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Public hearing on Land Use Ordinance Amendments to Allow Additional Uses in the M-1 Zoning Districts with a Conditional Use Permit
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Board to consider amending the Land Use Ordinance to allow additional uses in the M-1 zoning district with a conditional use permit, subject to certain criteria. A draft ordinance has been prepared. The Board must receive public comments before taking action on the draft ordinance.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon - 919-918-7325; Marty Roupe - 919-918-7333; Mike Brough - 919-929-3905
INFORMATION: On May 28, 2013, Runyon Woods of Woodhill, Inc. LLC, submitted a text amendment request to allow additional uses within the M-1 zoning district (Attachment B). If adopted, restaurants and freestanding ATM tellers could be permitted in all M-1 zoning districts as well as the development proposal for 501 South Greensboro Street (the former Rogers-Triem site), owned by Woodhill, Inc. and currently in its first round of conditional use permit review. The South Greensboro Street property presents considerable challenges for redevelopment, particularly with regard to stormwater management and, to a lesser extent, ingress and egress. The addition of new land uses into the M-1 district has the potential to change the character of the zoning category from light manufacturing to a more general mixed-use classification, which while not precluding light manufacturing from occurring in M-1 districts could discourage it due to the higher rent potential associated with other uses. Mr. Woods submits that the additional costs associated with infrastructure improvements impose certain fiscal constraints on the project that require him to seek tenants able to pay higher rents than those typically associated with traditional manufacturing.
Section 15-321(c )(1) of the Land Use Ordinance (LUO) indicates that staff may proceed with the preparatio...
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