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Request-to-Set a Public Hearing on Land Use Ordinance Amendments to Create a New M-3-CU Special Light Manufacturing District
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Board to consider amending the Land Use Ordinance to create a new M-3-CU special light manufacturing conditional use district. A draft ordinance has been prepared for the Board's consideration. A resolution setting a public hearing date for April 28, 2015 and requesting advisory board review prior to the hearing has also been prepared.
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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, such as restaurants, in the M-1 zoning district subject to a conditional use permit (Attachment B). In response to the request, staff crafted an ordinance that would allow some higher return land uses in exchange for site improvements and/or building elements that would provide essential public infrastructure and create a more vibrant and successful community. The Town adopted similar performance standard language as part of the establishment of the B-1(g) conditional zoning district (Section 15-141.4) in 2011.
On November 19, 2013, the Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on the draft amendment, which had been modified during the advisory board review process. The Board requested additional information and refinement to the proposed amendment, and since that time, staff has worked with the applicant to refine the draft ordinance to respond to Board and advisory board concerns. The staff memorandum (Attachment D) provides short history of the evolution of the draft ordinance from its original version, first shared with the Board as a request-to-set a public hearing agenda item on October 15, 2013, to the present version dated February 13, 2015 (Attachment C).
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