Susan Dickson
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a land use ordinance amendment to allow for the development of a day-care center in the Winmore Village Mixed Use development.
The amendment exempts child day-care uses from the impervious surface limitations that apply to the single-family residential portion of a mixed-use development. The board has expressed interest in creating incentives for the inclusion of day-care uses in developments, and Capkov Ventures, the developer of Winmore, proposed the amendment in February to allow for the construction of a day-care facility.
Residents of Camden Lane, the neighborhood adjacent to the project, had previously opposed the development. However, Alice Mine, president of the homeowners’ association for Camden Lane, said the developer had worked with residents to make changes and that they had no objections to the project.
The Environmental Advisory Board recommended changes to the project that would improve its impact on Bolin Creek, which is adjacent to the development.
Winmore resident Alena Calimanus said that while the EAB’s changes improved the project proposal, the board of aldermen should be careful considering projects around Bolin Creek in the future.
“We really need to make sure that in the future we don’t look at things as piecemeal, but that we look at things overall,†she said.
Calimanus showed board members pictures of flooding around Bolin Creek and the surrounding areas after heavy rain in September.
“Let’s make sure we do things to preserve the creek in the future,†she said.
In other business, board members voted unanimously to approve rezoning of a property at 401 N. Greensboro St., next to Fitch Lumber, from residential to commercial.
Miles Fitch Jr., owner of the property, said he requested the rezoning so Capelli Hair Studio could move into the building, an old mill house.