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

[Melissa Rooney]

"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
> 
> 
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> --- 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
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> > 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.
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> > 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.  The text of
> the
> > proposed change may be viewed at
> > www.durhamnc.gov/council/ord_changes.  Once the agenda
> is
> > finalized, the staff memo may be viewed under
> “Schedule”
> > at
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> www.durhamnc.gov/departments/planning/planning_commission.cfm.
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> > information.  Staff contact:  Julia Mullen, 560-4137
> x255;
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