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2I19I199~ DRAFT COPY OF PROPOSED' NSA ORDINANCE The applicant for rezoning to this district must demonstrate that its planning, design and development will achieve, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following specific objectives: 1. The preservation of open space, scenic vistas, agricultural lands and natural resources within the Town of Carrboro and its planning jurisdiction and to minunize the potential for conflict between such areas and other land uses; 2. The creation of a distinct physical settlement surrounded by a protected landscape of generally open land used for agricultural, forest, recreational and environmental protection purposes. 3. Dwellings, shops, and workplaces generally located in close proximity to each other, the scale of which accommodates and promotes pedestrian travel for trips within the village. 4. Modestly sized buildings fronting on, and aligned with, streets in a disciplined manner. 5. A generally rectilinear pattern of streets, alleys and blocks reflecting the street network in existing small villages which provides for a balanced mix of pedestrians and automobiles. 6. Squares greens, landscaped streets and parks woven into street and block patterns to provide space for social activity, parks and visual enjoyment. 7. Provision of buildings for civic assembly or for other common purposes that act as visual landmarks and symbols of identity within the community. 8. A recognizable, functionally diverse, but visually unified village focused on a village green or square. 9. Development of a size and scale, which accommodates and promotes pedestrian travel rather than motor vehicle trips within the village. 10. Compliance with the policies embodied in this chapter for the development of a village mixed use. (b) The VMU district shall be a conditional use district authorized under N.C.G.S. 160A-382. As such, property may be placed within this district only in response to a petition by the owners of all the property to be included. (c) As indicated in the Table of Permissible Uses, the only permissible use within a VMU district is a village mixed use development, and a village mixed use development is only permissible within a VMU district. (d) Property may be rezoned to the VMU district only when the property proposed for such . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gage 6 of 35