Report on Amendments to the Carrboro Land Use Ordinance for Implementation to the Facilitated Small Area Plan for Carrboro's Northern Study Area

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e `. 2/19/ 999.DRAF"F COP'lf OF PkOPOa ED s� '� INM C .......................... 1 - minute walk). Nonresidential uses that are intended or expected to serve an area 2 beyond the development itself shall be located to the extent practicable to permit 3 vehicular access from outside the development without passing through residential 4 streets. 5 6 (4) Storefront use areas shall be located at least 200 feet from an arterial street and at least 7 one-half mile from the nearest edge of another commercial center. 8 9 (5) Parking areas that serve commercial facilities shall be screened with a Type A screen 10 from the view of public streets located outside the development. 11 12 (6) If and to the extent that dwelling units are constructed above commercial uses in 13 commercial areas, the additional vehicle accommodation area required to 14 accommodate such residential uses shall not be treated as commercial area for 15 purposes of the"cap"on commercial areas established by this section. 16 17 (7) Commercial areas shall surround or be located adjacent to or across the street from a 18 public park, green, or square, which area may be credited as part of the open space 19 required of the development. 20 21 (8) Within the commercial areas authorized under this section, buildings shall be 22 designed and constructed so that each individual enterprise occupies (whether as 23 tenant or owner occupant)an area of not more than 6,000 square feet per floor. 24 25 (b) Portions of the tract not developed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) above 26 may be developed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter applicable to property that is zoned R- 27 10,except as those provisions are modified by the provisions of this section or the Master Plan or conditions 28 imposed by the board of aldermen in the issuance of the conditional use permit. 29 30 (1) The number of dwelling units permissible within the entire tract shall be determined 31 in accordance with the provisions of Section 15-182.3 (as adjusted by density bonuses 32 awarded for providing affordable housing under Section 15-182.4), subject to the 33 following: 34 35 a. Areas used for commercial purposes shall not be subtracted from the adjusted 36 tract acreage before determining permissible density; 37 38 b. All dwelling units constructed above commercial uses in commercial areas 39 (e.g. a second story apartment located above a first floor retail store or office) 40 shall be permissible in addition to the number of dwelling units otherwise 41 authorized under this section. 42 43 (2) The residential portions of the development shall contain a mixture of housing types 44 that are generally reflective of the housing types in Carrboro and ownership/rental 45 options so that the development provides housing opportunities for persons within as 46 broad a range of income levels as is feasible. Different housing types and price ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Page 10 of 35