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• `1 3 ,t Box x 33y <br /> 9 • •: O `, P.O.e 3J1 West Man Street <br /> ., fit <br /> a r r b o 1 • Cant=.�a. r Carolina 275u) <br /> :x:9194245 1 <br /> The following resolution was Antroduced by Alderman Tom <br /> Gurganus and seconded by Alderman Zona Norwood . . <br /> A RESOLUTION STATING THE TOWN OF CARRBORO'S <br /> RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE JOINT PLANNING AREA <br /> DRAFT LAND USE PLAN <br /> Resolution No. 51•/85-86 <br /> WHEREAS, the Town of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County <br /> _ <br /> intend • to Jointly plan for and regulate the land use <br /> activities in the "Joint .Planning Area"; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Town of Carrboro, as a participant In the joint <br /> planning process, intends to mutually adopt a "Joint Planning <br /> Area Land Use Plan"; and . <br /> WHEREAS, the Town has jointly conducted two public hearings . <br /> to receive comments on the joint planning area draft land use . - . <br /> plan. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF CARRBORO <br /> RESOLVES that the Town is receptive to the mutual adoption of <br /> a Joint planning area land use plan which - incorporates the <br /> following: ' ' <br /> 1 . That the proposal for a commercial and industrial <br /> transitional node on Homestead Road be withdrawn and that the <br /> area be proposed for residential - development. . <br /> 2. That the proposal for an • office--institutional node at <br /> . Rogers Road be withdrawn and that the area be proposed for <br /> residential development. -. <br /> 3. That the constraint system proposed for determining <br /> permissible intensity of- development be modified by limiting - <br /> the constraint for vegetated areas to only areas whose <br /> vegetation is (a) mature and wooded, or (b) indicative of a ` <br /> = <br /> wetland area.. Also, that relief from the constraint system <br /> be -allowed for land within 500 feet of the Northern Loop to <br /> allow additional densities to Justify mass transit and that a <br /> wooded buffer be retained. along all arterials. <br /> F. <br /> 4. That sewer lines be allowed in the University Lake <br /> Watershed; that government continue the present practice of <br /> having developers pay for and construct their own systems and <br /> that developments within the transition area be required to <br /> be served by public water and sewer service. <br /> 5. That a rural buffer be created around the Towns; that <br /> the buffer be characterized and attained through the <br /> • retention of large tracts developed at low densities with <br /> cluster development, together with the preservation of the <br /> Duke Forest Lands with conservation uses. . <br />