
{"id":21983,"date":"2011-11-17T13:14:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T18:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=21983"},"modified":"2011-11-17T13:14:12","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T18:14:12","slug":"shelton-station-decision-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/11\/17\/shelton-station-decision-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelton Station decision postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_21984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21984\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SheltonStation.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SheltonStation.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SheltonStation-113x65.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SheltonStation-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SheltonStation-100x58.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of the proposed Shelton Station project.\tCourtesy of Belmont Sayre<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>By Susan Dickson <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Staff Writer<\/em><br \/>\nCARRBORO \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00c2\u00a0Following hours of discussion, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday postponed a decision on the proposed Shelton Station mixed-use development until January, saying they needed to hear more from the public and gather additional information before approving or rejecting the project. <\/p>\n<p>The board did, however, vote 4-3 to approve zoning changes that would allow greater residential density in certain projects, possibly including Shelton Station. Board members Dan Coleman, Jacquie Gist and Sammy Slade voted against the changes. <\/p>\n<p>The project, proposed by Ken Reiter of Belmont Sayre, is a two-building, 125,000-square-foot development on 2.7 acres at 404, 406 and 500 N. Greensboro St. and 113 Parker St. A three-story building would face North Greensboro Street with 24,000 square feet of commercial property on the first and second floors and residential units on the third floor. <\/p>\n<p>A four-story building, set back from the first and running perpendicular to Parker Street, would house 90 residential units with parking below them.<br \/>\nThe approved zoning changes allow greater residential density in developments in exchange for mutually agreed-upon conditions for site and building elements to be met in the project, such as sustainable-building features, affordable-housing provisions and more, as well as at least 20 percent non-residential development. <\/p>\n<p>Gist warned that the zoning would open the door for dense apartment complexes in the downtown area. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think it would be opening Pandora\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s box,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Within 10 years, downtown Carrboro will be coffee shops and dense student housing.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  <\/p>\n<p>Other board members disagreed. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think that this mechanism would give us another tool in our toolbox,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d board member Lydia Lavelle said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I see passing this mechanism as coming up with a way that we can then look at future developments and give and take with developments that come before us.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Board member Joal Hall Broun said the changes would still give the board the final decision on whether to allow projects to use the zoning. The board did not decide on Tuesday whether to allow the proposed Shelton Station project to use the approved zoning.  <\/p>\n<p>A number of residents spoke against the project, citing concerns about traffic, possible road changes and the project\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s effects on the character of the neighborhood. Developers have proposed adding a turn-lane on North Greensboro Street in front of the project, which would widen the road and sidewalks to 56 feet within the 60-foot right-of-way, but could possibly cut into the yards of houses across the street. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not opposed to this project in the right place. I do not think North Greensboro Street is the right place for this project,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Braxton Foushee, a Williams Street resident and former member of the board. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is a quiet residential neighborhood. The scale of this building is going to look like what we see at Greenbridge.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>Residents also spoke in favor of the project, saying that it would bring increased density downtown, which would be good for both business and the environment and add needed workforce housing. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think it is affordable housing, and we keep talking about wanting affordable housing,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Giles Blunden. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This affordable housing is walkable to downtown. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I think the merchants downtown will appreciate the extra business.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I know it impacts certain people. Every project does that \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 but the bigger public good is what has to be looked at,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he added. <\/p>\n<p>The board said they would like to collect more public input and information regarding how the changes to the road could affect neighbors before making a decision, and continued the public hearing until Jan. 24. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday postponed a decision on the proposed Shelton Station mixed-use development until January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21985,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21983\/revisions\/21985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}