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11 Staff Report Lake Hogan Farm Rezoning Request No decision has been made by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen to place a moratorium on development permits during this project. The land in the Transition Area cannot be rezoned by the Board of Aldermen alone, rather it can only be rezoned by the Board of County Commissioners pursuant to a joint public hearing process as provided for in the Joint Planning Agreement. A moratorium on rezoning requests would have to be approved by the Board of County Commissioners after a joint public hearing process. ANALYSIS: Carrboro' s R-R and R-20 zoning districts are similar in many of the uses permissible in each. Nonetheless, there are a number of uses peimissible in the R-R zoning district which are not permissible in a R-20 zoning district. These uses include temporary homes for the homeless; horseback riding stables; institutional residences such as nursing care, intermediate care, handicapped, aged, infirm, or child care institutions; veterinarian and kennel operations; agricultural operations which include livestock; airports; sanitary landfills; cemeteries; and commercial greenhouse operations with on-premises sales. Rezoning to R-20 would move these parcels to a more restrictive zoning category while doubling the allowable density. There is a significant difference between Carrboro R-R and R-20 in the maximum number of dwelling units allowed per acre. Carrboro R- R allows 1 dwelling unit per acre; R-20 allows up to 2. 1 dwelling units per acre. Dimensional requirements for the R-R and R-20 zoning districts are the same. The parcels under consideration for rezoning total approximately 264 acres. Under R-R zoning a maximum of 264 units could be developed; under R-20 zoning a maximum of 574 units would be possible. It is critical to note that it would be very difficult to realize this many standard single family lots from the parcels because no land has yet been set aside for roads, recreation purposes, required stream buffers, or as undevelopable land. . However, under multi-family or certain cluster designs it would be more likely that this many lots could be realized. The parcels proposed for rezoning are accessed via Old Rt. 86 (SR 1009) or Lake Hogan Farm Rd. (SR 1728) off of Homestead Rd. (SR 1777) . These are the main transportation routes which would be affected by any development which occurred on these parcels. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has recently completed a feasibility study of possible improvements to Homestead Rd. from the Calvander intersection east to NC 86. A feasibility study is required before any road project can be reviewed by the State Board 5 1