Comprehensive plan items in Chatham County
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| Subject | Items |
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| Comprehensive plan | 49 |
| Environment and sustainability | 18 |
| Zoning text amendment | 13 |
| Land conversion and large development | 6 |
| Rezoning | 5 |
| State legislative agenda | 5 |
| Budget and appropriations | 3 |
| Housing and affordability | 3 |
| Public facilities | 3 |
| Roads and transportation | 3 |
| Farmland and open space | 2 |
| Intergovernmental agreements | 2 |
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Approves the space needs study and master plan by Hobbs Architects and The Wooten Company for a phased government campus on about 277 county-owned acres near US 64 West and Renaissance Drive, sized for at least 20 years of growth. Approval lets detailed design and engineering begin.
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Old Business 2 Update: Climate Action Plan and Blue Strike proposalAn update on the Climate Action Plan and a proposal from Blue Strike, a report on the plan's steering committee from Kevin Lindley, and a question about the committee's advisory role going forward.
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A space needs study and master plan for county facilities, prepared by Hobbs Architects and The Wooten Company, presented for approval.
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The climate action plan: a proposal from the Blue Strike consultancy, the steering committee, and what the advisory committee's role becomes.
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Blue Strike is hired as the climate action plan consultant, with a kickoff aimed at late August and a steering committee to include a member of this committee.
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Resolution Comprehensive plan
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Amendment to the Chatham-Cary Joint Land Use Plan for a 6.5-acre parcel.
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A countywide engagement steering committee, place-based meetings around the county, business roundtables, and outreach to health, faith, agriculture, housing and youth communities, with translation, stipends, childcare and transport for under-resourced communities, and a public dashboard tracking participation.Approved for submission to the climate action plan consultant
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Toll Southeast asks to move about 6.5 acres from very low density residential to low density residential on the joint plan.Recommended for approval 10-0
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A public hearing on a joint Chatham-Cary land use plan amendment for a roughly 6.5-acre parcel on Earnest Jones Road, raising its designated density from very-low to low-density residential.referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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Presentation from Chatham Park on the status of the large planned development.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.Presentation Comprehensive plan
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Presentation on county-wide school growth.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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Presentation on aligning county capital planning with long-range planning.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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The draft sectors of a climate action plan for the Board of Commissioners.
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A framework for the county's climate action plan, with examples from other jurisdictions and a debate over organizing it by sector or by broader category.
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What came out of the retreat's first day, and the roadmap and public input process for the climate action plan.Discussed; the committee asked for a roadmap and a point person
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A regional planning facilitator described what goes into a climate action plan, including emissions baselines, mitigation strategies, and metrics, and discussed staffing needs and alignment with the county's comprehensive plan.
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A planning department request to move the adopted ordinance's effective date back a year, following Senate Bill 382.
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The October 17 and November 6 retreat: speakers, what each day covers, and a request for proposals to hire a consultant to draft the climate action plan.
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The commissioners approved a two-day retreat and asked the committee to take a larger part in planning and attending it.Retreat approved for October 17 and November 6
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Central Pines Regional Council proposed to facilitate the retreat; the commissioners postponed approval to August.Postponed to the commissioners' August meeting
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The retreat moved to late September or October; the committee will identify gaps in the comprehensive plan and review other regions' climate action plans.Two members to prepare a summary of the pre-retreat work
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A tool from Urban 3 in Asheville demonstrated on a proposed 600-unit neighborhood and a megachurch.
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A recommended direction for a county climate action plan, with logistics, speakers and how to record the retreat.A quote to be sought from Central Pines for facilitation
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Moving the Unified Development Ordinance's effective date, on the Planning Board's 5-4 recommendation of May 6.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, that 25-30 Resolution amending the effective date of the adopted Unified Development Ord…
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A planning department request forced by Senate Bill 382, which removed local downzoning authority and blocked the implementation work.Recommended 5-4 with a consistency statement; the chair, Lyons, Mayer and Chiosso opposed, Andrews abstaining
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The commissioners agreed unanimously to proceed, with the county manager to bring a full proposal in June.Approved by the commissioners; retreat expected in July or August
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The Climate Change Advisory Committee asked the board to authorize planning for a retreat on the county's climate impacts, local climate action plans, and the funding and staff a plan would need. The board directed staff to develop a plan and bring it back.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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A hearing on moving the Unified Development Ordinance's effective date from July 1 to December 31, 2025, because Senate Bill 382 removed local downzoning authority and blocked the implementation work. Nobody signed up to speak, and the item went to the Planning Board.referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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Current and future plans and regulations along the corridor: the node boundaries in the development ordinance, what applies outside them, the conservation area northeast of the Haw River, and the absence of a joint plan with Apex.
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NC State's Operations Research and Education Laboratory on potential school facility needs, drawn from a winter 2024 land use study.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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What Senate Bill 382 does to the newly adopted Unified Development Ordinance. Staff said the legislature would return to it in the long session, that the downzoning provision might draw little attention, and that the result could be a narrower but still restrictive definition, or repeal.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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The ten Plan Chatham goals plus the three the board added in 2017: preserving rural character and agriculture, compact growth in and near existing towns and walkable mixed-use centers, and diversifying the tax base away from residential property tax.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner David Delaney, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, to add to the Board of Commissioners' Areas of Focus for 2025, an item listed as climate…
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The 2024 State of Chatham County report, the county's annual report covering the comprehensive plan, economic development, housing, broadband, education and county departments.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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The Recode Chatham Unified Development Ordinance, adopted in two votes after four years of work and the Planning Board's 7-1 recommendation. Senate Bill 382 blocked its implementation three weeks later.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, to adopt the 24-59 resolution for the Recode Chatham Unified Development Ordinance. Th…
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The last open questions on the Unified Development Ordinance before adoption: open space density, general use and conditional districts, and affordable housing, worked through with the consultants from the Planning Board's motions and staff input, with modeled scenarios on two real sites.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed
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An overview of the Unified Development Ordinance process and its next steps, three weeks before adoption.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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An update on Pittsboro's scenic corridor overlay district.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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Public input and Planning Board recommendations on the Unified Development Ordinance, with the consultants to bring more to the next meeting.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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VI.1 Evaluate the draft Unified Development Ordinance and recommend whether the commissioners adopt itThe consultant's presentation and the board's own review, taken as a series of votes on concerns to attach to its recommendation: staffing, open space enforcement, cross references, notice, sliding scale density, climate change in the design principles, a safeguard against state preemption, and riparian footpaths.Recommended for approval in principle 7-1, Smith opposed, subject to the attached list; consistency statement 7-1
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The final draft of the Unified Development Ordinance, reviewed at length with staff and the consultants, who were asked to return on October 21 with more information.
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The public hearing on the draft Unified Development Ordinance, at which eleven people spoke.referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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A rezoning requested by Qunity, PA for the Summit Church in Williams Township. The board found it inconsistent with the comprehensive plan's goals of diversifying the tax base, generating higher-quality county jobs, and letting residents travel safely through the county.Recommended for denial 8-0; inconsistency statement 8-0
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The second half of the same request, in Baldwin Township. The board found it inconsistent with the comprehensive plan and said the compact community zoning already in place is the better designation for the area, noting the open space and tax revenue the change would cost.Recommended for denial 8-0; inconsistency statement 8-0
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The Agriculture Advisory Board has new members and a steady stream of conservation district applications, and the board's own special meeting on the development ordinance was the following Tuesday.
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