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Public Hearing on Text Amendments to the Land Use Ordinance Relating to Residential Uses in the B-1(c) District
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to consider proposed amendments to the Land Use Ordinance relating to residential uses in the B-1(c) Zoning District. A draft ordinance has been prepared. The consideration of an amendment to the Land Use Ordinance is a legislative decision; the Council must receive public input before reaching a decision on the draft ordinance.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon - 919-918-7325, cmoon@townofcarrboro.org; Marty Roupe - 919-918-7333, mroupe@townofcarrboro.org; Patricia McGuire - 919-918-7327, pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org; Nick Herman - 919-929-3905, gnherman@broughlawfirm.com
INFORMATION: Jim Spencer Architects, PA, working as the agent for Self-Help Ventures Fund, has submitted an application for text amendments to the Land Use Ordinance (LUO) to allow residential uses on the ground floor of the B-1(c) Zoning District to advance an affordable housing proposal (Attachment C). The project is part of a collaboration between Self-Help Ventures Fund and the Marian Cheek Jackson Center to redevelop property at 104 Cobb Street to provide four affordable townhome units.
The subject property is zoned B-1(c). Residential uses are allowed in the B-1(c), but not on the ground floor. A draft ordinance has been prepared that would amend Section 15-160.1 of the LUO to allow ground floor residential uses for affordable housing purposes, in this zoning district, under very specific circumstances (Attachment B). Modifications to the standards in Section 15-185.1 (Downtown Neighborhood Protection Overlay), Section 15-204 (Downtown Livability Area and Urban Living Amenities), Section 15-178 (Architectural Standards for Downtown Development), and Article XIX (Screening and Trees) relating to canopy cover and screening would also be allowed subject to cr...
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