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Land Use Management Ordinance Update
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Project Segments
Jun-Aug Part 3: Advisory Board Reviews
Aug-Sep Part 4: Planning Commission Review
Sep-Oct Part 5: Council Review
Land Use Management Ordinance Update
Part 1: Kickoff
Sep 2013
Part 2: Drafting
June 2015
Parts 3-5: Final Review
Summer/Fall 2015
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State of Current Regulations: • New topic for Land Use Management Ordinance• Bed & Breakfast not a permitted use• Desire for option expressed by property owners,
Chamber of Commerce, Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau
Bed & Breakfast
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Goals of Revision:• Define and regulate Bed & Breakfast• Determine appropriate zoning districts• Control scale of operation, manage special events• Ensure adequate parking• Require a renewable license
Bed & Breakfast
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Review of Proposed Content:• Up to 7 guest rooms permitted by right• Up to 12 guest rooms through site plan review• On-site parking: minimum of 0.75 spaces/guest room +
1.0 for owner and 1.0 per employee• 600-foot spacing required (about 1 block)• Special events limited to 25 guests, specific hours• Town license required, renewed every 2 years
Bed & Breakfast
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Detached Concept
Multiple Concepts
Life Cycle Diagram
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State of Current Regulations: • Within principal structure or detached • Requires 2x lot area for single-family• No parking required
• Council Business Meeting petition on 5/11/15
Accessory Apartments
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Goals of Revision:• Increase housing options, affordability • Small scale, reduced carbon footprint,
Uses existing infrastructure• Great choice for elderly, disabled • Ensure adequate parking
Accessory Apartments
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Accessory Apartments
Review of Proposed Content:• Remove requirement for double lot area• Clarify that it would not be subject to density or
floor area ratio limits (like all other single-family)• Require 1 on-site parking space per unit• Limited to 750 s.f. and max 50% of house floor area
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State of Current Regulations: • Regulations helpful images, graphics • Not clear what signs are allowed and how large• Difficult to administer and enforce
• New, more visual model adopted in Ephesus/Fordham
Signs
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Town of Chapel Hill | 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. | www.townofchapelhill.org
Goals of Revision:• Clarify prohibited signs
(including digital and inflatable signs)• Delete limits on shape, content (trademarks, etc.)• Eliminate difference in sign area for illuminated signs• Remove transfer of wall sign area to ground sign• Improve clarity, enforcement and predictability• Use graphics and tables
Signs
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Town of Chapel Hill | 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. | www.townofchapelhill.org
State of Current Regulations: • No illustrations in current LUMO, standards in
separate Town Design Manual• Relies on performance standard for
shading at noon on August 21st
• Does not clearly allow stormwater options
Parking Lot Landscaping
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Town of Chapel Hill | 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. | www.townofchapelhill.org
Goals of Revision:• Illustrate and clarify current standards• Allow for stormwater management in
conjunction with landscaping• Improve parking, drive-thru screening
Parking Lot Landscaping
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Parking Lot Landscaping
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Town of Chapel Hill | 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. | www.townofchapelhill.org
State of Current Regulations: • Complex, overlapping requirements• Based on varying State/Federal authority
– Jordan Buffer Rules– Water Quality Protection District (WPD)– Resource Conservation District (RCD)
• Need for consistent rules• Potential issues raised by new legislation?
Water Quality
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Goals of Revision:• Improve clarity, eliminate overlap• Amend WPD to align with State law, model ordinance,
recent Council actions (clarifying exemption for s.f.) • Impervious surface ratio: align dimensional table with
Council action for single family exemption, clarify table notes
• Amend steep slopes to clarify design requirements
Water Quality
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Review of Proposed Content:• Watershed Protection District updated to match State
requirements and exemptions, redundant stream buffer text removed, clarified development options
• Dimensional Matrix modified to reflect Town-wide standards based on 2013 Council action
• Watershed Protection District still applies 0.24 Low Density Option
• Steep slopes ordinance easier to read and use
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How to get involved
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Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @chapelhillgov #LUMO
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Land Use Management Ordinance Update