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Request to Set Legislative Public Hearing for Text Amendments
PURPOSE: To request the Town Council consider setting a public hearing on text amendments to the Land Use Ordinance relating to Cafes and Residential Density in Certain Zoning Districts. A resolution setting a public hearing for April 23, 2024 has been provided.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon, Planning & Transportation Administrator, 919-918-7325, cmoon@carrboronc.gov; Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
Setting a public hearing for a text amendment to the Land Use Ordinance is a required step in accordance with North Carolina state statutes and Town regulations. Responses to the racial equity pocket questions related to the legislative public hearing process necessary for the consideration of the text amendment have been prepared and are attached.
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Information
INFORMATION: The Town has received a text amendment request from Heather Washburn of Calico Studio, to modify the Land Use Ordinance to increase in the amount of residential density in the O Zoning District (Office, 7,500 square feet per dwelling unit) and to allow for the creation of a new type of restaurant land use selling coffee/tea products prepared on site and baked goods prepared off-site. The text amendment request is to support a pending application for a major modification to an existing special use permit-A for property at 603 Jones Ferry Road.
Background
On June 26, 2028, the Town Council approved a conditional use permit (which became a special use permit-A with the adoption of Chapter 160D in 2021) for a small mixed-use project at 603 Jones Ferry Road. The project allowed for the development of four live-work units consisting of 1,200-square-foot office space on the gr...
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