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| Zoning text amendment | 394 |
| Comprehensive plan | 62 |
| Environment and sustainability | 55 |
| Land conversion and large development | 39 |
| Rezoning | 35 |
| Stormwater and flooding | 33 |
| Housing and affordability | 31 |
| Subdivision and site plans | 30 |
| Roads and transportation | 29 |
| Parks and recreation | 18 |
| State legislative agenda | 18 |
| Data centers and large loads | 17 |
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The subcommittee discusses possible Unified Development Ordinance amendments and other initiatives to preserve and increase tree canopy in Apex.
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The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee presents a resolution with its policy slate. It asks the county to apply the 2024 development ordinance's affordable housing districts and incentives under the current zoning ordinance, and to allow accessory dwelling units countywide now. It also suggests lower permit fees fo…
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Old Business 1 Update: Data Centers and Judge's RulingAn update on data centers and a judge's ruling, listed with two questions: what the county's response is, and the status of draft data center regulations. The agenda does not name the case.
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UDO changes to how Planning Board and Board of Adjustment members are appointed. Staff say the hearing must be continued because the Planning Board voted 7-2 to hold the item until its 12 October meeting.
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Would set deadlines for the mayor's recommendations to four resident advisory boards, and let the council appoint another applicant when a recommendation is rejected or late. The clerk asks whether to defer it to 13 October alongside the matching UDO change.
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Staff will walk the commission through proposed changes to the town's Land Use Management Ordinance. The agenda says no attachments were provided and no action is requested.Presentation Zoning text amendment
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A revision of the county design guidelines recommended by the Appearance Commission, adding a suggested plant list and an invasive plant list for commercial and industrial development.
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Text amendments to the zoning ordinance to keep it in step with G.S. 160D. They update the bona fide farm exemption, remove off-street parking requirements, add townships to the title, add uses to the permitted table, change how staff take part in legislative processes, and drop the waiting period before an applicatio…
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Text amendments to the special use permit process, the table of permitted uses, the board of adjustment section and the amendment procedure, to keep them compliant with G.S. 160D.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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A text amendment to the Code of Ordinances covering the town's advisory boards. The portal publishes no document for this item.
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Long-range planning staff present the draft Land Use Management Ordinance, the town's zoning rewrite, with a staff memo, a high-level summary, a reference guide and maps of greenways and of arterial and collector streets. The council was asked to comment rather than act.received and filed · The information was received.
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Carried over from August, the board would continue drafting a recommended plant list for the town's Unified Development Ordinance, drawing on lists from Raleigh, the NC Botanical Garden and Durham, to recommend to the town's governing board.
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Time reserved for further discussion of the data center text amendments.
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A staff-initiated text amendment would fix codification errors in the Unified Development Ordinance, standardize punctuation, and set up a versioning system so staff can publish each approved amendment with a clear effective date. The council would close the hearing and forward the case to the Planning Commission.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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A staff-initiated text amendment would correct an oversight in the 2022 Unified Development Ordinance and allow funeral homes by right in Neighborhood Mixed Use districts, along with related use standards. The council would vote on adopting Ordinance (2026) 5399.Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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The town clerk returns with the ballot-style voting presentation for advisory board appointments, continued from the council's August 18 and August 25 work sessions after members ran out of time on both dates.Discussed at length. The mayor withdrew his recommendations before the meeting, so no appointment could proceed. Council members said the ordinance amendment now before the planning board does not fi…
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The committee would review proposed amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance and recommend changes to the Town Council, which adopts the UDO's tree protection and landscaping rules. The agenda does not say which sections are open for review.
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Action: Conduct Public Hearing. Planning Board Recommendation: At its July 20, 2026 meeting, the Planning Board unanimously recommended that the Board of Commissioners approve the proposed amendments. The Board discussed the distinction between permitted indoor recreation uses and prohibited electronic gaming operatio…Adopted as amended: tattoo and body art studios must sit 200 feet apart and 200 feet from Hillsboro Street and Sanford Road
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NB Item #1 UDO Amendments Regarding Board AppointmentsAssistant Planning Director Amanda Bunce presents amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance that would change how the town appoints members to its boards.Postponed to the 12 October meeting, two members opposed. A motion to recommend the amendments with the first sentence of sections 2.1.2(F) and 2.1.3(E) struck failed for lack of a second.
