AGENDA ITEM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
ITEM TITLE
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Call a Public Hearing to Consider a Request to Close a Public Right-of-Way along Huse Street on February 26, 2025
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RESPONSIBLE STAFF, TITLE, DEPARTMENT
Lance Norris, Director, Public Works Department
Chris Roberts, Manager of Engineering and Infrastructure, Public Works Department
Robert Gehris, Engineer III, Public Works Department
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Council adopt the resolution to call a Public Hearing on February 26, 2025 to consider a request to close the Huse Street public right-of-way.
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ACTION/DECISION POINTS*
Council may adopt the resolution to call a Public Hearing on February 26, 2025 to consider a request to close the Huse Street public right-of-way.
LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT*
North Carolina General Statute Sec. 160A-299 sets the process for closing public rights-of-way, requiring the Council to adopt a resolution declaring its intent to close the public right-of-way and to call a public hearing. The resolution will be published once a week for four successive weeks before the hearing. A notice of the closing and public hearing will be posted in at least two places along the right-of-way.
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT*
NC Chapel Hill Huse Street LLC (the “Owner”) has requested the permanent closure of Huse Street, a public right-of-way (ROW) that appears adjacent to the Owner’s property on recorded plats. The ROW begins at the southern boundary of the Old Chapel Hill Road Right of way, approximately 250-ft west of the intersection of Pope Road and Old Chapel Hill Road and travels south for approximately 420 feet to a termination point at Durham County parcel number 0709-08-94-8411. The ROW varies in width from 46-ft to 66-ft.
Properties bordering the ROW requested for closure are included in the conditional zoning ordinance CZD-23-2, approved September 27, 2023. A Zoning Compliance Permit application for these parcels is under review (ZCP-24-40). Conditional upon consolidation of parcels per the permit documents, Town Staff do not believe that any parcel owner will be isolated from a public ROW or platted easement because of this requested closure.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Closing of this right-of-way does not create costs to the Town.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
Closure Request from Thomas & Hutton Engineers (includes NC Statute 160A-299)
Exhibit of Huse Street Requested ROW Closure
A RESOLUTION TO Call a Public Hearing to Consider a Request to Close the Public Right-of-Way portion of huse street on february 26, 2025 (2025-01-15/R-6)
WHEREAS, the Town of Chapel Hill has received a request from NC Chapel Hill Huse Street LLC (Owner for the proposed Chapel Hill Crossings Development) to close the public right-of-way portion of Huse Street; and
WHEREAS, the requested public right-of-way is approximately 60-ft wide and begins at the southern boundary of Old Chapel Hill Road, approximately 250-ft west of the intersection of Pope Road and Old Chapel Hill Road and travels south for approximately 420 feet to a termination point a Durham County Parcel 0709-08-94-8411; and
WHEREAS, conditional upon the consolidation of parcels as proposed by the Chapel Hill Crossings Development, Town Staff do not believe that any parcel owner will be isolated from a public ROW or platted easement because of the requested closure; and
WHEREAS, the Town will follow the NCGS 160A-299 to process the closure request.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Council hereby declares its intent to consider closing the public right-of-way portion of Huse St.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council calls a Public Hearing at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 in the Council Chamber at Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, Chapel Hill, North Carolina to receive public comment on the proposed closure of said right-of-way and hereby authorizes the Town Manager to arrange publication, posting, and mailing of notices of the Public Hearing as required by law.
This the 15th day of January, 2025.
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