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.... .. X44 cam: [icated and challenoir~~ to understand and the staff dEd their best to ansv~er our guestians. p -~ The staff reassured us that this nee proposal ~erel~ repac[~ages the existing ordinance pith nee tern~ino[o ~ ~n stud in the proposal further, ~ fine than are n~an~ areas where she ~~ ~ ~ 4 ~cess re lacernent of eneral use districts ~~~tr~ conditions[ districts ~oo!d bring about a nee pr p w- ~• 'ions[ use can be a valuable ar~d oten~~a[I~ d~fr~erent results from the current ard~nancea €~nd~t p lected ward, ~or~ever it is not a too[ tool because case specific conditions can be set b~ the ~ p to be [aced ever~~~here~ such as in the rural buffer ar Watershed critical areas or in rr~a~r~ areas ~~nin chan es are not a ra riate~ ~t v~ould be most usefui in areas There large scale ~rhere g 9 pp ~ econonnic development is detern~lned to be desired b~ the cen~~unit~. dditian the eor~dltional use caning, as, proposed to apply to the entire County outside the ~n a a Which n~unici alines, ~u[d uncut the purposes of the Can~prehens~ve flan and ~an~ng rn p P Cou t ~ The Ca~nrnissian ~rould be serve as a structure f or the colloctive aspirations of the n ~` ise far more discretion en the appropriateness of uses and the appiicatian of compelled to e~erc ver[a pones such as the Critical watershed overlay Districts in and given areal ~ believe the o ~ ublic ~rou[d be frustrated b~ an unpredictable er~viror~ment and a much less transparent Count ~ . process ~n ~QVember of ~~~~ the chapel ~li[l Council, cons9dered a hand Use ~anagernent ~rd~nance Test amendment that ~uould create special residential standard conditional coning districts to sate a net tool to allov~ increased densities in specific areas in To~no These panes ~~auld be cr a lied within ~ pones, including the Do~nton~ This nee ~onir~g district auld al~pl~ if the pp als such as affordable housin ~auncEl.dec"riled ~n applicant's request.r~et certain go d g~ t ens `artation rotection of the natural environment, protection of neighborhoods and the r p , ' p ~ ~ ~ eras re uired tv accorn an the pron~ot~on of ecnonr~~c v~tal~t~. ~n add~t~on, a special use perrn~t g . p ~ application ~ a el dill citi~e~s e~~,'~.J~*ressed considerable vulnerabalit~ and concern about the five areas chosen h ~ 1 ~ ~ ~ r for these canditiona[ use districts.and the possibil~t~ that a condit~anal use d~str~ct could be a roved near thenn~ Citizens said that the chapel Hill connrnunity had net decided ~rithin a pp cam reh~ensive fanning recess There such x.75°la density increases belanged~ far the five p p p ~ s ort such selected ~anesl it gas else net clearta them that tl~e infrastructure needed to upp der~S(tles eras ava~lableA ~" e Council a reed pith citizen concerns and on November ~~, 2~~8, the Council voted to apply h g he new condit'[Qnal use district Qn[~r to the Da~rnto~un District i~(a~or i~o~ rrrade the pant that eras the ono area ~rhere the community agreed densities belanged~ The ~rideatape is available here htt ~ cha elhil[. ranicus.car~ ~fedia~la er. h ?view id~~~xcli id-~7~ that ~e can learn Here are three paints Carrirnunities need to agree on There density belongs before nee pones and districts are approved residential and Carn~mercial uses donut have to be combined in one ~pne~ Citizens and developers grant predictability in how their comrnunit~ gross ~ believe these e~c eriences are relevant to your decisions on the proposed ~D~a p Tl~ar~k you for your cansideratian of these points.