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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PUBLIC HEARING AND SPECIAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
TOWN HALL, CHAPEL HILL
OCTOBER 13, 1986
7:30 P.M.
This announcement supercedes an earlier notice regarding
a meeting with the Town of Chapel Hill which had been adver-
tised as involving a public hearing and a work session.
The Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting
and public hearing on October 13, 1986 at the Town Hall of
Chapel Hill and in conjunction with the Chapel Hill Town
Council. Purpose of the meeting is to consider the following
subjects:
1. Designation of remaining area . of the Joint.
Planning Areas Land Use Plan.
2. Adoption of text of the Plan.
3. Hearing on the Eubanks Road Townhouse Planned
Development Application.
4. Discussion of a revised proposed Joint Planning
Agreement.
Don Willhoit, Chair
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APPROVED 11/3/86
1� MINUTES OF A JOINT MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
2 TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL AND THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF
3 COMMISSIONERS, HELD IN THE CHAPEL HILL MUNICIPAL
4 BUILDING, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1986, 7: 30 P.M.
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7 Mayor Pro-tem Bill Thorpe called the meeting to order. Council
8 Members present were:
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10 Julie Andresen
11 David Godschalk
12 Jonathan Howes
13 David Pasquini
14 Nancy Preston
15 R. D. Smith
16 Arthur Werner
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18 Mayor James C. Wallace arrived late.
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20 County Commissioners present were:
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22 Don Willhoit, Chair
23 Moses Carey, Jr.
24 Ben Lloyd
25 Shirley Marshall
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270 Also present were Town Manager David R. Taylor, County Manager
28 Kenneth Thompson, Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos, County Attorney
29 Geoff Gledhill, Town Planning Director Roger Waldon and County
30 Planning Director Marvin Collins and the Orange County Planning
31 Board.
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33 Land Use Plan for the Joint Planning Area
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35 Marvin Collins, Orange County Planning Director, gave a presenta-
36 tion on the different recommendations of the Orange- County and
37 Chapel Hill governing bodies for the Joint Land Use Plan and the
38 proposed resolutions to address the differences. He said the
39 proposal included removing the southeast quadrant of I-40/NC 86
40 from joint planning since the Town had annexed the area effective
41 September 30, 1986 . In the area between Eubanks Road and 1-40,
42 designate the land zoned industrial as light industry and ally
43 other land Office-Institutional, up to the stream north of Clyde
44 Road. He said the stream was a better boundary to define the
45 rural buffer than Clyde Road; the land zoned for industrial use
46 should be reflected in the plan; and the office-institutional
47 designation was consistent with the concept of mixed use. For
48 the area south of Eubanks, Mr. Collins said the proposed resolu-
49 tion was to designate the area as suburban residential, except
50 for the south side of Eubanks Road, across from land zoned
51 industrial, where the office-institutional designation should be
52 made. The proposal also suggests removal of the office-
53� institutional designation along N.C. 86. Mr. Collins stated that
54 the area along Homestead Road and N.C. 86 was proposed to be
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1 urban residential on the north side of Duke Power offices with
2 the boundary following the existing property lines and stream.
3 Finally, the proposal suggests the area around Star Point be
4 designated as suburban residential in the lower Morgan Creek
5 basin and rural residential elsewhere. Mr. Collins recommended
6 the Orange County Board of Commissioners and Chapel Hill Town
7 Council adopt the proposal resolving the differences between
8 earlier recommendations.
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10 Council Member Smith asked that Orange County take into consider-
11 ation the extension of services to the Homestead Road area prior
12 to allowing massive development in the area.
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14 Council Member Pasquini asked why the County was recommending to
15 keep part of the area north of Eubanks Road as Industrial. Mr.
16 Collings responded that the area had been zoned industrial prior
17 to the joint planning agreement and that the industrial develop-
18 ment in the area had established a land use in the area.
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20 Council Member Pasquini also questioned why the County was
21 recommending urban residential for the area north of Duke Power
22 offices. Mr. Collins said this was in an attempt to keep the
23 types of designations consistent with uses in the area.
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25 Council Members Preston and Andresen asked if the zoning map
26 could be changed to a lower density for that area even if the
27 land use plan had it designated as urban residential. Mr.
28 Collins said the Town could propose zoning designations for the
29 area in a manner consistent with the land use plan and that the
30 County would in all probability adopt the zoning designation
31 recommended by the Town.
