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Continuation of Public Hearing: Conditional Use Permit for Phase 1 of Shops at Lloyd Farm
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Board of Aldermen to continue the public hearing regarding a request for a Conditional Use Permit for Phase 1 of Shops at Lloyd Farm at 700 & 706 Old Fayetteville Road.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: James Thomas 919-918-7335, jthomas@townofcarrboro.org; Marty Roupe, 919-918-7333, mroupe@townofcarrboro.org
INFORMATION: On October 15, 2019, the Board of Aldermen opened a public hearing for consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for Phase 1 of Shops at Lloyd Farm at 700 and 706 Old Fayetteville Road. The Board continued the public hearing to the October 22, 2019 meeting.
As additional background, previous agenda items and discussion about the Lloyd Farm property extend back several years. The applicant first presented a concept plan to town advisory boards in 2011. After that a CUP application was filed, and was taken to a public hearing in 2014. The Board ultimately did not vote on the application, with discussions following about the project. A decision was made in Spring 2015 to have mediation sessions regarding development of the property.
Selected neighborhood representatives, the developer, and selected Board of Aldermen members participated in mediation sessions over the course of Summer 2015. Matters such as buffering the project from existing neighbors and including a non-vehicular path to the adjacent neighborhood were discussed at length during the sessions. The outcome of the mediation sessions was to recommend that the project proceed as a conditional rezoning application. Doing so made the process and vote a legislative decision rather than a quasi-judicial decision, which allowed for maximum communication between community members, elected officials, and the applicant throughout review of the application and up to the actual vote on the application. A conditional rezoni...
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