INC NEWS - P.S. Hotels and Motels --

Tue Sep 30 08:14:57 EDT 2008

Doing it as a minor special is ideologically sound -- it says that sometimes it would work and sometimes not (e.g. if you had a relatively small-scale long-term hotel with no banquet-type facilities, the traffic would not be all that high), and it's better to build flexibility into the system.  

In practice, it could be a disaster -- a whole new procedure (minor special use) for an unsophisticated neighborhood to master and a loophole to move a big building that needs a lot of traffic to make $$.

I would be happier if the propsed text gave some guidance on what makes access through residential areas OK.

Regards, pat> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:20:46 -0700> From: mmr121570 at yahoo.com> To: inc-list at durhaminc.org> Subject: INC NEWS - P.S. Hotels and Motels --> > "07-15: hotels and motels, with a minor use permit, could have access through a residential district"> > Anybody have a problem with this? Here in South Durham it would be awful to have a hotel developed on the farmland up the street from my neighborhood...> > Any comments...?> Melissa> > > > --- On Mon, 9/29/08, Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com> wrote:> > > From: Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com>> > Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Changes in UDO> > To: inc-list at durhaminc.org> > Date: Monday, September 29, 2008, 9:17 PM> > Not sure why the conservation subdivision revisions are> > back, unless they were deferred for a vote...perhaps for> > specific text to be inserted?> > > > I have read over this version, and I don't see much> > that is different, except that they now allow a minimum> > street yard of 8 feet, as opposed to the original 50 feet,> > for conservation subdivision residential units. I don't> > have a problem with this, as most of the yards are clear-cut> > and mass-graded anyway. Furthermore, I figure we have to> > give somewhere to enable them to utilize higher density,> > 'cluster' developments, since they are essentially> > preserving (touch wood) 50% of the land as open space.> > > > Melissa> > > > Melissa Rooney> > mmr121570 at yahoo.com> > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Mon, 9/29/08, Pat Carstensen> > <pats1717 at hotmail.com> wrote:> > > > > From: Pat Carstensen <pats1717 at hotmail.com>> > > Subject: INC NEWS - Changes in UDO> > > To: "listserv, inc"> > <inc-list at durhaminc.org>> > > Date: Monday, September 29, 2008, 5:35 PM> > > The October 14 meeting of Planning Commission will be> > > hearing a whole bunch of proposed changes to the UDO:> > > > > > * 07-15: hotels and motels, with a minor use permit,> > could> > > have access through a residential district> > > * 07-19: Conservation Subdivisions (Melissa -- why is> > this> > > back?)> > > * 08-03: Carnival Hours> > > * 08-01: Height in IL districts in compact areas> > downtown> > > (it does preserve lower limits near edges)> > > * 08-07: Nightclubs and Bars downtown -- they would be> > > allowed within 50 feet of a place of worship in> > Downtown> > > Tier> > > * 08-08: Public notice -- making e-mail ok> > > > > > Regards, pat> > > > > > ________________________________> > > Subject: Text Amendment Notice for TC07-19> > > Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:39:15 -0400> > > From: Wade.Griffin at durhamnc.gov> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please be advised of the upcoming proposed change to> > the> > > text of the Durham Unified Development Ordinance> > (UDO): > > > Text Change TC0700019 proposes revisions relating to> > > conservation subdivisions to the following sections of> > the> > > Unified Development Ordinance: Sec. 3.2, Common Review> > > Procedures; Sec. 3.9, Special Use Permit; Sec. 6.2,> > > Residential Rural (RR) Development Intensity; Sec.> > 7.2, Open> > > Space; and Sec. 8.3, Tree Protection and Tree> > Coverage.> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Durham Planning Commission will hold a public> > hearing> > > on TC0700019 on October 14, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. in the> > City> > > Council Chambers at 101 City Hall Plaza. 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