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Long-range planning staff present the draft Land Use Management Ordinance, the town's zoning rewrite, with a staff memo, a high-level summary, a reference guide and a map of arterial and collector streets. The council was asked to comment rather than act.received and filed · This matter was received and filed.
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The board continues the line-by-line review of the data center redline from Section D, noise mitigation standards.
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Continued review of planning director-initiated amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance covering several topic areas, described as primarily housekeeping. Carried over from the 1 July and 12 August meetings.Discussion item Zoning text amendment
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Planning director-initiated amendments to several sections of the Unified Development Ordinance, which staff say are required by changes in state law. The board makes a recommendation to the county commissioners.
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Discussion of the ordinance that governs what may be built where in Chapel Hill. The agenda lays out staff and applicant presentations, public comment, board discussion and a vote.
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The Appearance Commission's revised design guidelines for commercial and industrial development, with a suggested plant list and an invasive plant list.
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The county's own amendments: update the bona fide farm exemption, remove off-street parking requirements, add townships to the title, add uses to the permitted table, change staff participation in legislative processes, and drop the waiting period before resubmitting an application.
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The 21 September public hearing items, and the special use permit process text amendment.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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Staff will present trade-offs in the draft LUMO rewrite tied to Council's housing-affordability and environment/resilience goals, including affordable-housing density bonuses, missing-middle size limits, stream-buffer and tree-canopy standards, and updated stormwater rules, and take commission questions on the draft r…
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A public hearing on amending the Unified Development Ordinance's subdivision administration provisions.
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Speaker: Cassie Schumacher-Georgopoulos, Transportation Executive Summary: The Imagine Cary Community Plan, adopted in 2017, is Cary ’ s comprehensive plan created by the community. The residents and community leaders who developed Imagine Cary anticipated that periodic updates would be necessary to keep the plan curr…
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Speaker : Heather Whelehan, Planning and Community Development Executive Summary: In May 2026, Council directed staff to bring forward a moratorium on the acceptance and processing of development applications for data centers in Cary. Data centers are a rapidly growing land use across the Triangle region and the count…
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Staff briefing on data centre activity in North Carolina and the Triangle, including a table of what neighbouring governments have done. Seven nearby jurisdictions have moratoriums; two are rewriting ordinances; Morrisville has taken no formal action. The draft framework covers definitions, zoning classification, appl…
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Staff proposes a text amendment to fix codification errors, improve formatting and punctuation consistency, and make other minor edits to the Unified Development Ordinance, and asks council to send it to a public hearing on September 15.Discussion item Zoning text amendment
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Hearing on changes to the ordinance that governs how land may be developed town-wide.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Approval of statewide legislative priorities the county will submit to the NC Association of County Commissioners for the 2027 General Assembly session.
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Approval of minutes from the board's June 17, 2026 meeting.Continued to September
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Discussion of a recommended plant list to be incorporated into the town's development ordinance.Continued to September
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Two changes to how data centers are permitted: replacing the special use permit with a conditional use permit, and ending by-right approval where public water and sewer are used.Both sent forward, 7-2, and referred to the county attorney for a second opinion on Senate Bill 382
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A line-by-line review of the redline draft, covering definitions, hazardous materials, generator testing and noise.Reached Section D, noise mitigation standards; continued to 8 September
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Consent agenda Zoning text amendment
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Continued review of planning director-initiated amendments across several topic areas, primarily housekeeping. Held over from 1 July and carried again to 2 September.Discussion item Zoning text amendment
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Town of Garner Planning Department proposes a text amendment to permit funeral homes by right in the Neighborhood Mixed Use district, correcting an oversight in the July 2022 Unified Development Ordinance.Resolution Zoning text amendment
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Public Hearing 2 Rezoning Case #26CZ06, Apex Light Industrial Phase IIIA petition to rezone 8.45 acres from one Tech/Flex conditional district to another. The agenda states the item could not be heard because public notice was not given within the time North Carolina General Statutes 160D-602 requires; a new advertisement will be mailed and posted with a new hearing date.
