
{"id":25250,"date":"2012-04-19T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T14:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=25250"},"modified":"2012-04-19T10:53:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T14:53:32","slug":"claremont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2012\/04\/19\/claremont\/","title":{"rendered":"Aldermen approve Claremont South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Susan Dickson<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CARRBORO \u00e2\u20ac\u201c In a move that will add a commercial component to a previously residential-only approved development, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve Claremont South, a development that will replace the previously approved Claremont Phases IV and V, proposed for 38 acres on the south side of Homestead Road, north of Wexford. <\/p>\n<p>In 2009, the board approved Claremont Phases IV and V, which were proposed to include 96 residential units on the same property. However, Omar Zinn of Parker Louis LLC, the developer, returned to the board in 2010 to discuss the state of the housing market \u00e2\u20ac\u0153and how the current approved [project] was difficult for me to swallow,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Zinn worked to develop a revised proposal, which includes 92 single-family residences and a small commercial component, but is largely the same as the previously approved project. <\/p>\n<p>Board member Jacquie Gist said the board suggested that Zinn add the commercial component. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153If we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to be truly walkable, if we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to be truly sustainable, if we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to protect the environment, then we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got to put some commercial in [residential developments],\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.  <\/p>\n<p>A number of residents spoke against the project, citing concerns about its proximity to Bolin Creek and its impact on water quality. Of particular concern was the project\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s compliance with a new set of rules regarding nutrient loading in the Jordan Lake watershed, which are likely to be approved by the state in June. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153If you pass this development as proposed, Carrboro will have to eventually address this nutrient loading,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Julie McClintock, president of the Friends of Bolin Creek. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It is far more effective and much cheaper to address reductions before development is put in place.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>However, Zinn said the project\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stormwater-management plan was built to follow the current ordinance. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The housing market is not what it once was, and we have followed [the existing] ordinance for three years. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t always hit a moving target,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I understand your desire and the want for me to follow this ordinance, which may be approved in June \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 but at this point I would like to respectfully decline due to all of the time and money that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve invested and the fact that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve followed current regulations.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Mark Chilton emphasized that a similar project had already been reviewed and approved by the board three years ago. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I kind of feel like a lot of what I heard tonight was a lot of people coming in and trying to retry the case when it comes to this particular development,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. <\/p>\n<p>McClintock said that the new project proposal brought up new concerns. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You are having a new public hearing, and from a water-quality perspective I think that there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new information,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARRBORO \u00e2\u20ac\u201c In a move that will add a commercial component to a previously residential-only approved development, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve Claremont South, a development that will replace the previously approved Claremont Phases IV and V, proposed for 38 acres on the south side of Homestead Road, north of Wexford. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25250","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=25250"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25277,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25250\/revisions\/25277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}