RES-1995-055 Resolution (with attachments) Authorizing the Town of Chapel Hill to Utilize the Landfill Reserve Fund to Purchase the Property Known as the Neville Tract

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C-... 10 M]EMoRAvnvM To: Bruce Heflin, Director of Public Works FROM: Roger Waldon, Planning Director �- SUBJECT: Regulatory Considerations Regarding the Neville Property (Chapel Bill Township Tax Map # 18, Parcel 22) DATE: November 7, 1994 You asked for information about the above named property, and about regulatory restrictions related to its use for supplying fill dirt. Current zoning for this property is Residential - l , one of our low- density residentsai districts. Permitted uses include single - family dwellings and a series of low - intensity non - residential uses as follows: day care facility, place of worship, public cultural facility, public use faculty, school, and non -profit recreation facility. You described the possibility of use of this property to provide fill, dirt for another parcel. Our Development Ordinance contains the following definition, which I believe fits the use you describe: Extraction , oj Earth, Prodrects: The process of removal of natural deposits of mineral ores, soils, or other solid matter from their original location, not including any processing of such material beyond incidental mechanical consolidation or sorting to facilitate transportation off-site. This use is permitted only in our Rural Transition zoning district, and only pursuant to Council approval of a Special Use Permit. The process for obtaining a rezoning and subsequent Special Use Permit could occur "n two ways: either an application for rezoning, followed by an application for a Special Use Permit; or simultaneous consideration of applications for both. Both types of applications involve review by staff and the Planning Board, a Public Hearing before the Town Council, and subsequent action by the Town Council. I normally advise applicants seeking such approvals to count on a sit -month process from submittal to action by the Town Council (rough estimation; can be shorter for a non - controversial application, and occasionally is longer) . The period of preparing and approving final plans following Council approval of a Special Use Permit usually tames about two months. Let me know if there is more information that would be helpful.