. CodeWright is now in the process of completing a series of participant listening sessions with key members of the public.
The purpose of the work session is twofold. First to provide the council with an opportunity to receive an update directly from the consultant team: a status report on where we are in the process, an overview of questions/responses from the interviews/participant sessions, and a description of the next steps. The presentation may also include some clarification on role of the development code to implement the vision and goals outlined in the comprehensive plan and related questions regarding planning processes.
The work session will also provide information on upcoming public meetings and website development. Planning Department has been working closing with Community Engagement to create a new social pinpoint page on the Town’s website for the rewrite and to prepare for the first community forum events tentatively scheduled for Thursday, February 20th and Saturday, February 22nd. Both events would be held in Town Hall.
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Fiscal and Staff Impact
FISCAL IMPACT: No fiscal impacts are associated with this agenda item.
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Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Town Council receive the presentation, ask questions of the consultant and/or staff, provide comment and discuss as desired.
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