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Request-to-Set a Public Hearing on a Text Amendment to the Land Use Ordinance Relating to Stormwater Management Requirements
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to consider a public hearing on a text amendment relating to the volume control provisions. Draft ordinances have been prepared. Text amendments are legislative decisions; the Town Council must receive public input prior to making a decision.
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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: The Town has received an application for a text amendment to modify the requirements under Section 15-263, Management of Stormwater, to allow for the use of an alternative method of addressing the volume control provisions under subsection 15-263(g)(3) using a delayed release approach calculation (Attachment D). Dan Jewell, of Coulter, Jewell, Thames, has submitted this application on behalf of the ArtsCenter in relation to an application for a conditional use permit.
Subsection 15-321(c), Initiation of Amendments, outlines the process for when the Town receives an application for a text amendment; planning staff may, under provision (2), forward the petition to the Council with or without written comment for a determination of whether an ordinance should be draft and a public hearing set. As with all requests for amendments, staff may also treat the proposed amendment as one initiated by the town administration and proceed to draft an amendment if it believes that the proposed amendment has significant merit and would benefit the general public interest.
In the interest of advancing this request for consideration in conjunction with the conditional use permit application, staff has prepared two draft ordinances (Attachment...
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