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6 <br /> The subcommittee recommends that`discernible <br /> impact' should be further quantified to note no increase <br /> in traffic or units or decrease in open space. <br /> B. Office Assembly/Conditional Use; OA/CU(minimum size and <br /> total amount). <br /> 1. The ordinance section regarding the 25 acres as the <br /> maximum number of OA/CU acres in the City and NSA is <br /> acceptable. Additional OA(the district that now exists <br /> within the Carrboro planning area) acres could only be <br /> added to the NSA by a rezoning approval by the County. <br /> 2. A modification by addition of language to create a four <br /> (4) acre minimum to an OA/CU district is <br /> recommended. This new regulation will limit the <br /> maximum number of separate districts to six. Therefore, <br /> OA/CU districts could range in size fr om 4 to 25 acres with <br /> the total amount fixed at 25 acres. A large map of the NSA <br /> and town(available on poster board at the meeting) <br /> indicates the potential size and placement of three 8.3-acre <br /> districts. <br /> 3. Add language that during the first OA/CU project,no <br /> other approvals for OA/CU can be made until an <br /> evaluation of the first project is completed. This <br /> evaluation only occurs after the first project unless the <br /> Board of County Commissioners, at a later date,wishes to <br /> suggest an ordinance amendment proposing a different <br /> evaluation process. <br /> C. Village Mixed Use(VMU)(Location,Density, and Phasing) <br /> The subcommittee reviewed the residential density ratios <br /> noted in the Carrboro Planning Staff memo of April 26. <br /> The subcommittee noted the need to see a further <br /> breakdown of information. <br /> 1. The determination of what density was being created by <br /> VMU districts in the NSA is noted in the recent memo <br /> from Carrboro dated April 28. In this case the planning <br /> staff sought to decipher NSA density projections and <br /> compare to the NSA plan which was adopted last year. The <br /> NSA projected a gross target density of 2.1 dwelling units <br /> per acre which is an estimate of existing Carrboro. As <br /> \\CARR\SYSTLANNING\CRAIG\CARSTUDY.DOC <br />