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Public Hearing on a Text Amendment to the Land Use Ordinance Relating to Satellite Parking
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to consider a proposed text amendment to the Land Use Ordinance that would modify the regulations relating to the use of satellite parking. 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 Department
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; Jon Hartman-Brown, 919-918-7319, jhartman-brown@townofcarrboro.org; Nick Herman - 919-929-3905, gnherman@broughlawfirm.com
INFORMATION: Chris Baldwin of 401 Main has submitted an application for a text amendment to modify the existing provisions relating to satellite parking in association with an application for a zoning permit (Attachment B). Section 15-298 of the Land Use Ordinance provides for the use of satellite parking to meet the parking requirements when the number of spaces cannot be reasonability accommodated on the site of the principal use. The request in the application is to allow for parking to be located off site using satellite parking whether or not the parking can be accommodated on site. This would be a departure from the way the Town has previously administered parking requirements.
A draft ordinance has been prepared with two options for a possible amendment (Attachment A). The language in option A restates the requested change. This language was included in the agenda item to set the public hearing on May 11th. The language in option B represents further staff review of the request in relation to the existing ordinance language and places the amendment in Section 15-299 and ...
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