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0 <br />Implementation <br />An Ordinance Drafting Committee was established by the Board of Aldermen on <br />September 16, 1997 to develop regulations which would implement the plan. Recognizing the <br />uncertainty which might have been created as to the effect of revisions to the land use ordinance <br />on any pending development applications, a six -month moratorium on the review of Special and <br />Conditional Use Permit applications was placed on the Northern Study Area. Between <br />November, 1997 and May, 1998, the moratorium will prevent the review of development <br />applications which might be rendered obsolete by any ordinance amendments, as well as <br />preserve the status quo of major tracts of land located within the Northern Study Area. <br />Now in its fifth month of work, the drafting committee has submitted joint planning <br />amendments to the Board of Aldermen and Orange County staff for review, and has identified <br />regulatory changes which are needed to support the key elements of the plan. Amendments to <br />the Town of Carrboro Land Use Ordinance and supporting design standards have not yet been <br />completed. Implementation of the NSA plan requires changes in each of the three categories of <br />governmental action noted in the previous section. <br />The JPA Agreement must be amended to eliminate the one- unit - per -acre cap on density <br />within the transition area, and to allow the Carrboro Board of Aldermen to establish <br />the floating traditional neighborhood and office /assembly districts without requiring <br />joint action by Orange County. This amendment is scheduled for review by all three <br />governing boards at a public hearing on April 8. At this same meeting, the Joint <br />Planning Area Land Use Plan needs to be amended to adopt by references the NSA <br />plan and to delete the language that caps the density. <br />Amendments to the Town of Carrboro Land Use Ordinance must be adopted by the <br />Board of Aldermen, without objection by the Orange County Board of Commissioners. <br />A draft of the ordinance changes has been prepared and will be submitted as <br />background material for review at the JPA public hearing in April. The new ordinance <br />provisions generally include the following: residential development based on net <br />density; additional open space provisions regarding the conservation of scenic <br />viewsheds, historic and cultural features, tree -lined corridors, and prime agricultural <br />soils; a traditional neighborhood village district; an office /assembly district; incentives <br />for the development of affordable housing; development performance standards; and <br />design guidelines for affordable housing and the village district. These provisions may <br />be applicable to other areas in Carrboro's planning jurisdiction <br />• The official zoning map applicable to Carrboro's transition area will be amended to <br />reflect the base zoning determined for the area. This may occur in conjunction with <br />the JPA amendments in April, or may take place at a later date during a joint meeting <br />between the Board of Aldermen and the Orange County Board of Commissioners. The <br />rezoning must follow, or occur concurrently with, the land use ordinance amendments. <br />Joint Public Hearing <br />Resolutions addressing two of these steps have been prepared and forwarded to Orange <br />County for review. A joint meeting of all three governing bodies has been scheduled for April 8, <br />1998. The resolutions are presented on the following pages. <br />Facilitated Small Area Plan and Implementation Strategy - Executive Summary Page 4 <br />