AGENDA #2

MEMORANDUM

TO:	Mayor and Town Council
FROM:	Roger L. Stancil, Town Manager
SUBJECT:	Public Hearing: Land Use Management Ordinance Text Amendment – Modification to the Planned Development-Housing Minimum Land Area Requirement in Residential Districts
DATE:	February 18, 2008

PURPOSE

Tonight, the Council considers a proposed Land Use Management Ordinance text amendment regarding modifications to the minimum land area requirement for a Planned Development-Housing (PD-H) in residential zoning districts.   

Tonight’s Public Hearing has been scheduled to receive public comment about the proposed text amendment.  The purpose of this cover memorandum is to forward my preliminary recommendation to the Council.

MANAGER’S PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATION

The proposed Land Use Management Ordinance Text Amendment would lower the minimum land area requirement for a Planned Development-Housing under particular circumstances, and would create a regulatory process for approval of smaller residential Planned Developments.

I believe the proposed changes to the Land Use Management Ordinance would benefit the community by creating more options for redevelopment within the town.  My preliminary recommendation is that the Council enact the attached Ordinance, approving the proposed Land Use Management Ordinance text amendment.