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33 Council Member Andresen urged coordination of the zoning map with
34 the adopted Land Use Plan.
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36 COUNCIL MEMBER GODSHCALK MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOWES
37 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 86-10-13/R-1.
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39 Council Member Pasquini said he could not vote for the resolution
40 as proposed because of the urban residential designation for the
41 area north of Duke Power offices. He said he felt the area
42 should be designated suburban residential.
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44 COUNCIL MEMBER PASQUINI, MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE-
45 SEN TO AMEND THE MOTION TO DESIGNATE THE AREA NORTH OF DUKE POWER
46 OFFICES IN THE PROPOSED AREA 4 (HOMESTEAD ROAD/NC 86) AS SUBURBAN
47 RESIDENTIAL INSTEAD OF URBAN .RESIDENTIAL. THE MOTION CARRIED,
48 (6-3) , WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS GODSCHALK, HOWES, AND THORPE VOTING
49 AGAINST.
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1 COMMISSIONER MARSHALL MOVED, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LLOYD TO
20 ADOPT RESOLUTION 86-10-13/R-1 AS AMENDED AND ADOPTED BY THE
3 CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, (4-0) .
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5 The resolution, as adopted, reads as follows:
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7 RESOLUTION ADOPTING LAND USE DESIGNATIONS FOR UN-DESIGNATED AREAS
8 OF THE ORANGE COUNTY-CHAPEL HILL JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE
9 PLAN (86-10-13/R-1) .
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11 WHEREAS on July 14, 1986, the Chapel Hill Town Council adopted a
12 recommendation endorsing a Land Use Plan for the Joint Planning
13 Area; and
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15 WHEREAS the Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted a
16 similar plan on August 5, 1986; and
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1C WHEREAS there are five areas of difference between the two
19 recommended plans; and
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21 WHEREAS a Land Use Plan is therefore now adopted for all areas of
22 agreement in these two resolutions; and
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24 WHEREAS the Town Council and Board of Commissioners have agreed
25 to resolve differences in these five areas in the manner shown on
26 the attached maps and described below;
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2811, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the (Board of Commissioners of
29 Orange County / Council of the Town of Chapel Hill) that the Land
30 Use Plan for the Joint Planning Area be completed by the addition
31 of land use designations as indicated below and on the attached
32 maps:
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35 Area 1: (SE quadrant of I-40/NC8)
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37 Resolution: Remove from Joint Plan, since Chapel Hill has
38 annexed this area (effective 9/30/86) .
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41 Area 2: (Between Eubanks and 1-40)
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43 Resolution: Keep land zoned industrial, designated light
44 industry; all other land Office-Institutional
45 (which allows residential development) , up to
46 stream north of Clyde Road.
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48 Area 3: (South of Eubanks)
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50 Resolution: Suburban residential everywhere except on the
51 south side of Eubanks Road, across from land zoned
52 industrial; there, office-institutional (approxi-
5310 mately 9 acres) . Office designations along NC86
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1 Area 4: (Homestead-NC86)
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3 Resolution: Suburban residential on north side of Duke Power
4 offices, with boundary following existing property
5 lines and stream.
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7 Area 5: (Star Point Area)
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9 Resolution: Suburban residential in Lower Morgan Creek Basin;
10 rural residential elsewhere.
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12 This the 13th day of October, 1986.
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15 Land Use Plan Narrative
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17 COMMISSIONER MARSHALL MOVED, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LLOYD TO
18 ADOPT RESOLUTION 86-10-13/R-2 AS AMENDED TO REFLECT CHANGES
19 ADOPTED IN RESOLUTION 86-10-13/R-1 . THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS-
20 LY, (4-0) .
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22 COUNCIL MEMBER HOWES MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON TO
23 ADOPT RESOLUTION 86-10-13/R-2 AS AMENDED TO REFLECT CHANGES
24 ADOPTED IN RESOLUTION 86-10-13/R-1. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS-
25 LY, (4-0) .
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27 The resolution, as adopted, reads as follows :
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29 RESOLUTION ADOPTING LAND USE PLAN NARRATIVE (86-10-13/R-2)
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31 WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Chapel
32 Hill Town Council have adopted a Land Use Plan for the Joint
33 Planning Area; and
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35 WHEREAS, critical information was considered in discussion and
36 adoption of this plan; and
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38 WHEREAS, this critical background information is contained in the
39 attached document, "Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint
40 Planning Land Use Plan; "
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42 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the (Board of Commissioners of