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New Business 1 Various amendments to the Unified Development OrdinanceA package of amendments to the town's development ordinance, taken up as new business rather than as a public hearing.Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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Text amendment to permit funeral homes by right in the Neighborhood Mixed Use district, correcting an oversight in the 2022 Unified Development Ordinance.Public hearing closed and case forwarded to the Planning Commission for a plan-consistency recommendationPublic hearing Zoning text amendment
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Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of this amendment as a way to expand opportunities for small businesses while maintaining appropriate regulatory oversight. Advisory Board Recommendation: At its June 2, 2026 meeting, the Pittsboro Downtown Advisory Board recommended that the B…
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Suggested Motion: Discussion only.
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Suggested Motion: Discussion only.
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Suggested Motion: Discussion only.
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Staff set out two timelines, a longer one finishing recommendations for potential approval in January and a shorter one, and reviewed the legal constraints.
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Zoning text amendment updating the town's Flood Damage Prevention standards, including environmental protection and administrative standards chapters.
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Planning Board Recommendation: Recommended approval of ZTA-2026-04 as presented March 16, 2026 and signed consistency statement. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of revised updates to the section as a way to better establish a clear regulatory framework and enhance transparenc…
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Planning director-initiated amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance across several areas, described as primarily housekeeping. Tabled from 3 June for lack of time.Partly reviewed — frontage and setbacks, accessory dwelling unit square footage, minor home occupation permits, street trees and subdivision buffers. RV standards and school zoning were reached but n…
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The planning board has received the committee's core principles and guidance for regulating data centers. The committee discusses revisiting the by-right permit criteria in the zoning ordinance, and what Nash, Warren and Edgecombe counties require.
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The commission votes to send its revised design guidelines to the county commissioners for a public hearing and adoption.
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Expanding the definition of nonprofit to match the parks department's programme and rental pricing policy.
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26-0331 Public Hearing - TC2600002: Development Moratoria, Unified Development Ordinance Text AmendmentStaff-initiated text amendment to Section 3.19.6 of the Unified Development Ordinance, intended to reduce the regulatory steps required for the county to institute development moratoria.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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The ordinance amendments that carry the plan change into Cary's development rules.
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Staff walked council through five policy areas of the draft ordinance rewrite: user friendliness, housing diversity, economic development, the built environment and environmental resilience. Council asked for clearer graphics, a policy trade-off timeline and more detail on Resource Conservation District buffers before…received and filed · This matter was received and filed.
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[26-0239] Council Member Amy RyanCouncil Member Ryan said the Complete Community framework should guide the LUMO rewrite. She urged colleagues to flag the major policy trade-offs and set a timeline for deciding them.
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Public hearing on updates to the town's Flood Damage Prevention standards, covering environmental protection and administrative standards chapters of the development ordinance.
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Board discusses a recommended plant list to incorporate into the town's Unified Development Ordinance.
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Public hearing on whether to impose a moratorium on data center development in Holly Springs.
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[TMP-6786] LUMO Update - PresentationStaff presents the draft Land Use Management Ordinance to the Planning Commission for discussion.Tas Lagoo presented on the draft LUMO to the Planning Commission for discussion.
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Commissioners held a public hearing on Ordinance Amendment OA-01-26, reorganizing Wake County Development Services within the Unified Development Ordinance, then adopted a statement finding it consistent with the county's comprehensive plan and adopted the amendment itself, both on one recorded vote. A District 5 resi…accepted · Pass · Commissioner Thomas moved, seconded by Commissioner Stallings, That the Board of Commissioners: 1. Holds a public hearing and adopts the draft statement finding that Ordinance Amend…
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Staff proposes moving Subdivision and Development Plan approvals from a quasi-judicial process to an administrative-level process, consistent with other North Carolina jurisdictions; seeks Council guidance on further policy development.
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The statements accompanying two sets of adopted ordinance amendments.
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Consent agenda Zoning text amendment
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Consent agenda Zoning text amendment
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85 pages of planning director-initiated amendments, including revisions to the table of permitted uses covering agricultural and rural uses such as farm supply stores, feed mills, commercial stables and livestock markets. Carried forward to 1 July, 12 August and 2 September.Tabled to the July 1 committee meeting for lack of time
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Staff-led training for recently appointed members on the basics of land use regulation in the county.
