[Durham INC] FW: Updated Text Amendment for TC1000006, Commercial Infill

[Ed Harrison]

The City of Durham's Urban Growth Area has extended into Orange County  
for more than a quarter-century  (1985).  It takes in almost a square  
mile. A small amount was annexed in the 1990s.  It also extends into  
Wake County, as does part of the City of Durham -- a swap with  
Raleigh, which extends into Durham County (Brier Creek). A tiny part  
of the UGA and of the City extends into Chatham County, because a  
sewage pump station had to be located in Chatham to push the waste  
uphill back to Durham County. And City policy says that wastewater  
facilities serving parts of the City have to be included in the UGA  
and annexed.

In turn,  the urban services boundary and Town limits of Chapel Hill  
have extended into Durham County since 1969, the Morrisville Town  
limits since sometime in the mid-1980s, and the Butner Town limits  
since about 2007, after Butner was incorporated as a municipality.

So, lots of room for infill, and lots and lots of complications for  
City-County merger.

Ed Harrison

Durham County resident starting in 1968;  Chapel Hill Town Council  
Member since 2001.



On Jan 21, 2011, at 4:55 PM, Barry Ragin wrote:

> I have to admit that, at first glance, i rather like the concept of  
> a Commercial Infill zoning district. But the proof of the pudding,  
> as the saying goes, is in the eating.
>
> I daresay, now that Durham's Urban Growth Area extends almost all  
> the way to the Orange and Chatham County lines, that we'll have an  
> awful lot of area to actually infill, though.
>
> Barry Ragin
>
>
> On 1/21/11 4:41 PM, Pat Carstensen wrote:
>> If you are into reading the exact language of proposed ordinance  
>> changes, here is the correct link to the amended text. In addition  
>> to the proposed new CI district, it has moved chunks of text around  
>> (out of footnotes on tables, re-grouping some of the stuff about  
>> trees in parking lots...)
>>
>> Regards, pat
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Subject: Updated Text Amendment for TC1000006, Commercial Infill
>> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:33:59 -0500
>> From: Wade.Griffin at durhamnc.gov
>> To: Wade.Griffin at durhamnc.gov
>>
>> We apologize for the incorrect link in the previous e-mail and any  
>> inconvenience it may have caused. The correct link to the proposed  
>> text amendment is http://www.durhamnc.gov/council/ord_changes/ .
>>
>> Please be advised of the upcoming proposed change to the text of  
>> the Durham Unified Development Ordinance (UDO): Text Change  
>> TC1000006 proposes revisions to the following sections of the  
>> Unified Development Ordinance: Sec. 4.1, General; Sec. 4.3,  
>> Nonresidential District Intent Statements; Sec. 5.1, Use Table;  
>> Sec. 6.2, Residential Rural (RR) Development Intensity; Sec. 6.3,  
>> Residential Suburban (RS) Development Intensity; Sec 6.4,  
>> Residential Urban (RU) Development Intensity; Sec. 6.5, Residential  
>> Compact (RC) Development Intensity; Sec. 6.9, Nonresidential  
>> Development in Residential Districts; Sec. 6.10, Nonresidential  
>> District Development Intensity; Sec. 9.4, Project Boundary Buffers;  
>> Sec. 9.6, Street Trees; Sec. 9.8, Vehicular Use Area Landscaping;  
>> Sec. 9.9, Fences and Walls; Sec. 10.3, Required Parking; Sec. 10.4,  
>> Design Standards; and Sec. 10.7, Loading Areas.
>>
>> The Durham Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on  
>> TC01000006 on February 8, 2011 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 http://www.durhamnc.gov/council/ord_changes/ .  
>> Once the agenda is finalized, the staff memo may be viewed under  
>> “Schedule” at www.durhamnc.gov/departments/planning/planning_commission.cfm 
>>  <http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/planning/planning_commission.cfm 
>> >. For more information please contact Anne Kramer, 560-4137  
>> x28271; anne.kramer at durhamnc.gov <mailto:anne.kramer at durhamnc.gov> .
>>
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>>
>> *Wade Griffin*
>>
>> /Planner/
>>
>> /Durham City/County Planning Department/
>>
>> 101 City Hall Plaza
>>
>> Durham NC 27701
>>
>> Phone: 919-560-4137 x28229
>>
>> Fax : 919-560-4641
>>
>> www.durhamnc.gov/departments/planning <http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/planning 
>> >
>>
>> nbhd
>>
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