Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
a3 <br />ATTACHMENT D <br />REC ®MEI~TI~ATI~}li~ <br />May 4, 200E <br />Request from the Planning Board that the Board of Aldermen Consider a <br />Moratorium on Development in the Northern Study Area. Revised 4-17-06 <br />On several occasions recently, including at their Retreat in February, 2006, the Aldermen have expressed <br />concerns about the manner in which development has been talfing place in the Northern Study Area <br />{NSA), as well as a desire to re-consider the current zoning in the NSA. ' <br />Members of the Planning Board share those concerns, and note that development is continuing at a rapid <br />pace whereby future opportunities to achieve, important community goals for the NSA are dwindling. In <br />tight of the swift pace of development applications, the Planning Board strongly recommends that the <br />Aldermen enact a Moratorium on rezoning, major subdivisions, special and conditional use pemut <br />applications throughout the NSA for a period of, time sufficient to re-evaluate existing zoning and <br />ordinance in respect of the principles and objectives of the' Facilitated Small Area Plan for Carrboro's <br />Northern Study Area, as well as the .interests and concerns of residents of the 'NSA, and to enact, if <br />necessary, new zoning and ordinance for the NSA. ' ~ ~ ' <br />To the members of the Planning Board it appears that some principles expressed in the Srnall Area Plan <br />are not being realized by the pattern of suburban development predominating in the NSA. Consider the <br />following principles from the Plan: <br />"Vllage-type development should be encouraged. This type of development blends resident{a! and <br />commercial opportunities, and is easily negotiated by pedestrians... Village-type development improves <br />the Town's ability to provide services efficiently... " (p31) <br />"Carrboro needs neighborhoods with a mixture of housing opportunities designed for a diverse <br />population. " (p31) ' <br />"Since the population of Carrboro will continue to increase sign~cantly in the study area, new <br />commercial development will be needed. Routine commercial service needs should be met by <br />neighborhood centers. " (p33) ~ ' <br />"Development of new transit routes and the location of higher density development zoning near such <br />routes should be encouraged. " (p36} <br />