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

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' 18 MARCH 20, 1999 REPORT Orange County Planning Staff Comments CONSISTENCY Between the Facilitated Small Area for Carrboro's Northern Study Area and Proposed Amendments to the Carrboro Land Use Ordinance Section 2.6C of the Joint Planning Agreement requires that(w,jhenever Chapel hilt proposes to amend the teai of its Land Development Ordinance, and whenever Carrboro proposes to amend the#ead of its Land Use Ordinance, the respective towns shall deliver a copy of the fulf text of the proposed amendment to Orange county not later than thirty(30)days before the date of the pubkc hearing on any such amendment. The agreement further states that(u)nkss Orange County fiks with the respective towns a written objection on or before the date of thepubfic hearing on the proposed ordinance amendment, then adoption of the amendment by the respective town shall automadeally effect a corresponding amendment to the applicable ordinance adopted by reference by Orange County as provided in Section ZIC: Any such objection shall be based on a determination by Orange County that the proposed amendment is inconsistent with the adopted Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. Proposed amendments to the Carrboro Land Use Ordinance(hereafter referred to as the NSA Ordinance)to implement the recommendation of the Facilitated Small Area Plan for Carrboro's Northern Study Area were received in the specified timeframe. The amendments consist of 29 revisions or additions to the existing ordinance comprising 35 pages; some revisions are contained in one sentence whereas others are multiple pages in length Additional attachments include vernacular architectural standards with photographs and illustrations. The approach to analyzing conformity of the 29 revisions with the adopted small area plan at this stage is brief. The title or content of each section is listed below with a brief assessment of its consistency or inconsistency with the adopted plan. The primary intent is to identify areas needing further investigation. Section 1. The article and section references contained in this ordinance are to the Carrboro Zm d,Use•Ord xwe. Consistent '� Inconsistent Not Addressed' Not Applicable X Comments: Section 2, Residential&nsfty of mayor developments im certain districts Consistent X Inconsistent Not Addressed Not Applicable Comments: Formula for determining constrained lands needs to be same'in plan and ordinance.