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JAn -12 -99 12:33P Tob of Carrboro 919:68 7737 P.02 TOWN OF CARRBORO NORTH CAROLINA January 12, 1999 Chairperson Alice Gordon Orange County Board of County Commissioners P.O. Boat 8181 1}lillsborougb, NC 27279 I- This letter is in response to questions raised by the Board of County Commissioners during their review of the Joint Planning Agreement and Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan amendments on December 15, 1998. The letter also addresses a proposal presented by Commissioner Barry Jacobs that evening for approval of the resolutions previously adopted by Carrboro and Chapel Hill, subject to several conditions. The town's public hearing on the "NSA Ordinance" was held on December 16, 1998. Subsequent to the presentation and public comment period, the Board of Aldermen identified several issues that would benefit front additional analysis and further discussion. These issues included: clarification of the need for floating zones, an analysis of the number of `villages" possible in the study area, an analysis of the number of O/A conditional use districts in the study area, and an analysis of the implications of Commissioner Jacobs' proposal. The Board also discussed the need for providing a written response to the Hoard of County Carnmissiongs' questions and agreed that the content of this communication would be finalized during a worksession with the ordinance Drafting Committee on January 5, 1999. With regard to the issue of the need for floating zones, it is critical to note that this concert was unanimously agreed to by the participants in the facilitated mating. The Mayor and the Board of Aldermen are committed to this concept and feel obligated to maintain the floating zones agreed tom the planning per• On January 5. 1999. the Board diewssed a village suitability analysis that had been prepared by staff of the Planning Department. This analysis identified three general locabons m the study arcs where village deveioprow could possibly occur. The analysis was based upon specifications included in the draft ordinance, as well as several assumptions of site charactcristma appropriate for village development. As an assurance that it is not the intention ofthe Town for villages to proliferate throughout the study area, the Board bas directed staff to amend the draft ordinance to specify that a total of 350 gross acres may be rezoned to the village mixed use district and that no more that three villages will be permitted. Although consensus was not reached on the OWWWAssembly concept during the facilitated meeting, the Board supports this concept and the district as it is proposed in the draft ordinance. At the suggestion of Randall Arendt, design features and good neighbor performance standards have been created to ensure tires thaw developments will not adversely impact adjacent residential development. Some concern has been expressed that there appears to be almost limitless opportunities for these developments, due to their small size. As a consequence, the Board has directed staff to amend the draft ordinance to specify that a total of 25 sent may be rezoned to O/A districts and that no more than five O/A developments will be permitted. !01 WEST MAIN STREET. CARRBORO_ NC 27510 • 16161 oat 6041 • FAX 19161 668 7737 • TOO 10191 966.7717 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER