AGENDA #4b

 

MEMORANDUM

 

 

TO:                Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:          W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

 

SUBJECT:     Schedule for Considering Petition to Rezone Parcel at South Columbia Street and Old Pittsboro Road

 

DATE:           November 26, 2001

 

 

Adoption of the attached resolution would schedule a May 20, 2002, hearing on a petition to rezone a 0.8-acre tract at the corner of South Columbia Street and Old Pittsboro Road. The petition requests that the lot be rezoned from Office Institutional-3 to Residential-2.

 

BACKGROUND

 

On June 18, 2001, the Town Council held a hearing on the proposed zoning of University of North Carolina properties on the main campus and on the campus edge to Office Institutional-4. At that time, a resident of the adjoining Westwood neighborhood, Mr. Joe Capowski, told the Council that he would later petition the Council to rezone a University-owned parcel at the corner of South Columbia Street and Old Pittsboro Road to Residential-2. The lot was not considered in the Office Institutional-4 rezoning process. He noted that Residential-2 zoning is the predominant zoning in the area. Mr. Capowski also noted that the Town’s Land Use Plan states that this area should be low-density residential. 

 

DISCUSSION

 

On October 22, 2001, Mr. Capowski submitted to the Town Council a petition to rezone the parcel (Tax Map Number 7.88.H.1) as indicated on Map 1 from Office Institutional-3 to Residential-2. We propose the following schedule for considering the rezoning petition:

 

·        April 5, 2002          Notification to Property Owners

·        April 16, 2002        Planning Board review

·        May 20, 2002        Council Public Hearing

·        June 10, 2002        Council consideration

 

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

We recommend the Council consider the attached resolution scheduling a hearing on the rezoning petition for May 20, 2002.

 

ATTACHMENTS

 

  1. Petition to Rezone Lot at South Columbia Street and Old Pittsboro Road (p. 4).
  2. Map of Proposed Rezoning of Lot at South Columbia Street and Old Pittsboro Road (p. 5).

 

 

A RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A HEARING ON REZONING PETITION (2001-11-26/R-3)

 

WHEREAS, on October 22, 2002, Mr. Joe Capowski submitted a petition to the Town Council to rezone a parcel at South Columbia Street and Old Pittsboro Road from Office Institutional-3 to Residential-2;

 

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Council schedules a public hearing for May 20, 2002, at 7 p.m. in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, 306 N. Columbia St., to consider rezoning the 0.8-acre parcel at South Columbia Street and Old Pittsboro Road (Tax Map Number 7.88.H.1) from Office Institutional-3 to Residential-2.

 

 

This the 26th day of November, 2001.