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25 TOWN OF CARRBORO NORTH CAROLINA •'^' T A F F R E P O R T TO: BoARO of ALDERMEN FROM: PATRICIA ~. MCGUIRE, Lana Use Planner DATE: MARC~I 16, ~ 999 SLIB~ECT: NSA FACILITATED PLAI~t IMPLEMENTATIOlt - R>:vISED DRAFT ORDINANCE COPY: RoY W. WILLIFORD, Planning Dafrector BACKGROUND ~ • The policy document upon which this ordinance is based was developed over the course of nearly seven years, and involved the participatioa of approximately 200 individuals in several hundred hours of meetings, open house sessions and workshops. The process culminated in the acceptance of the facilitated plan, developed by consensus of workshop participants, by the Board of Aldetmm in the late summer of 1997 and the incorporation of the plan into the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan by Orange County and Chapel Hill in early 1999. •. • The adopted amendments to the JPA documents retain the Transition Areas and require Orange • County and Caaboro to hold joint hearings to establish Village Mixed Use aad Office Assembly Conditional Use Zones in the Transition Areas. Planning staff of Change County and Carrboro is discussing a review procedure associated with these joint rezonings that -will minim;? duplication of staff effort and confusion on the part of applicants. • • On December 16, 1998, the Board of Aldermen held a public hearing to receive broad public comment on the substance of a proposed legislative zoning change -the adoption of "Aa Ordinance Amending the Carrboro Lend. use Ordinance to isYiplemeat the Recommendations of the Facilitated Small Area Plea for Catrbaro's Northern Study Area" The ordinance to implennent the land use provisions of the plan was prepared by a committee of citizens working with town staff Eighteen people offered their comments on the provisions of the~draft ordinance. Comments during the hearing caa be categorized into tbrce major areas: the effect of the ordinance on housing affordability and design creativity, the need to balance environmental protection with adjusted or reduced density, and the need for flexibility is the designation of hardwood areas as primary conservation areas. Following revisions to the ordinance in January and February, a revised NSA ordinance was referred m Carrboro advisory boards and Orange County.