TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL - File #: [19-0233]

• File #: [19-0233]
• Version: 1
• Type: Consent
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/27/2019
• In control: Town Council
• On agenda: 3/13/2019
• Final action: 3/13/2019
• Title: Call a Public Hearing on April 17, 2019 to Consider Land Use Management Ordinance Text Amendments and a Zoning Atlas Amendment for the Rogers Road Zoning Initiative.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/13/2019	1	Town Council	adopted	Pass

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Call a Public Hearing on April 17, 2019 to Consider Land Use Management Ordinance Text Amendments and a Zoning Atlas Amendment for the Rogers Road Zoning Initiative.

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Staff:	Department:
Ben Hitchings, Planning Director	Planning
Corey Liles, Principal Planner

Overview: The Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro have partnered on a project to establish new zoning standards for the Historic Rogers Road Area.  This effort is designed to reflect the interests of residents and implement the recommendations of the report entitled Rogers Road: Mapping Our Community’s Future. Staff worked with a zoning consultant and residents of the community to develop draft standards. The Public Hearing on April 17 will be an opportunity to consider the proposed Zoning Ordinance and proposed Zoning Map Amendment and to hear public comment.

Recommendation(s):

That the Council call a public hearing on April 17, 2019 to consider Land Use Management Ordinance Text Amendments and a Zoning Atlas Amendment for the Rogers Road Zoning Initiative.

Fiscal Impact/Resources: No fiscal impacts have been identified with calling the public hearing.

Where is this item in its process?

Council Goals:

☒		Create a Place for Everyone	☒		Develop Good Places,  New Spaces
☒		Support  Community Prosperity	☐		Nurture Our Community
☒		Facilitate Getting Around	☐		Grow Town  and Gown Collaboration

	Attachments:
	• Resolution

A RESOLUTION TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 17, 2019 TO CONSIDER LAND USE MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS AND A ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT FOR THE ROGERS ROAD ZONING INITIATIVE (2019-03-13/R-2)

WHEREAS, residents of the Historic Rogers Road Area in Northwest Chapel Hill and Northern Carrboro partnered with the Marian Cheek Jackson Center to author a report entitled Rogers Road: Mapping Our Community’s Future, completed in May 2016; and

WHEREAS, the Town Council subsequently requested that Town staff study new zoning standards for the Rogers Road area; and

WHEREAS, staff began work on the Rogers Road Zoning Initiative in September 2018 with a series of community meetings; and

WHEREAS, staff have shared a proposed Zoning Ordinance and proposed Zoning Map Amendment with community members for public review and comment.

WHEREAS, the Planning Commission is scheduled to consider Land Use Management Ordinance Text Amendments and a Zoning Atlas Amendment for the Rogers Road Zoning Initiative at its meeting in April 2019 and is scheduled to forward a recommendation to the Public Hearing before the Council.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Council calls a public hearing on April 17, 2019 to consider Land Use Management Ordinance Text Amendments and a Zoning Atlas Amendment for the Rogers Road Zoning Initiative.

This the 13^th day of March, 2019.

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The Agenda will reflect the text below and/or the motion text will be used during the meeting.

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By adopting the resolution, the Council calls a public hearing on April 17, 2019 to consider Land Use Management Ordinance Text Amendments and a Zoning Atlas Amendment for the Rogers Road Zoning Initiative.