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Legislative Public Hearing on Revised Land Use Ordinance Text Amendments Relating to Neighborhood Cafes and Residential Density
PURPOSE: The Town has received a request for text amendments to the Land Use Ordinance to add a new restaurant use for neighborhood cafes and to allow additional residential density in certain zoning districts. The Council must receive public comment before making a decision.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon, Planning & Transportation Administrator, 919-918-7325, cmoon@carrboronc.gov; Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov; Nick Herman - 919-929-3905, herman@broughlawfirm.com
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
Legislative public hearings are a necessary step for Land Use Ordinance text amendments in accordance with North Carolina state statutes and Town regulations. The Council is required to adopt a statement of consistency as part of its decision. Pocket questions have been provided (Attachment F).
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Information
INFORMATION: On April 23, 2024, the Town Council held a public hearing on a request from Heather Washburn of Calico Studio for text amendments to the Land Use Ordinance to increase the amount of residential density in the O Zoning District (Office, 7,500 square feet per dwelling unit) and to allow for the establishment of a new restaurant land use for selling coffee/tea products prepared on site and baked goods prepared off-site (Attachment D). The purpose of the request was to support a pending application for a major modification to an existing special use permit-A for a mixed-use project at 603 Jones Ferry Road.
A draft ordinance was prepared that, if approved, would have allowed for an increase in residential density in the O and O/A districts subject to certain criteria and would have established a new restaur...
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