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9 <br /> Staff Report: Walker Property <br /> Petition for Change of Zoning <br /> CONFORMITY WITH THE JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE PLAN: <br /> According to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan adopted by Carrboro, Orange County and Chapel Hill <br /> in 1986, this property is classified as Suburban Residential, located within Transition Area I of the Carrboro <br /> Joint Development Review Area. Under the JPALUP, the category of Suburban Residential is defined as <br /> follows: <br /> Suburban Residential Areas are designated for housing densities ranging from one (1) to <br /> five (5) dwelling units per acre. Such areas are located where land is changing from rural to <br /> urban, suitable for urban densities, and to be provided with public utilities and services. <br /> Housing types range from single-family homes to duplexes to multi family dwellings. <br /> However, densities may be lower than one dwelling unit per acre in Suburban Residential <br /> Areas. Chapel Hill as part of its Southern Small Area Plan has identified certain areas in the <br /> Southern Triangle as being suitable for densities not exceeding one (1) unit per acre for <br /> areas immediately east of U.S. 15-501 and densities not exceeding one (1) unit per five (5) <br /> acres for areas immediately west of Old Lystra Road. (amended 2/1/93) <br /> Both the current Carrboro R-R (1 unit/acre) zoning and the proposed Carrboro R-20 (2.1 units/acre) zoning <br /> are well within the density limits of the Suburban Residential Area category of the Joint Planning Area Land <br /> Use Plan. <br /> CARRBORO SMALL AREA PLANNING PROCESS: <br /> Carrboro is in the midst of a comprehensive small area planning process. The process is designed to produce <br /> a comprehensive plan for the growth and development of the northern edge of Carrboro's incorporated limits <br /> and the Transition Areas. The study area encompasses approximately 3,900 acres within Carrboro and its <br /> permitting jurisdiction. The planning process is expected to be complete during calendar year 1995. <br /> Carrboro undertook this process in response to increasing growth pressures along its northern boundary. <br /> Currently, well over half of the land lying north of N. Greensboro St./Hillsborough Rd. and south of <br /> Homestead Rd. (excepting the Henry Horace Williams tracts) is either developed, undergoing development, <br /> has a current development permit,or is in the permitting process. <br /> Development of a comprehensive plan for this area is the responsibility of the Small Area Planning Work <br /> Group, a 34 member group comprised of the Carrboro Planning Board, representatives from the Carrboro <br /> Transportation Advisory Board and the Recreation and Parks Commission,and 21 citizens of the study area. <br /> The Carrboro Board of Aldermen made a decision not to place a moratorium on development permits during <br /> this planning process. However, the land in the Transition Area cannot be rezoned by the Board of <br /> Aldermen alone, rather it can only be rezoned by the Board of County Commissioners pursuant to a joint <br /> public hearing process as provided for in the Joint Planning Agreement. <br /> ANALYSIS <br /> ZONING DISTRICTS: <br /> Carrboro's R-R and R-20 zoning districts are similar in many of the uses permitted. Nonetheless, there are a <br /> number of uses permissible in the R-R zoning district that are not permissible in a R-20 zoning district. <br /> These uses include: temporary homes for the homeless; horseback riding stables; institutional residences <br /> such as nursing care, intermediate care, handicapped, aged, infirm, or child care institutions; veterinarian <br /> 3 <br />