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A Public Hearing for Consideration of a Minor Modification to the Perry Place Special Use Permit-A Project at 800 and 802 Merritt Mill Road
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for Town Council to hold a public hearing for consideration of a Minor Modification to the Special Use Permit-A for Perry Place at 800 and 802 Merritt Mill Road. The modification would allow NCDOT to complete right of way improvements within the Merritt Mill Road corridor.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning Department
CONTACT INFORMATION: Marty Roupe, Development Review Administrator, 919-918-7333 or mroupe@carrboronc.gov
INFORMATION: On March 27, 2018, the Town Council approved a Special Use Permit-A for CASA, a nonprofit organization that builds or renovates apartments to increase the availability of affordable housing, to build a 48 unit affordable housing project at 800 and 802 Merritt Mill Road (Town of Carrboro - File #: 17-444 (legistar.com). Half of the units will be located in Chapel Hill and half will be located in Carrboro and the Town of Chapel Hill followed a similar schedule of approval in 2018.
Construction of the project is well underway and completion is expected in early 2023. Coordination between CASA and both towns continues as the project moves toward completion. Both towns included a requirement for CASA to modify its property frontage along Merritt Mill Road by moving the curb and sidewalk back to add a bike lane.
As is occurring with other streets locally that are scheduled for resurfacing, staff recently engaged with NCDOT about modifying the pavement markings on Merritt Mill. The street currently has a three-lane cross section and both towns are interested in adjusting this cross section to include bicycle lanes. NCDOT indicated an operational analysis would be needed and the work would need to proceed quickly to coincide with the resurfacing schedule. Consultant, staff, and volunteer efforts to accomplish this analysis are underway, with...
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