43 Orange County / Council of the Town of Chapel Hill) that the
44 document "Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning Land
45 Use Plan - October 1986" is hereby adopted as a component of the
46 adopted land use plan, and as such becomes a part of a comprehen-
47 sive plan for Joint Planning by the Town of Chapel Hill and
48 Orange County.
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1• Public Hearing on Planned Development Rezoning Request - Eubanks
2 Road Townhouses (PD-1-86)
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4 Citizens wishing to speak at the hearing were sworn in by the
5 Orange County Chair of the Board of Commissioners.
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7 Marvin Collins, Orange County Planning Director, asked that
8 agenda item #3, Action Agenda Item Abstract, dated October 13,
9 1986, PD-1-86 Eubanks Road Townhouses be entered into the record
10 of the meeting.
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12 Mr. Collins made a presentation on the project saying this
13 hearing was the third public hearing on the proposed Eubanks Road
14 Townhouse project. He said the proposal was for 137 townhouse
15 units, grouped in clusters, on a 19 .2 acre site on the north side
16 of Eubanks Road, 1700 feet west of the intersection of
17 Interstate-40 and N.C. 86. There is a requirement of a 100 '
18 buffer surrounding the site except for the side adjacent to the
19 industrial development which requires a 50 ' buffer. Sewer
20 service, according to Mr. Collins, would be provided by construc-
21 tion and installation of a pump station to serve the entire
22 drainage basin.
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24 Mr. Collins stated that the current recreation standards (Article
25 5. 1. 1) require a minimum recreation space ratio of . 299. There-
26 fore the applicant needed to provide a minimum recreation space
�7 of 5. 85 acres for a 19 . 2 acre site. However, section IV-B-7-b-2
28W also requires that 1/35th of an acre of land be dedicated for
�9 each dwelling unit proposed. This results in an acreage require-
30 ment of 4.11 acres of public recreation area. If the figure
31 derived by application of Article 5. 1 . 1 is greater, the differ-
32 ence (1.74 acres) must be developed for private recreation
33 purposes. The internal recreation space provided totaled 1.08
34 acres, therefore an additional .66 acres of private recreation
35 area and a payment-in-lieu of recreation in the amount of $12, 823
36 for the 4. 11 acres of public recreation was required to meet
37 current standards.
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39 Planning Director Collins said the project was to be developed in
40 phases with a completed project date in December, 1991. He
41 further stated that the project would have a measurable affect on
42 the traffic intersection of Eubanks Road and N.C. 86. He com-
43 mented that at present the County had not required off-site
44 traffic improvements feeling the road improvements should be
45 addressed by NCDOT, but that this was something the County needed
46 to review in light of needed road improvements to the intersec-
47 tion of N.C. 86 and Eubanks Road and the lack of State funding.
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49 Commissioners Marshall and Carey asked about the size of the pump
50 station and who would pay for its construction. Mr. Collins
51 replied that the size of the pump station would be agreed with
OWASA and that the applicant would pay for having it built.
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55 was valued for payment-in-lieu of recreation space. He felt the
56 amount was too low. Mr. Collins answered that the 1987 tax
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1 Council Member Werner asked if the commercial development and
2 this proposed residential development was consistent with the
3 adopted land use plan. Messrs. Collins and Waldon said that
4 these types of development were consistent and were examples of
5 the kind of balance expected to be acheived in mixed-use designa-
6 tions.
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8 Council Member Andresen asked if office-institutional development
9 would generate more traffic than residential development. Mr.
10 Waldon replied yes.
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12 Council Member Preston asked about the topography of the site and
13 the amount of impervious surface. She suggested there be a
14 requirement that protective fences be put around the trees to
15 remain.
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17 Council Member Thorpe asked for the reason why the County was
18 requesting a payment-in-lieu of recreation space. Mr. Collins
19 responded that the County had established specific areas where
20 they wished to develop recreational and greenway systems. The
21 proposal' s site was not adjacent to any of the designated recrea-
22 tional areas therefore the County had decided to ask for a
23 payment-in-lieu of recreation space.
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25 Council Member Smith questioned the statement of justification
26 regarding the traffic impact of the opening of 1-40 to traffic on
27 N.C. 86.
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29 Dana Staats, a landscape architect representing the applicant,
30 said they had worked with the Orange County and Chapel Hill
31 Planning Departments in an effort to make the proposal acceptable
32 to both entities and he thanked the Planning staffs for their
33 assistance. He gave a brief summary of the proposal and said he
34 would answer questions from the Board and Council.