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The town's semiannual round of text amendments to its Unified Development Ordinance. The agenda gives only the item title, with no further detail in the document.Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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Staff pointed the board at Section 17.9 of the zoning ordinance, written during the fracking moratorium, which lets the county require a special study by a jointly chosen consultant at the applicant's expense before deciding whether a use meets the ordinance's findings. Adding data centers to the uses subject to it wo…
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The Legal Services Department updated the council on its ongoing review of the town code and asked for direction on priorities for further ordinance amendments.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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ZTA-2026-10, creating a downtown overlay district in the town's zoning ordinance, presented by the downtown development director.
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A public hearing on amending the town's transportation plan to add a future extension of Pristine Water Drive.
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A rezoning case for 2728 Holland Road, continued from the council's April 28, 2026 meeting rather than decided then.
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A public hearing on UDO amendments recommended by the Environmental Advisory Board, continued from the council's April 28, 2026 meeting.
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A public hearing on a new round of proposed amendments to the town's Unified Development Ordinance.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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The Planning Board reviewed the town's semiannual round of Unified Development Ordinance text amendments, the same package headed to the Town Council on June 2.Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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A staff-initiated zoning text amendment to allow funeral homes as a permitted use in the Neighborhood Mixed Use district, keeping crematoriums as a separate use rather than combined as under the prior ordinance, with new standards to keep funeral homes compatible with nearby residential zones.Discussion item Zoning text amendment
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A staff-initiated text amendment to the administrative section of the UDO governing how the Historic District Commission operates.
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The Planning Board voted separately on its recommendations for the rezoning and the text amendment, after the Board of Commissioners was excused following the hearing.
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A zoning text amendment to Chapter 12 incorporating crash safety data analysis into the town's development review process.Adopted with the advisory statement and ordinance 260520-001
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Commissioner Robb English reported on the Board of Commissioners' FY27 budget hearing. Staff said the Planning Board's agenda includes a rezoning request on Meadowlands Drive and text amendments for the Historic District Commission.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsHistoric preservationParks and recreationRezoningZoning text amendment
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The semiannual development ordinance amendments, 26-UDO-01. They would convert special use permits to conditional zoning, allow bars up to 2,500 square feet and, by conditional zoning, fueling stations of up to five pumps in neighborhood mixed-use districts, and base school EV parking on staff spaces.Hearing held with no public input; sent to the Planning Board, with a council vote planned for June 2Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Voluntary annexation A25-08, Twin Springs. The project straddles the Holly Springs and Fuquay-Varina lines, and staff asked to wait on Fuquay-Varina's process.Tabled until further notice, unanimously, to be readvertised
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The commission discussed upcoming Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) updates and its review role with staff.The Planning Commission had a conversation with Tas Lagoo regarding LUMO Updates.Discussion item Zoning text amendment
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Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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The board reviewed a zoning text amendment to incorporate crash safety data analysis into the town's development review process, ahead of Town Council's final action on May 20.
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Action: Conduct public hearing. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of the amendment to Section 12.12. Terms and Uses Defined. Planning Board Recommendation: Recommended approval of ZTA-2026-05 on April 20, 2026. Suggested Motion: “ … a motion to adopt the ordinance amending the…Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Action: Conduct public hearing. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of the amendment to Section 4.5. Planning Board Recommendation: Recommended approval of ZTA-2026-06 on April 20, 2026. Suggested Motion: “ …a motion to adopt the ordinance amending the Town of Pittsboro Unified D…
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Action: Conduct public hearing. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of the amendment to Section 10.4.17 and the Table of Contents. Planning Board Recommendation: Recommended approval of ZTA-2026-08 as presented on April 20, 2026. Suggested Motion: “ … a motion to adopt the ordina…
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Action: Conduct public hearing. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of the amendment to UDO Section 3.3.4 Accessory Use/Structure Table. Planning Board Recommendation: Recommended approval of ZTA-2026-09 as presented on April 20, 2026. Suggested Motion: “… a motion to adopt the o…Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Creates heavy industrial zoning districts, which Apex does not currently have. Only a limited set of uses would initially be permitted; anything further needs its own ordinance amendment and council approval. Staff said distance and screening standards for a use such as a data centre would be set when that use is adde…Recommended 8-1
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Standards under section 4.4.2 covering facilities including a detention centre, jail or prison, none of which the ordinance currently recognises. The board raised the required distance from 1,320 feet to 1,620.Recommended unanimously with the distance increased
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Rules for food truck courts. Staff said a property owner may not host more than three food trucks in a parking lot without going through the process, that some existing sites are probably out of compliance, and that the town wants to get ahead of what has happened in Durham and Fayetteville.Recommended 7-2Other Zoning text amendment
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Returned by the town council for reconsideration. The board again recommended denial, citing the time and complexity the change would add to the process. Members argued it adds a layer of approval without clear guidelines; the mayor pro tempore said the board's recommendations are non-binding either way and that what…Denial recommended 8-1
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Staff-led training for recently appointed members on the basics of land use regulation in Orange County.
