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Public Hearing on Land Use Ordinance Text Amendments Relating to Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Town Council to receive public comment on land use ordinance text amendments that would establish new zoning districts and associated performance standards for the Historic Rogers Road neighborhood.
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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, herman@broughlawfirm.com
INFORMATION: This item is intended to provide an opportunity for members of the public to provide comment on a draft ordinance that, if adopted, would establish new mixed-use zoning districts (general and/or conditional) for the Historic Rogers Road neighborhood (Attachment A). A public hearing on this matter was previously scheduled for March 24th but was canceled due to COVID-19 mitigation efforts. On June 23rd, the Council set a new public hearing for September 22nd. The matter under consideration is the text amendment to create the districts. If adopted, a subsequent public hearing process would be needed to consider a map amendment to rezone property to the new district.
Background
At the February 19, 2019 Board of Aldermen meeting, Renaissance Planning provided a presentation on the development of planning concepts designed to help implement the Historic Rogers Road neighborhood's "Mapping our Community's Future" report. (A copy of the report may be found at http://www.ci.carrboro.nc.us/DocumentCenter/View/5936/Mapping-Our-Communitys-Future-Report.) Renaissance Planning was one of two consultant firms hired by Chapel Hill and Carrboro to develop land use/zoning concepts based on the 2016 report and to facilitate meetings and drop-in sessions to seek additional input from community residents. Informed by this collaborat...
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