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File #: [19-0970]    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Discussion Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/18/2019 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 11/20/2019 Final action: 11/20/2019
Title: Charting Our Future - Reconsider Petition from Residents of Glenn Heights.
Attachments: 1. Draft Staff Presentation, 2. Staff Report, 3. Draft Focus Area Maps & Principles for S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 4. Land Use Plan from Chapel Hill 2020, 5. Petition from the residents of Glenn Heights, 6. Staff Presentation, 7. Council Questions with Staff Response, 8. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO MAKE REVISIONS TO THE DRAFT FOCUS AREA MAPS AND PRINCIPLES TO REMOVE THE GLENN HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE SOUTH MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD. FOCUS AREA (2019-11-20/R-6)


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Charting Our Future - Reconsider Petition from Residents of Glenn Heights.
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Staff:
Department:
Judy Johnson, Interim Director
Planning
Alisa Duffey Rogers, LUMO Project Manager


Overview: During the engagement opportunities for the draft Focus Area Maps and Principles, the residents of the Glenn Heights (Windsor Circle) neighborhood petitioned the Town Council to remove their neighborhood from the South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Focus Area. The neighborhood is west of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, between Estes Drive and Homestead Road. The Town Council originally heard their request on October 2, 2019 1 and will consider the neighborhood petition again this evening since they did not come to a consensus.

Staff evaluated the neighborhood's request and is recommending another option to respond to the neighborhood's interest in maintaining the existing neighborhood character.


Recommendation(s):
That the Council authorize the Town Manager, Resolution A, to retain Glenn Heights in the South Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Focus Area and to assign the "Traditional Neighborhood Character Type" to the community.

Decision Points:
* Should Glenn Heights be removed from the S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Focus Area? (Resolution B)
* If not:
o Is the Small Lot Single Family (Resolution C) or the Traditional Neighborhood Residential Character Type most appropriate (Resolution A)? Or,
o Should the "Townhouse etc." Character Type be revised to include low density single-family uses (Resolution D)?


Attachments:

* Resolution A- Assign the Traditional Neighborhood Residential Character Type to the Glenn Heights Neighborhood

* Resolution B - Remove Glenn Heights from the S. MLK Jr. Blvd. Focus Area

* Resolution C - Assign the Small Lot Single Family Character Type to the Glenn Heights Neighborhood

* Resolution D - Rename the Townhouse etc. Character Type to Low/Medium Residential and revise the definition to include low density single family...

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