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Continuation of Public Hearing for Conditional Rezoning at 905 & 921 Homestead Road
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Board of Aldermen to continue to receive public comment and to deliberate on a request to rezone property at 905 and 921 Homestead Road to R-10-CZ.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon - 919-918-7325; Patricia McGuire - 919-918-7327; Bob Hornik - 919-929-3905; Marty Roupe - 919-918-7333
INFORMATION: At the May 22, 2018 Board of Aldermen meeting, the Board opened a public hearing to consider a request from Parker Louis, LLC, (Adam and Omar Zinn) to rezone two parcels on the south side of Homestead Road, from R-15 (Residential, 15,000 square feet per dwelling unit) to R-10-CZ (Residential, 10,000 square feet per dwelling unit, conditional) for the purpose of developing a twenty-lot Architecturally Integrated Subdivision (AIS). (Agenda materials from the May meeting may be found at the following link: https://carrboro.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=571560&GUID=E7BC5809-48EB-455B-AD6B-10D624CA4E88&Options=&Search=) The two parcels are shown on the attached vicinity map in diagonal hatching and may be more specifically identified as Orange County PINs 9779-27-6322 and 9779-27-8209; they contain just under 4.8 acres combined (Attachment C).
Twenty residents spoke during the comment portion of public hearing, including the developer Omar Zinn. The majority of the residents who spoke live in the Wexford and Williams Woods subdivisions located south of the project site and spoke against the proposed vehicular connection from the project to Wyndham Drive citing safety concerns. An excerpt of the meeting minutes is provided (Attachment J). The proposed connection is a requirement of the Land Use Ordinance, sections 15-214, 15-217 and 15-220. Provisions relating to the installation of design features to discourage speeding and cut-through traffic are described in Section 15-217(g); the c...
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