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36 Commissioner Carey asked if the change in the expected completion
37 date from December 1990 to December, 1991 would affect the number
38 of units to be built. Mr. Staats said no, that it would just
39 affect to timing of the units.
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41 Council Member Pasquini asked if the applicant were required to
42 provide on-site public recreation space how that would be accom-
43 plished. Mr. Staats replied that he did not know, but that it
44 would require a major redesign of the site as that requirement
45 would mean approximately 60% of the site used for recreation
46 purposes.
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48 Ms. Gerrie Nunn, a resident of Eubanks Road, spoke in support of
49 the the proposal.
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52 of the proposal.
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1P John Carne, a resident, spoke against the proposal due to the
2 expected increase in traffic on Eubanks Road and Northwoods
3 Drive. He said he would prefer to see approval of the project
4 include conditions for improvements to the intersection of
5 Eubanks Road and N.C. 86.
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7 Mr. Harry Poole, a resident, spoke against the proposal because
8 of the expected increase of traffic on Northwoods Drive. He
9 stated that the current condition of the intersection of Eubanks
10 Road and N.C. 86 already had people cutting through Northwoods
11 subdivision in order to avoid the intersection. He also com-
12 mented that he would prefer to see more green space in the
13 proposal.
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15 Council Member Andresen asked if the County did not require
16 off-site improvements, how would the improvements get done and
17 who would paid for them.
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19 Chair Willhoit responded that the County did not have a policy
20 not to require off-site improvements, they had just not required
21 such improvements to date. He said this was something the County
22 needed to review and examine, especially when the applicant
23 pointed out in his application that the intersection of Eubanks
24 and N.C. 86 was already at or over capacity.
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26 COUNCIL MEMBER HOWES MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON TO
27. REFER TO THE MANAGER AND PLANNING STAFF. THE MOTION PASSED
28 UNANIMOUSLY, (9-0) .
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30 COMMISSIONER CAREY MOVED, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MARSHALL TO
31 REFER THE INFORMATION RECEIVED TO THE COUNTY MANAGER, PLANNING
32 STAFF, AND PLANNING BOARD AND TO ADJOURN THE HEARING TO DECEMBER
33 1, 1986 WHEN IT WOULD RECEIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PLANNING
34 BOARD AND CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS-
35 LY, (4-0) .
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37 Joint Planning Agreement
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39 Ken Thompson, Orange County Manager, gave a presentation on the
40 proposed amendments to the joint planning agreement between
41 Chapel Hill and Orange County. He said, in essence the proposal
42 would grant Chapel Hill the authority over development applica-
43 tions in the transition areas. Orange County would present a
44 recommendation on the applications but the approval would come
45 from the Town. He said the proposal would give the County the
46 approval authority for the joint land use plan and amendments
47 thereto, as well as approval for development applications in the
48 rural buffer. Mr. Thompson stated the proposal called for Chapel
49 Hill to recommend zoning classifications for the transition area
50 and that the County would grant approval of the zoning based on
51 Chapel Hill' s recommendation. Chapel Hill would also make
52 recommendations to Orange County for development applications in
53, the rural buffer areas. He said the agreement would be a two
54 party agreement between Chapel Hill and Orange County and would
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1 Council Member Howes expressed concern that the proposal elimi-
2 nated Chapel Hill from the development of a land use plan for the
3 joint planning area, feeling this elimination in effect did away
4 with the theory of joint planning. He said he understood the
5 reasoning for having Chapel Hill have sole approval/denial of
6 development applications in the transition areas as a means of
7 eliminating duplication of efforts both for developers and the
8 staff, however, he felt the Town should have approval authority
9 of the joint land use plan.
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11 Council Member Andresen expressed concern about the County having
12 sole zoning authority of the transition area. County Manager
13 Thompson responded that the County would probably adopt the
14 recommendations made by the Chapel Hill Town Council for the
15 zoning of the transition area as long as the proposed zoning
16 designations were consistent with the adopted land use plan.
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18 Council Member Godschalk agreed with Council Member Howes that
19 the Town should retain its approval authority of the joint land
20 use plan even though the bulk of this plan had already been
21 decided.
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23 Commissioner Marshall agreed that the bulk of the work on the
24 joint land use plan had been accomplished and that any amendments
25 should be jointly agreed upon, but that the job of initiating and
26 carrying out the amendments should be handled through the County.
