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Request-to-Set Legislative Public Hearing for Text Amendment Relating to Density in PUDs
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to request that the Town Council consider setting a public hearing on a text amendment to the Land Use Ordinance relating to residential density in a Planned Unit Development (PUD). A resolution setting a public hearing for October 24, 2023 has been provided.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Marty Roupe, Development Review Administrator, 919-918-7333, mroupe@carrboronc.gov Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov; Christina Moon, Planning Administrator, 919-918-7325, cmoon@carrboronc.gov;
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
Setting a public hearing for a text amendment to the Land Use Ordinance is a required step in accordance with North Carolina state statutes and Town regulations. Responses to the racial equity pocket questions relate to the legislative public hearing process necessary for the consideration of a text amendment.
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Information
INFORMATION: Section 15-139, of the Land Use Ordinance, outlines the provisions related to Planned Unit Developments (PUD). PUDs are zoning districts designed to combine the characteristics of at least two, or possibly three different zoning districts including residential, commercial and manufacturing/industrial. There are currently two Planned Unit Development (PUD) Districts in Town, one at the Ballentine neighborhood off Old NC 86 and the other at Claremont South off Homestead Road. Both are R-10/B-3 PUDs. In reviewing a request for additional dwelling units for the Claremont South B-3 area, staff determined that density was not available in the B-3 portion, but that significant density was available from the R-10 area, and that the minor modification approved in June 2021 allowed four more...
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