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Consideration of Land Use Ordinance Text Amendments Relating to the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to consider proposed text amendments to the Land Use Ordinance to establish new zoning districts and associated development requirements 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: On September 22, 2020 the Town Council held a public hearing on proposed text amendments that, if adopted, would establish new mixed-use districts (general and conditional district) for the Historic Rogers Road neighborhood. The purpose of mixed-use district construct is to help implement the vision in the 2016 Mapping Our Community's Future report. (A copy of the report may be found at the following link: http://www.townofcarrboro.org/DocumentCenter/View/5936/Mapping-Our-Communitys-Future-Report)
(Background information from the public hearing may be found here: https://carrboro.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4646381&GUID=B03626B2-6CA2-48E3-BAF7-843BEE5E27D3&Options=&Search=.)
Questions and comments during the meeting included the following:
* The 50-foot building setback requirement for the property boundary lines intended to align with the undisturbed buffer along the perimeter of the district, may be too large for boundary setbacks within/internal to the district.
* What is real potential for the live-work space?
* Where are the locations for ingress/egress?
* Can the Town set the parameters for a HR-MU-conditional district?
* Does the requirement that the HR-MU district contain all eight lots limit opportunities to potential applicants with greater means?
* What can be done to better ensure that th...
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