ORD-1999-003 Proposed Amendments to the Carrboro Land Use Ordinance 05041999

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APRIL 13, 1999 REPORT TOWN OF CARRBORO PLANNING STAFF RESPONSES TO ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING STAFF COMMENTS "PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS NOT REFLECTED IN PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS" O.C. NSA Plan Comment/Content/ Response(NSA Ordinance Section Reference is underlined,if applicable) Comment Section fa 3 Page# Issue/Goal 1 1 6 Improved This idea is addressed in the draft NSA Ordinance, Sections 2 and 3. Section 2 Quantity/Quality of establishes a net density procedure per implementation measure 1.1. Section 3 Conservation Lands establishes a procedure that conserves primary conservation areas,regardless of the extent to which a property is constrained, and specifies additional ranked categories of secondary conservation areas. 2 1 6 Require conservation This idea is addressed in ordinance Sections 3 and 17. Section 3 addresses this, lands to interconnect issue in a broad fashion in that it identifies required open space categories and where these are preserved on adjacent parcels of land, they will by necessity be interconnected. Section 17 includes 14 objectives that preliminary development plans(for all subdivisions greater than 5-units)must address. Objective 14 includes the following language "Provides open space that is reasonably contiguous.... The open space shall generally abut existing or potential open space land on adjacent parcels, and shall be designed as part of larger, contiguous and integrated greenway systems. $$ 3 4 47 Neighborhood Mixed This idea is addressed in Sections 4 and 5. VMU Conditional Use district and Use specified design and architectural standards allow development as noted. 4 4 49 Community Mixed Use This illustration was prepared by original work group as an example of a larger scale mixed-use, type of development. To the extent possible, the concept is incorporated into the VMU, however, only a 5-acre commercial area would be permitted and a central green of 12 acres in size would make it difficult to provide peripheral,contiguous open'space,as described in Section 5. 5 5 58 Attract developers who This idea is expanded upon within the text of the measure,as follows: "Developers have successfully built of these mixed-use,village-style areas, as well as other potential developers, could mixed-use and clustered ' be approached by Carrboro officials." It did not seem necessary or appropriate to developments. include this measure within the .Land Use Ordinance, although the Board of Aldermen could adopt a resolution affirming their desire/interest in contacting developers. co