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28 Council Member Pasquini commented that he felt the Town should
29 also have say in the planning of the rural buffer. He questioned
30 just how much streamlining would occur in the system if a devel-
31 opment proposal still had to go to the county for a recommenda-
32 tion prior to the Town granting approval. Mr. Thompson replied
33 that the county would use the Council' s time table for any
34 proposal as well as the Town' s ordinances, and that this would
35 reduce the amount of time involved.
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37 Council Members Godschalk and Werner expressed concern that a
38 rezoning request could come before the County for approval
39 without the Town having any input or approval authority.
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41 Commissioner Marshall commented that the County should not
42 initiate any rezoning request in the transition area without the
43 Town's knowledge and approval.
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45 Council Member Smith said the joint agreement should include
46 language to that affect.
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48 Council Member Howes asked about the legality of having the Town
49 grant approval/denial of development requests within the transi-
50 tion area. County Attorney Gledhill replied that in the agree-
51 ment, Orange County would delegate the approval authority to the
52 Chapel Hill Town Council. He said appeals would follow the
53 normal channels in that the appeal would be made to the Superior
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1 Manager Taylor stated that as he understood from the discussion,
the staff should prepare a proposal that would give joint
3 approval of the joint land use plan and any amendments; joint
4 approval of zoning designations for the transition area; and
5 recommendatory authority for developments in the transition area
6 to Orange County and in the rural buffer to Chapel Hill.
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8 Chair Willhoit suggested that two representatives from the County
9 Commissioners and Town Council meet with the Managers to work out
10 the wording. The general consensus of both Boards was for this
11 to be done.
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13 A MOTION WAS DULY MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. THE
14 MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, (13-0) .
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MINUTES OF A JOINT MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL AND THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS, HELD IN THE CHAPEL HILL MUNICIPAL
BUILDING, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1986, 7: 30 P.M.
Mayor Pro-tem Bill Thorpe called the meeting or order. Council
Members present were:
Julie Andresen
David Godschalk
Jonathan Howes
David Pasquini
Nancy Preston
R.D. Smith
Arthur Werner
Mayor James C. Wallace arrived late.
County Commissioners present were:
Don Willhoit, Chair
Moses Carey, Jr.
Ben Lloyd
Shirley Marshall
Also present were Town Manager David R. Taylor, County Manager
Kenneth Thompson, Town Attourney Ralph Karpinos, County
Attorney Geoff Gledhill, Town Planning Director Roger Waldon
and County Planning Director Marvin Collins and the Orange
County Planning Board.
Land Use Plan for the Joint Planning Area
Marvin Collins, Orange County Planning Director, gave a
presentation on the different recommendations of the Orange
County and Chapel Hill governing bodies for the Joint Land Use
Plan and the proposed resolutions to address the differences.
He said the proposal included removing the southeast quadrant
of I-40/NC 86 from joint planning since the Town had annexed
the area effective September 30, 1986. In the area between
Eubanks Road and 1-40, designate the land zoned industrial as
_light industry and all other land Office-Institutional, up to
the stream north of Clyde Road. He said the stream was a
better boundary to define the rural buffer than Clyde Road; the
land zoned for industrial use should be reflected in the plan;
and the office-institutional designation was consistent with
the concept of mixed use. For the area south of Eubanks, Mr.
Collins said the proposed resolution was to designate the area
as suburban residential, except for the south side of Eubanks
Road, across from land zoned industrial, where the office-
institutional designation should be made. The proposal also
suggests removal of the office-institutional designation along
N.C. 86. Mr. Collins stated that the area along Homestead Road
and N.C. 86 was proposed to be urban residential on the north
side of Duke Power offices with the boundary following the
existing property lines and stream. Finally, the proposal
suggests the area around Star Point be designated as suburban
residential in the lower Morgan Creek basin and rural
residential elsewhere. Mr. Collins recommended the Orange
County Board of Commissioners and Chapel Hill Town Council
adopt the proposal resolving the differences between earlier
recommendations.
Council Member Smith asked that Orange County take into
consideration the extension of services to the Homestead Road
area prior to allowing massive development in the area.
Council Member Pasquini asked why the County was recommending
to keep part of the area north of Eubanks Road as Industrial.
Mr. Collins responded that the area had been zoned industrial
prior to the joint planning agreement and that the industrial
development in the area had established a land use in the area.
