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7 <br /> Staff Report <br /> Pollitzer Rezoning Request <br /> types range from single-family homes to duplexes to <br /> multi-family dwellings. <br /> However, densities may be lower than one dwelling unit <br /> per acre in Suburban Residential Areas. Chapel Hill as <br /> part of its Southern Small Area Plan has identified <br /> certain areas in the Southern Triangle as being suitable <br /> for densities not exceeding one (1) unit per acre for <br /> areas immediately east of U.S. 15-501 and densities not <br /> exceeding one (1) unit per five (5) acres for areas <br /> immediately west of Old Lystra •Road. (amended 2/1/93) <br /> Both the current Carrboro R-20 (2 . 1 units/acre) zoning and the <br /> proposed Carrboro R-15 (2 .9 units/acre) zoning are well within the <br /> density limits of the Suburban Residential Area category of the <br /> Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. <br /> CARRBORO SMALL AREA PLANNING PROCESS: <br /> Carrboro is at the beginning of a small area comprehensive planning <br /> process designed to produce a comprehensive plan for the growth and <br /> development of the northern edge of Carrboro' s incorporated limits <br /> and the Transition Area. The study area encompasses approximately <br /> 3 , 900 acres within Carrboro and its permitting jurisdiction. The <br /> process has just begun and is expected to take a minimum of 2 years <br /> to complete. <br /> Carrboro has begun this process in response to increasing growth <br /> pressures along its northern boundary. Currently, over half of the <br /> land lying north of N. Greensboro St./Hillsborough Rd. and south of <br /> Homestead Rd. (excepting the Horace Williams tract) is either <br /> developed, undergoing development, has a current development <br /> permit, or is in the permitting process. <br /> Development of a comprehensive plan for this area is the <br /> responsibility of the Small Area Planning Work Group, a 34 member <br /> group which is made up of the Carrboro Planning Board, <br /> representatives from the Carrboro Transportation Advisory Board and <br /> Carrboro Parks and Recreation Commission, plus 21 citizens of the <br /> study area. <br /> No decision has been made by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen to <br /> place a moratorium on development permits during this project. The <br /> land in the Transition Area cannot be rezoned by the Board of <br /> Aldermen alone, rather it can only be rezoned by the Board of <br /> County Commissioners pursuant to a joint public hearing process as <br /> provided for in the Joint Planning Agreement. A moratorium on <br /> rezoning requests would have to be approved by the Board of County <br /> 4 <br />