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Consideration of request to submit a petition to rezone property at NC Old 86 and Eubanks Road to a Site Specific, Flexible Zoning (FLX) District.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Board to consider a request from Parker Louis, LLC to submit a petition to rezone property at the corner of NC Old 86 and Eubanks Road from to a Site Specific, Flexible Zoning (FLX) District
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon - 919-918-7325; Patricia McGuire - 919-918-7327
INFORMATION: On June 21, 2016, the Board of Aldermen adopted text amendments to the Land Use Ordinance authorizing the Board to consider petitions to rezone property to a new zoning category, 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.
To be eligible for consideration, a proposed FLX district must meet four key criteria: (1) is at least twenty-five acres in size, (2) is under single ownership or control, (3) is located adjacent to a major arterial such that, when developed, the principal entrance to such development will be from that arterial, and (4) has been the subject of a site specific planning study by the Town to determine the most appropriate potential development options for such tract. The site specific planning study is the linchpin of the FLX district. Findings from the study whether delineated into single design or identified as the commonalities from a number of designs are to be incor...
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