Council Member Pasquini also questioned why the County was
recommending urban residential for the area north of Duke Power
offices. Mr. Collins said this was in an attempt to keep the
types of designations consistent with uses in the area.
Council Members Preston and Andresen asked if the zoning map
could be changed to a lower density for that area even if the
land use plan had it designated as urban residential. Mr.
Collins said the Town could propose zoning designations for the
area in a manner consistent with the land use plan and that the
County would in all probability adopt the zoning designation
recommended by the Town.
Council Member Andresen urged coordination of the zoning map
with the adopted Land Use Plan.
COUNCIL MEMBER GODSCHALK MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HOWES TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 86-10-13/R-1.
Council Member Pasquini said he could not vote for the
resolution as proposed because of the urban residential
designation for the area north of Duke Power offices. He said
he felt the area should be designated suburban residential.
COUNCIL MEMBER PASQUINI MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
ANDRESEN TO AMEND THE MOTION TO DESIGNATE THE AREA NORTH OF
DUKE POWER OFFICES IN THE PROPOSED AREA 4 (HOMESTEAD ROAD/NC
86) AS SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL INSTEAD OF URBAN RESIDENTIAL. THE
MOTION CARRIED, (6-3) , WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS GODSCHALK, HOWES,
AND THORPE VOTING AGAINST.
THE MOTION, AS AMENDED, PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, (9-0) .
COMMISSIONER MARSHALL MOVED, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LLOYD TO
ADOPT RESOLUTION 86-10-13/R-1 AS AMENDED AND ADOPTED BY THE
CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, (4-
0) .
The resolution, as adopted, reads as follows:
RESOLUTION ADOPTING LAND USE DESIGNATIONS FOR UN-DESIGNATED
AREAS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY-CHAPEL HILL JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND
USE PLAN (86-10-13/R-1) .
WHEREAS on July 14, 1986, the Chapel Hill Town Council adopted
a recommendation endorsing a Land Use Plan for the Joint
Planning Area; and
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WHEREAS the Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted a
similar plan on August 5, 1986; and
WHEREAS a Land Use Plan is therefore now adopted for all areas
of agreement in these two resolutions; and
WHEREAS the Town Council and Board of Commissioners have agreed
to resolve differences in these five areas in the manner shown
on the attached maps and described below;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the (Board of Commissioners of
Orange County/Council of the Town of Chapel Hill) that the Land
Use Plan for the Joint Planning Area be completed by the
addition of land use designations as indicated below and on the
attached maps:
Area 1: (SE quadrant of I--40/NC8)
Resolution: Remove from Joint Plan, since Chapel Hill has
annexed this area (effective 9/30/86) .
Area 2: (Between Eubanks and 1-40)
Resolution: Keep land zoned industrial, designated light
industry; all other land Office-Institutional
(which allows residential development) , up to
stream north of Clyde Road.
Area 3 : (South of Eubanks)
Resolution: Suburban residential everywhere except on the
south side of Eubanks Road, across from land
zoned industrial; there, office-institutional
(approximately 9 acres) . Office designations
along NC 86 removed.
Area 4: (Homestead - NC86)
Resolution: Suburban residential on north side of Duke Power
offices, with boundary following existing
property lines and stream.
Area 5: (Star Point Area)
Resolution: Suburban residential in Lower Morgan Creek
Basin; rural residential elsewhere.
This the 13th day of October 1986.
Land Use Plan narrative
COMMISSIONER MARSHALL MOVED, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LLOYD TO
ADOPT RESOLUTION 86-10-13/R-2 AS AMENDED TO REFLECT CHANGES
ADOPTED IN RESOLUTION 86-10-13/R-1. THE MOTION PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY, (4-0) .
COUNCIL MEMBER HOWES MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON
TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 86-10-13/R-2 AS AMENDED TO REFLECT CHANGES
ADOPTED IN RESOLUTION 86-10-13/R-1. THE MOTION PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY, (4-0) .
The resolution, as adopted, reads as follows:
aitESOLUTION ADOPTING LAND USE PLAN NARRATIVE (86-10-13/R-2)
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the
Chapel Hill Town Council have adopted a Land Use Plan for the
Joint Planning Area; and
WHEREAS, critical information was considered in discussion and
adoption of this plan; and
WHEREAS, this critical background information is contained in
the attached document, "Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Joint Planning Land Use Plan;"
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the (Board of Commissioners of
Orange County/Council of the Town of Chapel Hill) that the
document "Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning
Land Use Plan - October 1986" is hereby adopted as a component
of the adopted land use plan, and as such becomes a part of a
comprehensive plan for Joint Planning by the Town of Chapel
Hill and Orange County.
