HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2007-054 Six-Month Development Moratorium in the Carrboro Northern Study Area~~
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A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ASIX-MONTH MORATORIUM ON THE
CONSIDERATION OF REZONING PROPOSALS AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF
NEW APPLICATIONS FOR CONDITIONAL AND SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BY THE TOWN OF CARRBORO IN THE
CARRBORO JOINT PLANNING TRANSITION AREAS
WHEREAS, Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill entered into
a Joint Planning Agreement, dated September 22, 1987, as amended April 2, 1990,
September 30, 1998, February 2, 1999, and August 20, 2002; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Joint Planning Agreement, a Joint Planning Area Land
Use Plan and Map were adopted by all parties to the Joint Planning Agreement, and
have since been amended on several occasions; and
WHEREAS, Joint Planning Transition Areas were identified wherein the Towns
administer their Land Use Ordinances as if the land were located within the planning
jurisdiction of the Towns; and
WHEREAS, a "Northern Study Area Plan" which encompassed the Carrboro Joint
Planning Transition Areas was prepared and adopted as an amendment to the Joint
Planning Area Land Use Plan by Orange County on February 2, 1999; and
WHEREAS, advisory boards for the Town of Carrboro have expressed doubts that
goals and objectives of the Northern Study Area Plan are being achieved: and
WHEREAS, asix-month moratorium on the consideration of rezoning proposals and
the acceptance of new applications for conditional and special use permits for
residential development is recommended while an examination of the Land Use
Ordinance and zoning map is conducted to determine if changes are warranted to
better implement the goals and objectives of the Northern Study Area Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on March 27,
2007 and adopted asix-month moratorium for the Northern Study Area; and
WHEREAS, the moratorium is not effective anywhere in the NSA (town limits and
ETJ or Transition Areas 1 and 2) until the moratorium is adopted by Orange County
as well; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.3.C of the Joint Planning Agreement defines the procedures
whereby a moratorium may be established in the Joint Planning Transition Areas;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of
Commissioners approves a moratorium until October 26,2007 on the consideration
of rezoning proposals and the acceptance of new applications for conditional and
special use permits for residential development by the Town of Carrboro in the
Northern Study Area consistent with the attached ordinance adopted by the
Carrboro of Aldermen on March 27, 2007. The moratorium shall become effective
upon adoption of this resolution.
Upon motion of Commissione econded by Co missioner
the foregoing resolution was adopt this the ~ day of 007.
I, Donna S. Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of
Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoin is a true copy of
so much of the proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on ,
2007 as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and t at said
proceedings are recorded in Minute Book No. of the minutes of said Board.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this -C~! day of
2007.
Clerk to the Board of Commissioners