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• Use Conditional Use Zoning to allow • Ensure adequate support structures <br /> property owners to request rezoning to including recreation space (parks and <br /> allow the specific village concept greenways), roads and transit facilities, <br /> development outlined in the Northwest community facilities, and schools through <br /> Area Plan. the Town's Development Review Process <br /> and Capital Improvements Program(GP). <br /> Conditional Use Zoning allows the <br /> Council to simultaneously consider a site <br /> plan while also considering a rezoning. <br /> Once land is zoned Conditional use, Transportation Strategies <br /> development can occur only after a <br /> Special Use Permit has been obtained • Encourage transit-friendly development, <br /> from the Town Council. Design is by implementing elements of this plan, <br /> required to be consistent with the Town's such as the village concept, and zoning <br /> Comprehensive Plan. the area to reflect higher densities in key <br /> • Develop Design Guidelines for the village selected areas. <br /> concept as a guide for developers in the • Use the Town's Development Review <br /> design of proposed developments, and as process to encourage design which is <br /> a guide to the Town Council in reviewing transit-friendly, and which provides an <br /> proposed developments. adequate internal road network. <br /> • Create an Employment Campus Zoning • Undertake a feasibility study of the <br /> District in accordance with the concepts Transportation Corridor concept along the <br /> in the Northwest Small Area Plan, rail line to investigate the short-term and <br /> emphasizing small scale "flex-space" uses g <br /> long-term feasibility of this idea. <br /> and office space. Zone the area <br /> designated as an employment campus to • Use the Town's ongoing capital planning <br /> this new district. processes of the Thoroughfare Plan, the <br /> • Adopt Design Guidelines and site Transportation Improvements Program <br /> development criteria for the Employment (TIP), and the Capital Improvements <br /> Campus to encourage the development of Program (CIP) to plan for future roadways <br /> creative well-designed uses that are and transit improvements. <br /> appropriate to the area and are sensitive to Use the Town's Pedestrian Plan to ensure <br /> the surrounding residential areas. that both residential and commercial areas <br /> are developed in a manner that promotes <br /> pedestrian movement and alternative <br /> Service Strategies modes of transportation. <br /> • Work with the Orange Water and Sewer <br /> Authority (OWASA) to develop a phasing General Strateeies <br /> plan for extending public water andsewer <br /> to the area. • Participate cooperatively with the <br /> • Consider assisting developers of low- University of North Carolina at Chapel <br /> income housing with extensions of public Hill in the planning process for the <br /> water and sewer lines to the sites. Horace Williams property. <br /> Northwest Small Area Plan Page 47 <br />