This the 13th day of October, 1986.
Public Hearing on Planned Development Rezoning Request -Eubanks
Road Townhouses (PD-1-86)
Citizens wishing to speak at the hearing were sworn in by the
Orange County Chair of the Board of Commissioners.
Marvin Collins, Orange County Planning Director, asked that
agenda item #3, Action Agenda Item Abstract, dated October 13,
1986, PD-1-86 Eubanks Road Townhouses be entered into the
record of the meeting.
Mr. Collins made a presentation on the project saying this
hearing was the third public hearing on the proposed Eubanks
Road Townhouse project. He said the proposal was for 137
townhouse units, grouped in clusters, on a 19. 2 acre site on
the north side of Eubanks Road, 1700 feet west of the
intersection of Interstate-40 and N.C. 86. There is a
requirement of a 100 ' buffer surrounding the site except for
the side adjacent to the industrial development which requires
a 50 ' buffer. Sewer service, according to Mr. Collins, would
be provided by construction and installation of a pump station
to serve the entire drainage basin.
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Mr. collins stated that the current recreation standards
(Article 5.1. 1) require a minimum recreation space ratio of
.299. Therefore the applicant needed to provide a minimum
recreation space of 5.85 acres for a 19.2 acre site. However,
section IV-B-7-b-2 also requires that 1/35th of an acre of land
be dedicated for each dwelling unit proposed. This results in
acreage requirement of 4. 11 acres of public recreation area. If
the figure derived by application of Article 5.1. 1 is greater,
the difference (1.74 acres) must be developed for private
recreation area and a payment-in-lieu of recreation in the
amount of $12,823 for a 4. 11 acres of public recreation was
required to meet current standards.
Planning Director Collins said the project was to be developed
in phases with a completed project date in December, 1991. He
further stated that the project would have a measurable affect
on the traffic intersection of Eubanks Road and N.C. 86. He
commented that at present the County had not required off-site
traffic improvements feeling the road improvements should be
addressed by NCDOT, but that this was something the County
needed to review in light of needed road improvements to the
intersection of N.C. 86 and Eubanks Road and the lack of State
funding.
Commissioners Marshall and Carey asked about the size of the
pump station and who would pay for its construction. Mr.
Collins replied that the size of the pump station would be
agreed with OWASA and that the applicant would pay for having
it built.
Council Member Pasquini questioned the basis upon which the
land was valued for payment-in-lieu of recreation space. He
felt the amount was too low. Mr. Collins answered that the
1987 tax appraisal was used.
Council Member Werner asked if the commercial development and
this proposed residential development was consistent with the
adopted land use plan. Messrs. Collins and Waldon said that
these types of development were consistent and were examples of
the kind of balance expected to be achieved in mixed-use
designations.
Council Member Andresen asked if office-institutional
development would generate more traffic than residential
development. Mr. Waldon replied yes.
Council Member Preston asked about the topography of the site
and the amount of impervious surface. She suggested there be a
requirement that protective fences be put around the trees to
remain.
council Member Thorpe asked for the reason why the County was
requesting a payment-in-lieu of recreation space. Mr. Collins
responded that the County had established specific areas where
they wished to develop recreational and greenway systems. The
proposal 's site was not adjacent to any of the designated
recreational areas therefore the County had decided to ask for
payment-in-lieu of recreation space.
Council Member Smith questioned the statement of justification
regarding the traffic impact of the opening of I-40 to traffic
on N.C. 86.
Dana Staats, a landscape architect representing the applicant,
said they had worked with the Orange County and Chapel Hill
Planning Departments in an effort to make the proposal
acceptable to both entities and he thanked the Planning staffs
for their assistance. He gave a brief summary of the proposal
and said he would answer questions from the Board and Council.
Commissioner Carey asked if the change in the expected
completion date from December 1990 to December, 1991 would
affect the number of units to be built. Mr. Staats said no,
that it would just affect to timing of the units.
Council Member Pasquini asked if the applicant were required to
provide on-site public recreation space how that would be
accomplished. Mr. Staats replied that he did not know, but
that it would require a major redesign of the site as that
requirement would mean approximately 60% of the site used for
recreation purposes.
