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z <br />OVERVIEW BY ORANGE COUNTY STAFF OF <br />CARRBORO NORTHERN STUDY AREA <br />LAND USE ORDINANCE <br />Purpose: This overview analyzes the Root Relationship between the New Northern <br />Study Area Land Use Ordinance and Existing Town of Carrboro Ordinances for the <br />primary issues. <br />Abstract: The proposed ordinance is being inserted into Carrbom's overall land use <br />ordinance, For clarity of understanding and implementation, Orange County Planning. <br />Staffhas asked-that cross-references to existing regulation text be deleted as much as <br />possible in favor of being able to review a new regulation in its entirety within a specific <br />section. In some cases, which are explained below, the new regulation is unique to the <br />Northern Study Area and therefore do not have cross-references to existing regulations. <br />The summary of the primary issues of; <br />A. County Involvement in Development Review Process (i.e. Conditional Use vs <br />Master Plan process) <br />B. Office Assembly/Conditional Use (OA/CU) District (Minimum Size and Total <br />Amount) <br />C. Village Mixed Use (VMLT) District (Location, Density and Phasing) <br />and the relationship to their origin and relationship to existing land use ordinances follow. <br />Bolded areas are recommendations. <br />A) Master Plan/Rezoning Approach is unique to the existing Carrboro Land Use -Code. <br />The approach seeks to create a general plan of development with enough specificity <br />to gauge the important impacts and calculate the intended outcome. The County may <br />ask for whatever level of information it deems necessary to make its rezoning <br />decision. The conditional use approach is often overly specific and rigid during its <br />initial rezoning submittal period which may lead to frequent requests. for modification <br />as the plan is finalized. In order to control major deviation from the master plan, <br />the county recommends the actual. conditional use permit closely follow the <br />delineated important aspects of the master plan approval (i.e. traffic, <br />conservation lands, roadway buffers, density provisions, housing type, etc.). <br />B) Office Assembly/Conditional Use (OA/CU) districts have their origin within the <br />existing cow. The proposed OA/CU is dissimilar to the existing OA district because <br />architectural controls and maximum amount of 25 acres are implemented. In <br />addition, the cross-reference to an OA district to the minimum amount of acres <br />for an OA/CU project should be deleted and with a concurrent recommendation <br />to create a 4 acre minimum. This guideline creates a total amount of potential sites <br />to six, which is reasonable within a 3365-acre NSA area. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />