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Request-to-set a public hearing on Land Use Ordinance Text Amendments that would provide for a Site Specific, Flexible Zoning District
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Board of Aldermen to consider setting a public hearing on text amendments to the Land Use Ordinance to establish a new site specific, flexible zoning district.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning Department
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon - 919-918-7325; Nick Herman - 919-929-3905; Patricia McGuire - 919-918-7327
INFORMATION: On October 13, 2015, the Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on proposed text amendments to the Land Use Ordinance to authorize the Board to consider petitions to rezone property to a site specific, flexible zoning district (FLX). The FLX district was designed to respond to goals set out in the Facilitated Small Area Plan for Carrboro's Northern Study Area (FSAP) for floating zones that would provide opportunities for commercial uses at a neighborhood scale and, potentially, office/assembly uses that would allow some light manufacturing and flex space subject to performance standards. The FSAP goals also spoke to the importance of an integrated site plan review process whereby the applicant, the Town and members of the public would be involved early in the process. The final report from the Durham Area Designers (DAD) group who lead the design workshops in 2011 included recommendations for public input as part of a site specific design for a potential development, modifying the existing Village Mixed Use (VMU) district provisions to become more form-based and using a master plan approach. In addition, the recommendations spoke to the relationship between lot sizes (scale) and financial viability and the importance of working with market specialists to determine viable lot sizes and configurations. The proposed FLX district appears to be consistent with both of these documents.
At the close of the October public hearing, the ...
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