Ms. Gerrie Nunn, a resident of Eubanks Road, spoke in support
of the proposal.
Ms. Eliza Liptzin, a resident of Eubanks Road, spoke in support
of the proposal.
John Carne, a resident, spoke against the proposal due to the
expected increase in traffic on Eubanks Road and Northwoods
Drive. He said he would prefer to see approval of the project
include conditions for improvements to the intersection of
Eubanks Road and N.C. 86.
Mr. Harry Poole, a resident, spoke against the proposal because
of the expected increase of traffic on Northwoods Drive. He
stated that the current condition of the intersection of
Eubanks Road and N.C. 86 already had people cutting through
Northwoods subdivision in order to avoid the intersection. He
also commented that he would prefer to see more green space in
the proposal.
Council Member Andresen asked if the County did not require
off-site improvements, how would the improvements get done and
who would pay for them.
chair Willhoit responded that the County did not have a policy
hot to require off-site improvements, they had just not
required such improvements to date. He said this was something
the County needed to review and examine, especially when the
applicant pointed out in his application that the intersection
Alf Eubanks and N.C. 86 was already at or over capacity.
COUNCIL MEMBER HOWES MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON
TO REFER THE INFORMATION RECEIVED TO THE COUNTY MANAGER,
PLANNING STAFF, AND PLANNING BOARD AND TO ADJOURN THE HEARING
TO DECEMBER 1, 1986 WHEN IT WOULD RECEIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE PLANNING BOARD AND CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL. THE MOTION
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, (4-0) .
Joint Planning Agreement
Ken Thompson, Orange County Manager, gave a presentation on the
proposed amendments to the joint planning agreement between
Chapel Hill and Orange County. He said, in essence the
proposal would grant Chapel Hill the authority over development
applications in the transition areas. Orange County would
present a recommendation on the applications but the approval
would come from the Town. He said the proposal would give the
County the approval authority for the joint land use plan and
amendments thereto, as well as approval for development
applications in the rural buffer. Mr. Thompson stated the
proposal called for Chapel Hill to recommend zoning
classifications for the transition area and that the County
would grant approval of the zoning based on Chapel Hill's
recommendations to Orange County for development applications
in the rural buffer areas. He said the agreement would be a
two party agreement between Chapel Hill would also make
recommendations to Orange County for development applications
in the rural buffer areas. He said the agreement would be a
two party agreement between Chapel Hill and Orange County and
would supercede the existing joint planning agreement upon its
adoption.
Council Member Howes expressed concern that the proposal
eliminated Chapel Hill from the development of a land use plan
for the joint planning area, feeling this elimination in effect
did away with the theory of joint planning. He said he
understood the reasoning for having Chapel Hill have sole
approval/denial of development applications in the transition
areas as a means of eliminating duplication of efforts both for
developers and the staff, however, he felt the Town should have
approval authority of the joint land use plan.
Council Member Andresen expressed concern about the County
having sole zoning authority of the transition area. County
Manager Thompson responded that the County would probably adopt
the recommendations made by the Chapel Hill Town Council for
the zoning of the transition area as long as the proposed
zoning designations were consistent with the adopted land use
plan.
Council Member Godschalk agreed with Council Member Howes that
the Town should retain its approval authority of the joint land
use plan even though the bulk of this plan had already been
decided.
Commissioner Marshall commented that the County should not
initiate any rezoning request in the transition area without
the Town's knowledge and approval.
Council Member Smith said the joint agreement should include
language to that affect.
Council Member Howes asked about the legality of having the
Town grant approval/denial of development requests within the
transition area. County Attorney Gledhill replied that in
agreement, Orange county would delegate the approval authority
to the Chapel Hill Town Council. He said appeals would follow
the normal channels in that the appeal would be made to the
Superior Court.
Manager Taylor stated that as he understood from the discussion
the staff should prepare a proposal that would give joint
approval of the joint land use plan and any amendments; joint
approval of zoning designations for the transition area; and
recommendatory authority for developments in the transition
area to Orange County and in the rural buffer to Chapel Hill.
Chair Willhoit suggested that two representatives from the
County Commissioners and Town Council meet with the Managers to
work out the wording. The general consensus of both Boards was
for this to be done.
A MOTION WAS DULY MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. THE
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, (13-0) .
The meeting adjourned at 10: 00 p.m.
(Minutes transcribed by Nancy Wells, Clerk, Town of Chapel Hill )