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Continuation of Discussion of Construction Management Plans for Development Projects
PURPOSE: Staff requests that the Board consider the information provided in follow up to direction from the Board at its June 11, 2013 meeting.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning Department
CONTACT INFORMATION: Marty Roupe, 918-7333
INFORMATION: At its June 11, 2013 meeting, the Board directed staff to prepare a draft Land Use Ordinance amendment and / or changes to the Town Code regarding the mitigation of construction projects. Previous materials and approved minutes from June 11 may be viewed at the following link:
https://carrboro.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
The topics discussed and staff responses follow:
1) Manager involvement in approving construction management plans. The Board requested that the Manager be directly involved in the process and that the contents of such plans should meet his satisfaction before being approved. Consistent with this request, the attached draft ordinance (Attachment B) is written to require approval by the Administrator. As the term is used in the Land Use Ordinance (LUO), the Administrator may be the Manager or his designee;
2) Meetings and negotiations with nearby property owners and businesses. Staff further researched Chapel Hill's process and found that the meetings with nearby residents and business owners do sometimes occur, but not for every development project. The Town Attorney has included in the draft ordinance a requirement for such a meeting in Carrboro, for all land use permits, when deemed necessary by staff or the approving Board. The draft ordinance requires that the construction management plan be approved prior to construction beginning. The scope of the meeting and topics will be determined on a case by case basis, with the draft language requiring that matters such as the following be addressed: streets to be used or avoided by construction vehicles, and location(s) for staging of const...
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