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HomeMy Public PortalAbout6.6.2000 Joint Public HearingTown of H!,,1.,1,1s7, AGENDA SPECIAL JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HILLSBOROUGH TOWN BOARD and PLANNING BOARD Tuesday, Y``6, 2000 7:30 PM, Town Barn ITEM #1: Call public hearing to order. ITEM #2: Consideration of an ordinance to amend the Zoning Ordinance to establish a 6 - month development moratorium on the processing, review and approval of site-. specific development plans for non-residential development on all properties under the Town's zoning jurisdiction and located within 2500 feet of the intersection of the centerlines of Interstate 85 and NC 86 rights-of-way. ITEM #3: Adjourn. Please call the Clerk or Planning Department if you cannot attend 732-2104 ext. 224 or 228 Both lines are connected to voice mail 101 East Orange Street • P.O. Box 429 • Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 n1n '799 91n4 . V..... n10 RAA nonn MKIN A TN shaded a.r�s ace— u�va ed b� P�'ma � i� ,Moro -ll ,r % wrn awfloN i fj max: `•�. '�:, :,��►- 11 Wf" r MA's -23-0U TUE 1 b 4 1 Ht ti K LiLiL.H l-Fiw r t 1cI•I r ert AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE PROCESSING OF SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ON PROPERTIES WITHIN THE EC)N6bffC-DSV E t$PiVi ST -u£_' a.SoD j=eep O�6 :nS N C 8C, WHEREAS, in 1995 the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners added Section 2,13 to the H ilisborough Zoning Ordinance to provide location and regulations for a wide range of uses; and WHEREAS, the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Board of Commissioners are currently studying possible modifications of their respective Zoning Ordinances with respect to the regulations affecting the use of land in the vicinity of the Intersection of Interstate 85 and N.C. Highway 86; and WHEREAS, the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners recognizes that, whenever major revisions to the Zoning Ordinance are contemplated, uncertainty may be created as to the effect of ordinance amendments on development applications that are pending if and when such amcndrments are adopted; and WHEREAS, the Board desires to avoid such uncertainty, to avoid the potential of public and private resources being wasted if ordinance amendments render obsolete development applications that do not comply with such ordinance amendments, and to preserve the status quo in terms of the development of major tracts within the area, pending the drafting of ordinance amendments that are necessary to implement the possible changes in uses or conditions in the area. NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH ORDAINS: Suction 1. From and after the effective date of this ordinance for a period of six months (unless terminated sooner or extended as provided in Section 4 hereof), the Hillsborough Planning Department shall not process applications for site specific development pians for non- residential developments within an area located within Hillsborough's zoning jurisdiction and within 2,590 linear feet of the intersection of the centerline of the Interstate 85 right-of-way and the centerline of the N,C. Highway 86 right-of-way, as shown on the map attached and incorporated herein, unless such applications have been accepted as complete and the fees associated with such applications have been paid prior to the effective date of this ordinance. Section 2. For purposes of Section I of this ordinance, a development application shall be accepted if the applicant has submitted substantially all of the information rcquircd under Section 4.9 or 5.26 of the Zoning Ordinance as determined by the Zoning Officer. Section 3. For purposes of Section 1 of this ordinance, the required fees are those established for the applicable permit application by the Miscellaneous Fees and Charges Schedule. Such fees shall be paid by the applicant and accepted by the town only after the application has been accepted in accordance with Section 2 of this ordinance, MAY' -23-00 T ULt 1 6 = •i Z=' I Ht XS K kP k -Pt— , L- "" r a K,•, r . to, --> Section 4. 'Phis ordinance shall remain in effect for a period of six months from the effective date, unless terminated sooner by the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners, or unless extcrided prior to the expiration of the six month period by the Hillsborough Board of t`ommtssioners provided, however, that there shall be no more than two (2) extensions of up to ninety (90) days each. Section 5. All provisions of any town ordinance in conflict with this ordinance are rvpcalcd- Section G. This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption. 'rhe foregoing ordinance, having been submitted to a vote, received the following vote and was duly adopted this _ day of .2000. Aycs Noes. Absent or Excused: 2 a p EDD Work Group P Status Report D May 2000 In February, the Board. of County Commissioners and Hillsborough Town Board each appointed two representatives to work with the planning and economic development staffs to update and revise the EDD manual. Part of the work group's mission was to also consider expanding or establishing an additional EDD at the I85/NC86 interchange. The work group has been working on the following issues that address "what's broken" with the manual: • How does residential development exist/get developed in the EDD? • What should the transportation system look like? • The list of permitted uses is difficult to use and understand; how can it be fixed? • How can the review process be adjusted to adequately handle the small scale, single use developments and the large-scale planned development? Significant changes to the development requirements are not expected as part of this process. The work group is considering changes that will allow the horizontal and vertical integration of uses on the site to avoid the pitfalls of RTP (traffic congestion brought on by all employment & no residences). They are also looking to make the guidelines more imperative than suggestive and make them easier to understand. The guidelines currently "suggest" and "encourage" many quality design features. Making these things requirements, there is less interpretive room and pressure on staff to know what to require. With many items "suggested" and "encouraged" it's also difficult for an applicant to have much certainty about the sufficiency of a design. The following issues need to be resolved in relation to the I85/NC86 interchange: • Is this an appropriate location for an EDD? • Should the EDD be structured exactly like the one at I40? • What should be the geographic extent of the EDD? • What should be done, if anything, about the property that has already developed in this area?