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Amendments to subdivision review processes and classifications, twice through the ordinance review committee before reaching the board. A friendly amendment extending neighbourhood information meeting notification from 14 days to 30, applied uniformly to every type of notification, carried 5-4 on a show of hands.Approved unanimously
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Planning director-initiated amendments to the subdivision review processes and classifications in the development ordinance. The package moves by-right subdivisions of fewer than 21 lots to administrative staff review, ending planning board and commissioner review of them, and reworks the concept plan, expedited subdi…Notification amendment passed 5-4; the amended package recommended 8-1
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The planning department asks to push the new development ordinance's effective date back a year, a consequence of Senate Bill 382.Recommended for approval 8-2; consistency statement adopted 10-0
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An update on implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, and the May public hearing items.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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A hearing on the latest round of amendments to the town's development ordinance.Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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A hearing on a proposed 24-month, citywide moratorium on new development approvals for data centers, cryptocurrency-mining operations and related high-impact processing facilities.
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A hearing on annexing the Enclave at Little Creek property and reclassifying it from county to city zoning jurisdiction.
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A hearing on annexing a South Miami Boulevard property and reclassifying it from county to city zoning jurisdiction.
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Speaker : Cassie Schumacher-Georgopoulos, Transportation Paul Kuhn, Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Executive Summary: The Imagine Cary Community Plan, adopted in 2017, is Cary’s comprehensive plan created by the community. The residents and community leaders who developed Imagine Cary anticipated periodic u…
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Strengthening the rules protecting trees, which bind what a developer may clear.
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Planning and legal staff brief Council on the legal process and rules for adopting zoning text amendments and, separately, on the state-law process for a temporary development moratorium, ahead of a future Council decision on how to handle pending amendment requests. The memo is background only; no moratorium is propo…Discussion item Zoning text amendment
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Quarterly staff recognition award.
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First batch of proposed zoning ordinance text amendments for April 2026.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Second batch of proposed zoning ordinance text amendments for April 2026.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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A briefing on ACT 37 and ACT 38, which fold the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources System Plan and the Bike Plan into the Engage and Move chapters of the Imagine Cary Community Plan and amend the land development ordinance to match. Staff sought the council's input before the public hearing that Thursday.Discussed; public hearing held two days later
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Staff presentation on proposed new zoning district categories as part of the ongoing UDO rewrite.Presentation Zoning text amendment
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Video at 04:08:27 · 3 minutes on this itemPublic hearing Zoning text amendment
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First reading of Land Development Ordinance Amendment #31; no vote yet.Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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11.G Town Code Amendment - 2040 Community Vision Land Use Plan Amendment #2 (CTA-2026-01, First Reading)First reading of an amendment to the 2040 Community Vision Land Use Plan; no vote yet.
