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Apr-29-99 12:16P Town of Carrboro 919 968 7737 ~11 <br />Memo lte: NSA Ordinance - Supplemental Information Page 2 <br />04/29/99 <br />C (rtl. Village Mixed Usa NMU) District <br />a) The NSA Plan establishes an overall target density for area of 2.1 dwelling units par sore. <br />This density is consistent with that currently found in Carrboro. The residential units in <br />Carrboro total approximately 7,400. 63 percent of whuh are multi-family, including <br />duplexes, condominiurns, townhouses, and apartments. <br />b) The NSA Plan establishes a target density far mined-use areas of 5 dwelling units per acre. <br />c) village base density is equivalent to R-10 zone, R-iO is a residential zone with a standard <br />minimum .lot size and density allocation per dwelling unit of 10,000 square feet. <br />d) Density calculations under existing conditicma and the provisions of the NSA plan and draft <br />ardinanco are presented in the table belcnv. A note regarding these calculations is as follows: <br />ij The information presented includes al! ea;stmg development and the full development <br />of all ocher parcels of five acres or greater in siu within the NSA, which is made up of <br />areas within the city limits and ETJ and the Transition Areas. <br />1LaudlDevelopment Ch>sracteristlcs Land Area* U~ts* Aendt~ <br />i. Northern Study Area (NSA) 3365 1531 .45 <br />2. NSA without city limits 2646 503 .2 ~._ <br />3: City limits portion of NSA 719 1028 1.4 <br />4. Existing zoning 3365 .4561 1.3 <br />S. Existing zoning, net density, no " 4136 1.2 <br /> VMU _ <br />6. Hoisting zoning, net density, 350 4697 1.4 <br /> acres of VMU (no bonus unitsZ _ <br />7. Existing zoning <br />not density, 350 5695 _ <br />1.7 <br /> , <br />acres of VMU (includes <br /> . approximately 998 bonus units, <br />_- 425 of which are "affordable") <br />* Figures estunated from 1998 analysis of developed and undeveloped parcels in NSA. <br />Cam). Villaee Mixed Use fVMU) District: Location <br />a) Conditional use districts are "floating"- no specific locations are targetetii; <br />b) Speclficd characteristics associated with design, and density to support additional design will <br />make some sites more suitable than others; <br />e) 50-200 acre size range and 350-acre cap on VMU districts will affect location; <br />d) VMU developments may not generate tralllc that will endanger the public health ar~d safexy; <br />e) VMU developmetts must be able to be served by OWASA water and sower services; <br />f) VMU developments with commercial campona~ must be located 200 feet from an arterial <br />toad and at least one•half milt from the nearest edge of another commercial canter. <br />g) "Connector Roads PoUcy" adopted by the Board of Aldermen identifies major road corridors. <br />VMU locations and road networks will need in comply with that polity .and with road <br />cormectiviry requirements included in the Land Usa Ordinance, <br />Xc: Carrboro Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Robert Morgan, Roy Wr1h'ford <br />301 West MaM SM1st, Carrboro, NC 27510 ~ (919) 886-7714 • FAX (919) 96&7737 •'trit) (9t8) 96B-7717 <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />