
{"id":2698,"date":"2008-05-29T06:51:35","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T14:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2008-05-29T06:51:35","modified_gmt":"2008-05-29T14:51:35","slug":"town-oks-new-type-of-zoning-on-center-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2008\/05\/29\/town-oks-new-type-of-zoning-on-center-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Town OKs new type of zoning on Center Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>by Kirk Ross<\/strong><br \/>\nStaff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved a new type of zoning and shortly afterward approved the first property to receive it in a meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new conditional zoning rules were approved after a discussion about how the new rules would affect mainly downtown areas. Conditional zoning extends the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ability to limit uses for a property beyond what a typical conditional-use permit would.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe rules were drafted specifically to solve a quandary about a proposed zoning change at 102 Center St. The owners of the property, Center Street Preservation, wanted to expand the commercial uses of the property, which was zoned residential.<\/p>\n<p>Despite assurances by the owners that they would maintain the integrity of the small, residential street, in recent discussions several board members have said they were uncomfortable granting the property a business zoning because a future owner of the building could then expand its commercial use even more.<\/p>\n<p>To resolve the issue, town planners drafted new conditional zoning rules that create a mechanism for reaching agreement on types of uses. On Tuesday, the board of aldermen agreed to allow conditional zoning, but only for properties applying for B-2 zoning, which is focused in the transitional areas between residential and commercial regions of downtown.<\/p>\n<p>Under the rules adopted for the Center Street property, it can only be used for an office serving clients on premises; an office attracting little or no client traffic; a bed and breakfast; a home-occupation business; or a residence. At Tuesday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hearing, the board and the property owners also agreed to language that would prevent them from destroying or removing the mill house on the lot.<\/p>\n<p>Board member Joal Hall Broun also urged that the town look into allowing conditional zoning for other types of zones, saying the added flexibility would be helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Kirk Ross Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved a new type of zoning and shortly afterward approved the first property to receive it in a meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall. The town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new conditional zoning rules were approved after a discussion about how the new rules would affect mainly downtown areas&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}