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Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of the amendment to Section12.12. Terms and Uses Defined. Suggested Motion: “ … a motion to approve the attached Consistency Statement and to recommend approval of ZTA-2026-05 as presented.”Recommended for approval as adjusted, 5-0 (McAdams, Dautun)Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of the amendment to Section Suggested Motion: “ … a motion to approve the attached Consistency Statement and to recommend approval of ZTA-2026-06 as presented.”Recommended for approval as amended, 5-0 (Dautun, Wilson)
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6.III Text Amendment Request: ZTA-2026-08 Section 10.4.17 Annexation Procedure and Table of ContentsStaff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of the amendment to Section 10.4.17 and the Table of Contents. Suggested Motion: “ … a motion to approve the attached Consistency Statement and to recommend approval of ZTA-2026-08 as presented.”Recommended for approval as presented, 5-0 (McAdams, Wilson)
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Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of the amendment to Section 3.3.4 Accessory Use/Structure Table Suggested Motion: “ … a motion to approve the attached Consistency Statement and to recommend approval of ZTA-2026-09 as presented.”Recommended for approval as presented, 5-0 (Dautun, Buster)
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Chairman, Corey Forrest.
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Amends the county's subdivision regulations to incorporate North Carolina State Fire Code standards for improvements, reservations, and design.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Karen Howard, seconded by Vice Chair Franklin Gomez Flores, that he amendments to the Chatham County Subdivision Regulations; specifically, section…
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A public hearing to push back the effective date of the county's Unified Development Ordinance from June 2026 to June 2027, a change required by state legislation (S382).referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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Public hearing and recommendation on Land Development Ordinance Amendment #31, ahead of Board of Commissioners action.
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Public hearing and recommendation on an amendment to the 2040 Community Vision Land Use Plan.
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Council and the Land Use Review Board adopt the meeting agenda.
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Public hearing on a proposed Unified Development Ordinance text amendment addressing how traffic impact analyses account for crash data. Staff recommends closing the hearing and referring the case to the Land Use Review Board.
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Staff presented five proposed UDO amendments. One would let the Environmental Advisory Board recommend denial of a rezoning on environmental grounds rather than only advise on conditions; members raised concerns about timing, added review steps and the influence of a council liaison who sits on that board.Amendments 1, 2, 3 and 5 approved 8-0; amendment 4 (Environmental Advisory Board denial authority) recommended for denial, 8-0
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Action: Conduct public hearing. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of updated definitions as a way to better establish a clear regulatory framework and enhance transparency regarding planting requirements, regulations, and recommendations. Planning Board Approval: Planning Board…Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Action: Conduct public hearing. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of relocating this information to the first Chapter and Article as a way to better establish a clear regulatory framework and enhance transparency regarding adopted amendments. Planning Board Recommendation : Pla…Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Action: Conduct public hearing. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of updated the section and relocating the tables to the Town of Pittsboro Specifications as a way to better establish a clear regulatory framework and enhance transparency regarding planting requirements, regulat…
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Action: Conduct public hearing. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of updates to the section as a way to better establish a clear regulatory framework and enhance transparency regarding the comprehensive plans and acceptance of streets requirements, regulations, and recommendati…
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Staff asked council to react to a set of proposed 'key interests' meant to guide the remaining review of the draft Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) rewrite.received and filed · This matter was received and filed.Discussion item Zoning text amendment
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, and the April public hearing items.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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LUAC review of the town's routine semi-annual round of amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance; no list of specific changes given in the agenda.PresentedDiscussion item Zoning text amendment
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Speaker: Rob Wilson, Planning and Development Services Executive Summary: Consider proposed Land Development Ordinance (LDO) amendments to incorporate legal and procedural updates to align waiting periods with state statutes and clarify processes for the withdrawal of development-related applications for inactivity, a…Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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A commissioner presented Pittsboro Promise, a possible attainable housing development. The committee then discussed whether the development ordinance should be amended to allow tattoo parlors.
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First reading of a Land Development Ordinance text amendment.Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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Consultants from Inspire Placemaking Collective outlined a plan to consolidate Hillsborough's zoning districts into four residential and four commercial categories and to allow small corner stores in residential districts. The board took no formal action; work on the Unified Development Ordinance rewrite continues.Discussion item Zoning text amendment
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Planning staff's proposed text amendment implementing the comprehensive plan's standards for residential and mixed-use development. Council is asked to adopt the Planning Commission's consistency statement and Ordinance No. (2026) 5380.
