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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11......................... ........................ -----................ I The following ordifia&E was introduced by Alderman, and duly seconded by Alderman 2 3 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CARRBORO LAND USE ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT 4 THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FACILITATED SMALL AREA PLAN FOR 5 CARRBOROIS NORTHERN STUDY AREA 6 7 WHEREAS, on August 19, 1997, the Board of Aldermen unanimously accepted the modified plan 8 for the Northern Study Area produced by a facilitated planning conference held on April 19 and May 31, 9 1997; and 10 Al WHEREAS, the Small Area Plan Ordinance Drafting Committee appointed by the Board of 12 Aldermen has recommended a series of ordinance amendments to implement the recommendations of the 13 plan;and 14 15 VVEWMAS, the amendments proposed by the committee are intended to achieve the following 16 objectives: 17 18 1. To conserve open land, including those areas containing unique and sensitive natural 19 features such as woodlands, steep slopes, streams, floodplains and wetlands, by 20 setting them aside from development; 21 22 2. To provide greater design flexibility and efficiency in the siting of services and 23 infrastructure,including the opportunity to reduce length of roads,utility runs, and the 24 amount of paving required for residential development; 25 26 3. To reduce erosion and sedimentation by the retention of existing vegetation, and the 27 minimization of development on steep slopes; 28 29 4. To provide for a diversity of lot sizes, building densities, and housing choices to 30 accommodate a variety of age and income groups, and residential preferences, so that 31 the community's population diversity may be restored and enhanced; 32 33 5. To implement adopted policies to conserve a variety of irreplaceable and 34 environmentally sensitive resource lands as set forth in the Town's Land Use 35 Ordinance including provisions for reasonable incentives to create an interconnected 36 and continuous greenway system for the benefit of present and future residents; 37 38 6. To implement adopted land use, transportation, and community policies, as identified 39 in the Town's Land Use Ordinance; 40 41 7. To protect areas with productive agricultural soils for continued or future agricultural 42 use for specialty crops or other intensive, small-scale operations; 43 44 8. To create neighborhoods with direct visual access to open land, with amenities in the 45 form of neighborhood open space,and with a strong neighborhood identity; 46 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ (Page 1 of 35