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- Planning Staff •Report :.. . : : Y}... ..�. <br /> ` Comprehensive Rezoning: Implementation-of the Lard Use Plan' Prepared: November A 1$ 198E <br /> { 18, <br /> �t Bac kg Ound - • <br /> On July 14, 1986, the Council- adopted a Land Use Plan for Chapel , ;� ,,, <br /> .\ Hill. The Land .Use, Plan is a .comprehensive. general plan for '_,t =, <br /> development of the : Town. it should. guide °�"" <br /> decisions 5 _ growth management � .�;: <br /> - ` • in` :Chapel Hill::; over the next -decades. ..Sec gez,itlie,:;', ... <br /> ,� zOnaAC.j�;7RtaF?.. -i,s'-'".�, ' r,7.ICtG'....: atTS�.`�::t�3e a",� r',•: <br /> rj . .,,;p tool-: to - the.the-, .Land 'U • it.: <br /> . _- 'x.'�'�,�;.,y.,r�ret�iew :of:-.the: cuxxent. � .:m . ..: se;�4P].ari;;:w���.< ...� <br /> x :a',.,w:,.o ._z zoning ap is appro r to :a :.., �� <br /> P. la t 'Ikhis�pC►3.n <br /> �It ( ',.,± "�T. <br /> :Au'��� <br /> '"^.`1• .7"' /- .the'- .r'+ i - <br /> k�,, :rA�r•, Counc],l-•consadered �a•` �. - <br /> ..3 ,, �{ti'�`�;�'orest�Forest-"Homeowners . -`loetit�a.+�n front •,' � = <br /> ,,4 ..Association ,requesting-...,a: new., zanin ' - ` : <br /> for the „Lake Forest -:area::':.: A copy p 9 :ctachery .�; ,-} _ <br /> • <._,����,,,.. :::. Pyof- that etition is-.attached. <br /> -1,,... ;;,.°_,:The:;;;:Lake• Forest Homeowners Association is re uesti,n ;-,,i _ <br /> tion:because the restrictive . covenants ':ori originally ! -: on the <br /> ,;e401. ;,,neighborhood expire in.December :198 ` y , ;tan th. :='`;° <br /> ;a_ : _.=The 1�- 7.; : Lake Forest:' ... ones .R�-1 ' : ;.. ,� <br /> .,.., 1,-`district has:'a minimum lot size of 17,000 `suare feet. in*4..r:'-, <br /> . ... , gross land area ',for 'a single family q _. <br /> , ......,•. •-,!.•,;;, :Association is requesting a new district for the-ne gheborhood..: ' <br /> a'.`minimum lot. s 25,000 q feet •,i.n g orhoci ' ` ',: <br /> ::�: :�;� with:; ize�.cf ' scare �fe <br /> :: The: Lake.:Forest:::area is : identified on the. Land gross <br /> Plan 'area,.:°`` '":;: <br /> density residential. with `a density of 0-4 units as :1Qw T•..:..;:x , <br /> _ ... _ per acre _ •.. <br /> This proposed - :, ;:- : ,; :{. <br /> p o used dstr' s <br /> P ict.::would be •t :t <br /> • district and more restrictive than• the . '�y�"��' <br /> permit development = . - <br /> -, 1 74 units pment at a of ••.�R 1' _>;.��; .:�:-.°:;: <br /> ::�.;:. aPPraxiu�atel.y -� :.:�. ::_: <br /> per acre..:, The R-1 'zoning district with the require-:: -=�:';._.-.- <br /> ";``-- = ment' 'of '17,000 square feet of gross land area-- allows development• at approximately 2,5 6:units is P -::._•. <br /> - . �. per acre, � - �$� - -- <br /> . Chapel Hill does..:have many neighborhood's which. have an •'.avert a <br /> lot size greater than the. 17,000 square feet minimum lot size 'of .. <br /> the R-1 ' district. Other neighborhoods, may find themselves in 'a': `..; .:' <br /> situation similar to' Lake.Forest although <br /> all areas without extensive research and :;analysis of =deed are- - ^ -- <br /> strictions and covenants' in- developed low .:density neighborhoods ' ," ',- <br /> -throe hout ` the community. 4n' August. 25;•-• rather than considerin ,,, ;'t :t:: <br /> • .. .. • just the Lake Forest situation, the Council, requested a campre- • ,.� ,�=--°�s <br /> hensive review of the Town's zoning districts in relation to the . :;..::.,_ <br /> adopted Land Use 'Plan. - : • <br /> • <br /> -2- <br />