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Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of updated definitions as a way to better establish a clear regulatory framework and enhance transparency regarding planting requirements, regulations, and recommendations. Suggested Motion: “ … a motion to approve the attached Consistency Stat…Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of relocating this information to the first Chapter and Article as a way to better establish a clear regulatory framework and enhance transparency regarding adopted amendments. Suggested Motion: “ … a motion to approve the attached Consistency…Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of updated the section and relocating the tables to the Town of Pittsboro Specifications as a way to better establish a clear regulatory framework and enhance transparency regarding planting requirements, regulations, and recommendations. Sugge…
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Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of updated the section as a way to better establish a clear regulatory framework and enhance transparency regarding the comprehensive plans and acceptance of streets requirements, regulations, and recommendations. Suggested Motion: “ … a motion…
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Statement covering UDO text amendments made in February and March 2026.Consent agenda Zoning text amendment
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Staff reports that Town Council acted on a zoning text amendment updating the definition of illicit discharges to stormwater devices, streams, and wetlands, a case the board had previously reviewed.Town Council unanimously approved the amendment on Feb. 18, 2026, after the board unanimously recommended approval on Feb. 9, 2026.
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The commissioners and the fire marshal ask to adopt all standards of the North Carolina State Fire Code and Appendix D by reference in section 7 of the subdivision regulations, which governs required improvements, reservations and design.Recommended for approval 11-0
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, the 16 March public hearing items, School of Government training for planning board members, and an update on the data center moratorium.
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A member raised that the board's vice chair wants to open a body art studio at his downtown retail location, which the development ordinance does not allow. Staff set out the routes to a text amendment: the applicant can initiate one at a cost of a few thousand dollars, or town staff or the commissioners can, and the…
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Council considers the statement for February 2026 UDO amendments.Consent agenda Zoning text amendment
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Continued public hearing on February 2026 UDO amendments.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Staff-initiated text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance changing quorum and vote requirements for the Historic District Commission.
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Council adopts ZTA-2-25, amending the Unified Development Ordinance (Chapter 9.4) with updated stormwater management text.
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Routine committee and staff reports.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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Public hearing on January 2026 UDO amendments.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Public hearing on February 2026 UDO amendments.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Board reviews proposed stormwater management text changes to UDO Chapter 9.4 ahead of Council action.
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Staff presentation on stormwater management, tied to the ZTA-2-25 text amendment.
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A public hearing on a unified development ordinance text amendment governing recreational vehicle parking.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Planning director-initiated amendments to the subdivision review processes and classifications in the development ordinance, presented to the committee for the first time. The package moves by-right subdivisions creating fewer than 21 lots to administrative staff review, drops the separate concept plan application exc…
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The commissioners and the fire marshal ask to adopt the State Fire Code and Appendix D by reference in the subdivision regulations.Postponed 9-0
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A set of Unified Development Ordinance text amendments; expected to be continued to February 10, 2026.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Council held a hearing on an omnibus text amendment to the Chapel Hill Land Use Management Ordinance and Town Code, with staff recommending closing the hearing, adopting a consistency resolution, and enacting the ordinance.closed the public hearing · Pass · A motion was made by Mayor pro tem Berry, seconded by Council Member Miller-Foushee, that the Council close the public hearing. The motion carried by a unanimous vo…Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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The board recommended amendments to the town code's park and greenway rules: barring special events on greenways on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., setting a 10 mph greenway speed limit, and barring pets from playground areas defined by fall-zone surfacing.Recommended 9-0
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Text amendment, requested by Gregory Smith, permitting recreational facilities such as gyms and yoga studios in Industrial Light zoning districts.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Karen Howard, seconded by Vice Chair Franklin Gomez Flores, that the legislative request for a text amendment to the Chatham County Zoning Ordinanc…
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Thirteen items approved together: five sets of minutes; motor vehicle and property tax releases for eighteen taxpayers; sixteen late exemption applications; a March 25 tax lien advertisement date; the 2026 listing period extended to February 13; budget amendment #6; ordinance execution for the impervious surface, wate…Approved unanimously
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Public hearing on Zoning Text Amendment ZTA-2-25, which updates the town's stormwater management regulations.
