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W - 11 U k. 3 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE PROCESSING OF SPECIAL AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENTS ON PROPERTIES WITH1 THE NORTHERN STUDY AREA WHEREAS, in 1992 the Carrboro Board of Aldermen appointed a 31 member Small Area Planning Work Group to develop a plan for the development of the Northern Study Area as shown on the map attached hereto and incorporated herein; and WHEREAS, in February of 1996 the Small Area Planning Work Group recommended to the Board of Aldermen a plan developed by the Work Group for the Study Area; and WHEREAS, as a result of concerns expressed about the proposed plan by residents of the Study Area, the Board referred the proposed plan to a two day facilitated planning conference sponsored by Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County and attended by approximately 150 residents of the area,planners,and public officials; and WHEREAS, following meetings on April 19 and May 31, 1997, the facilitated planning conference reached consensus on a plan for the Northern Study Area(the`modified plan";and WHEREAS, on August 19. 1997 the Board of Aldermen unanimously accepted the modified plan and on September 16, 1997 established and appointed the members of an ordioance drafting committee to draft changes in the Carrboro Land Use Ordinances that are necessary to implement the recommendations of the modified plan;and WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen recognizes that, whenever major revisions to the land use ordinance are contemplated, uncertainty may be created as to the effect of ordinance amendments on development applications that are pending if and when such amendments are adopted;and WHEREAS, the Board desires to avoid such uncertainty, to avoid the potential of public and private resources being wasted if ordinance amendments render obsolete development applications that do not comply with such ordinance amendments, and to preserve the status quo in terms of the development of major tracts within the Study Area. pending the drafting of` ordinance amendments that are necessary to implement the recommendations of the modifies! Plan; NOW THREFORE, THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF CARRBORO ORDAINS: Section 1. From and after the effective date of this ordinance for a period of six months, the Carrboro Planning Department shall not process applications for special use permits or conditional use permits for developments within the Northern Study Area, as shown on the map attached hereto and incorporated herein, unless such applications have been accepted and