Agenda - 10-11-1995 - Items 1 and 2 - Appendix 1

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Purpose of the Plan • The Plan and the Process component of the Town's Comprehensive Plan. The Northwest Area is the second of the three In June, 1989, the Chapel Hill Town Council small areas that were selected. The third area is adopted a new Comprehensive Plan. The northeast of the Town, and includes land east and Comprehensive Plan identified the goals of west of Erwin Road. encouraging citizen participation, providing adequate opportunities for employment, The Small Area Plans are designed to provide a preserving the natural environment, providing thorough description of the environmental adequate housing, maintaining Town character, constraints to development. The Plans are also developing a comprehensive transportation intended to provide a long range vision for system, insuring adequate community facilities, development. In addition, they will help assure and ensuring orderly development. that public facilities are coordinated with the land uses and provided in a timely fashion. The Small Area Planning process is one of the next steps in carrying out the goals of the Furthermore, the Small Area Plans will give the Comprehensive Plan. The Small Area Plans are community a sense of the costs of major public intended to be detailed land use plans for the facilities and will give the Council better control undeveloped portions of the Town's Urban over the timing of development and related Services Area. As part of the comprehensive facilities. planning process, the Council selected three "small areas" for further study. Finally, the Small Area Planning Process will give the residents that live in the area and the citizens The first of these three small areas, the Southern of the broader community a voice in the way that Area, was studied from December 1990, until Small Areas develop. The Plans will also provide October 1991. On June 23, 1992, the Council a means of discussion and cooperation between adopted the Southern Small Area Plan as a the Town of Chapel Hill, other governments, service providers, and area landowners. Goals of the Comprehensive Plan Retain and enhance areas and features of the community which define the identity and Ensure town government that maximizes citizen contribute to the image of the Town. participation, is representative and responsive, and serves and governs the population in an Develop a comprehensive transportation system honest, efficient, and equitable manner. that will enhance the mobility of all citizens by offering a variety of transportation options and Provide adequate, varied and stable reducing dependence on the automobile. opportunities for livelihood and commerce. Provide community facilities and services that Encourage development that protects the natural meet the physical, social, and cultural needs of and built environment, and provides for the the population and that are available to all appropriate location of land uses. residents. Promote the availability of safe, sanitary, decent, Promote orderly development that provides for well-designed and affordable housing for all. attractive, appropriate locations and compatibility of land uses. Northwest Small Area Plan Page 5