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Staff-initiated text amendment to the administrative procedures section of the town's development ordinance.Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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Action: Conduct public hearing. Staff Recommendation : Amend the text of the UDO to add “Section 9.7 Technical Review Committee” Suggested Motion : “… a motion to approve text amendment ZTA-2025-02 as submitted.”Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Amendments covering the temporary turnarounds built at the end of stub streets, which came out of a resident's comment at the December meeting. Goes to the town council on 13 January.Recommended for approval unanimously, 7-0
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Artificial turf on non-residential sites, brought into line with state statute and the town's built-upon area requirements, and clearer approval standards for exempt site plans. Goes to the town council on 27 January.Recommended for approval unanimously, 7-0
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Council discussion of the Land Use Management Ordinance, including a proposed ordinance approving text amendments, a staff report, and an omnibus summary of the proposed changes.received and filed · This matter was received and filed.Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, the public hearing process for rezoning applications, and the compact communities rezoning and major subdivision processes.Staff or committee report Land conversion and large developmentRezoningSubdivision and site plansZoning text amendment
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A staff-initiated text amendment to section 10.2.3 of the development ordinance to loosen the rules on parking recreational vehicles in residential districts. The board was reviewing and commenting, not adopting.Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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The full rewrite of the development ordinance, being drafted by Code Studio to carry out the 2023 comprehensive plan, after 18 months and three rounds of public engagement. An hour of presentation and direction to staff.
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Quarterly UDO text amendment retitling the planning director as development services director throughout the ordinance (about 229 references) and clarifying that the town engineer, not the development services director, handles engineering-specific reviews.Recommended for approval 5-0, as amendedOrdinance Zoning text amendment
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Text amendment formalizing the town's ad hoc technical review committee, a standing internal-and-external staff group that meets with developers on project details before site plans reach the planning board; the meetings remain internal design-review sessions, not subject to the open meetings law.Recommended for approval 5-0
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A legislative public hearing, requested by the board and the county Fire Marshal, considered amending the county's Subdivision Regulations to adopt the North Carolina State Fire Code and its Appendix D by reference. The item was referred to the Planning Board rather than decided.referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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A quarterly batch of routine amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance, with the required consistency statement. On the floor, a board member asked to strike the exemption for matters the Town Engineer oversees from Section 9.3.1.A, and the recommendation went forward with that change.Recommended for approval 5-0, as amendedOrdinance Zoning text amendment
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A new Section 9.7 to the Unified Development Ordinance establishing a Technical Review Committee, with its own consistency statement.Recommended for approval 5-0Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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Public hearing on the town's regular batch of Unified Development Ordinance text amendments for November 2025.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Following a public hearing with no speakers, the board approved a text amendment to the Turkey Creek conditional zoning district (PB23-289) adding medical and dental office uses to the list of permitted uses.Approved 5-0
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An amendment to the Turkey Creek conditional zoning approved as PB-23-289. Staff found it consistent with the future land use plan because dental and other medical practices are allowed in an employment mixed use character area, and the planning board had recommended approval on November 17.Approved 5-0
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8.II Upcoming ProjectsDirector Katy Keller reported the town is pricing options for new restrooms at Rock Ridge; reviewing unified development ordinance updates on park land fees in lieu of dedication, standards for parcels fronting roads, and shade requirements for all parks; and planning enhancements at Knight Farm Park, including a fenc…
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Planning director-initiated amendments to the unified development ordinance, covering error corrections, recent state law changes, internal inconsistencies and school needs.
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The board's 2025 record and 2026 plan, due to the clerk by January 16 and presented to the county commissioners in February or March. Work in 2025 included five conditional district rezoning reviews, three text amendment recommendations, one major subdivision preliminary plat, and briefings on the land use plan and ha…Approved unanimously as amended
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8.II Upcoming ProjectsRestrooms at Rock Ridge, updates to the unified development ordinance, and enhancements at Knight Farm Park.
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Gregory Smith asks that recreational facilities such as gyms and yoga studios become a permitted use in light industrial districts.Recommended for approval 9-0
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VIII.4 Discuss Chapter 160D-108Discussion item Zoning text amendment
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A privately initiated text amendment would expand the Unified Development Ordinance's University and College District standards into a new UC-3 district to allow large scientific and technical research parks.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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A public hearing on proposed amendments to the town's stormwater ordinance text, presented by the Stormwater Manager.
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A public hearing on a staff-proposed amendment to the administrative-procedures section of the Unified Development Ordinance.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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