
{"id":2924,"date":"2008-07-03T09:12:15","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T17:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2008-07-03T09:12:15","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T17:12:15","slug":"glen-lennox-neighborhood-conservation-effort-moves-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2008\/07\/03\/glen-lennox-neighborhood-conservation-effort-moves-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Lennox neighborhood conservation effort moves forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by <strong>Rich Fowler<\/strong><br \/>\nStaff Writer<\/em><br \/>\nGlen Lennox area residents are one step closer to getting a Neighborhood Conservation District. At its meeting last week, the Chapel Hill Town Council allowed residents to go forward with the NCD process, which allows the planning department to hold an informational meeting for area landowners.<br \/>\nThe NCD petition was filed soon after Grubb Properties, the owner of the Glen Lennox apartments and shopping center, announced a plan to redevelop the area into a high-density neighborhood similar to Meadowmont.<br \/>\nBut at the council meeting, Clay Grubb, president of Grubb Properties, said he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think the plan was sensitive to the history of Glen Lennox.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I apologize,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Grubb said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We were not prepared to submit that plan, but we felt like we had no choice at the time. That was a plan that was done hastily.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nHe said he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be happy to halt plans while all parties involved talked it over.<br \/>\nGrubb said he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel the NCD process was fair, because his company owns the 440 apartment units and shopping center, which make up a little more than one-third of the area.<br \/>\nMary Dexter, who filed the original petition, said the proposed Glen Lennox redevelopment plan wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the only reason for an NCD. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re working on saving a neighborhood, not just apartments,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. Dexter said area residents were concerned about teardowns and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153McMansions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in their neighborhood.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have common historical values, we have common architectural values,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are a neighborhood, and you are part of it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nThe next step is that the planning board will schedule a meeting to tell landowners how the NCD process works, what it protects and what it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t protect. Notices will be sent to all landowners within a 500-foot radius of the proposed NCD before the meeting.<br \/>\nThere are currently six NCDs in Chapel Hill, including one in Northside and the most recent one in Coker Hills.<br \/>\nThe council took no action on a proposed moratorium on development along NC 54 east of 15-501 up to the town limits. Projects already under construction as well as those still in the application phase would not be stopped by a moratorium.<br \/>\nBecause of the way the development process is set up, the proposed redevelopment of Glen Lennox, along with any other future proposed projects along NC 54, would still be subject to a moratorium if the council chooses to pass one when it meets again in the fall.<br \/>\nMichael Collins, vice chair of the planning board, said the board unanimously supported the original petition for a moratorium on NC 54. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The applications seem to be coming fast and furious,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. Collins said that perhaps it was a good time to step back and discuss what the council and citizens want along the road.<br \/>\nMayor Pro Tem Jim Ward said that passing the moratorium now wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t an either\/or issue. He said that passing one right now wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be effective, because the town would wind up losing a lot of time under a moratorium when the council wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t in session.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It has our attention, and it will gain more attention and thought over the next few months,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Rich Fowler Staff Writer Glen Lennox area residents are one step closer to getting a Neighborhood Conservation District. At its meeting last week, the Chapel Hill Town Council allowed residents to go forward with the NCD process, which allows the planning department to hold an informational meeting for area landowners. 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