ATTACHMENT 2

PINE KNOLLS

NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT

PLAN

CD-4

Adopted by the Chapel Hill Town Council

June 12, 2006

Pine Knolls Neighborhood Conservation District Plan

June 12, 2006

SUMMARY

This Pine Knolls Neighborhood Conservation District Plan has been prepared and adopted in accordance with Section 3.6.5 in Chapel Hill’s Land Use Management Ordinance, and has been incorporated into the Land Use Management Ordinance by reference.   

The purpose of a Neighborhood Conservation District is to establish special regulations especially designed for and intended to help preserve the character of a particular, older residential neighborhood.  This Plan contains special regulations for the Pine Knolls Neighborhood Conservation District (CD-4) as described below.  The special regulations included here for height limits, floor area ratios, bedroom-to-bathroom ratios, limitations on front yard parking, and specific notification requirements apply only to single-family development and single-family dwellings with accessory apartments.

BOUNDARIES

The boundaries of the Pine Knolls Neighborhood Conservation District generally are as follows:  to the north, the backs of properties on the north side of Crest Street; to the east, the backs of properties on the east side of Merritt Mill Road, Raintree Lane, and Edwards Street; to the south, Fordham Boulevard; to the west, the Chapel Hill city limits.  Please see Attachment 1 for a map of the District boundaries.  The boundaries shall be indicated on the official Zoning Atlas which accompanies the Land Use Management Ordinance.

SPECIAL DESIGN STANDARDS TO APPLY TO DEVELOPMENT

IN THE PINE KNOLLS CONSERVATION DISTRICT

The following Design Standards shall apply to all development within the Pine Knolls Conservation District, and are incorporated into Chapel Hill’s Land Use Management Ordinance by reference.  No application for development shall be approved that does not comply with these standards.  For the Pine Knolls Neighborhood Conservation District, these standards replace/supercede general provisions in the Land Use Management Ordinance where such standards differ.  For standards that are not specifically identified in this Plan, provisions of the underlying zoning district for a particular parcel shall apply.  The special regulations included here for height limits, floor area ratios, bedroom-to-bathroom ratios, limitations on front yard parking, and specific notification requirements apply only to single-family development and single-family dwellings with accessory apartments.

The standards for the Pine Knolls Neighborhood Conservation District are as follows:
Pine Knolls Neighborhood Conservation District Plan

Regulation	Standard for Pine Knolls *
Duplexes (Dwelling, Two-family - - Duplex)	Not Permitted
Maximum Floor Area Ratio for Single-Family Dwelling (or Single-Family Dwelling with Accessory Apartment)	.25 This standard applies only to single-family development (and single-family dwellings with accessory apartments).
Maximum size for Single-Family Dwelling (or Single-Family Dwelling with Accessory Apartment)	2,500 square feet This standard applies only to single-family development (and single-family dwellings with accessory apartments).
Maximum Secondary Building Height	35 feet This standard applies only to single-family development (and single-family dwellings with accessory apartments).
Maximum Size for Single-Family Dwelling (or Single-Family with Accessory Apartment)	2,000 square feet, variance provision maximum of 2,500 square feet
Bathroom to Bedroom Ratio	A dwelling with more than 2 bedrooms, and a bathroom to bedroom ratio of 1.0 or greater, shall be classified as a Rooming House  unless the dwelling is occupied by persons related by blood, adoption (including foster parenting status), marriage, or domestic partnership, with not more than two unrelated persons. This standard applies only to single-family development (and single-family dwellings with accessory apartments).
Maximum Percent of Front Yard Used for Parking	30% This standard applies only to single-family development (and single-family dwellings with accessory apartments).
Zoning Compliance Permit Notification	Property owners within 1,000 feet must be notified if increase in floor area is proposed or if garages are proposed.  This standard applies only to single-family development (and single-family dwellings with accessory apartments).

*    For the Pine Knolls Neighborhood Conservation District, these standards replace/supersede general, otherwise applicable provisions in the Land Use Management Ordinance where such standards applicable to the property differ.  For standards that are not specifically identified in this Plan, provisions of the underlying zoning district for a particular parcel shall apply.

DESIGN GUIDELINES

A set of Design Guidelines for development in the Pine Knolls Neighborhood Conservation District shall be adopted by the Town Council.  The Town Manager shall encourage applicants proposing development in the Pine Knolls neighborhood to design such development in accordance with the adopted guidelines to the extent that it is feasible to do so.  The guidelines shall be adopted as an addendum to Chapel Hill’s existing document, “Design Guidelines,” which is a component of Chapel Hill’s Comprehensive Plan.  The guidelines shall become part of the Comprehensive Plan, but not part of the Land Use Management Ordinance.

ATTACHMENT

1. Map of the Pine Knolls Neighborhood Conservation District Boundaries