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Town of Chapel Hill · Planning Commission
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 6:00 pm · Virtual Meeting

Regular meeting Environment and sustainabilityHousing and affordabilityStormwater and floodingZoning text amendment

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What's on this agenda

The commission's only substantive business September 1 is a staff briefing on two of the five goals guiding Chapel Hill's rewrite of its development rules, the Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO): housing diversity and affordability, and environmental resilience. On housing, staff will walk through trade-offs in the draft — bigger by-right density bonuses for projects that include affordable units, size limits and parking caps on new "missing middle" housing (duplexes through 12-unit buildings), and higher allowed density near greenways and transit streets. On environment, the draft keeps Chapel Hill's stream buffers intact, adds new lighting limits near stream buffers, changes how floor area is calculated so buffered lots aren't penalized twice, and tightens stormwater and tree-canopy rules for larger residential projects. This continues a discussion the commission started August 18, when staff covered the LUMO's other three goals.

The rest of the agenda is routine: approving the August 18 minutes. No rezoning or development case is on this agenda.

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Agenda items (12)

Procedural · 10Minutes approval · 1Discussion item · 1
  1. Virtual Meeting Notification
    Procedural
  2. Opening
    Procedural
  3. Roll Call
    Procedural
  4. Approval of Agenda
    Procedural
  5. Announcements
    Procedural
  6. Petitions
    Procedural
  7. Approval of Minutes
    Procedural
  8. 1. Draft August 18th Meeting Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Approval of draft minutes from the commission's August 18 meeting, which began the LUMO trade-off discussion continued at this meeting and took no recommendation on a pending application for a commission seat.
  9. New Business
    Procedural
  10. 2. LUMO Discussion
    Discussion item Environment and sustainabilityHousing and affordabilityStormwater and floodingZoning text amendment
    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 released for public review July 16.
  11. Adjournment
    Procedural
  12. Order of Consideration of Agenda Items: 1. Staff Presentation 2. Applicant’s Presentation 3. Public Comment 4. Board Discussion 5. Motion 6. Restatement of Motion by Chair 7. Vote 8. Announcement of Vote by Chair Public Charge: The Advisory Body pledges its respect to the public. The Body asks the public to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Body and with fellow members of the public. Should any member of the Body or any member of the public fail to observe this charge at any time, the Chair will ask the offending person to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. Unless otherwise noted, please contact the Planning Department at 919-968-2728; planning@chapelhillnc.gov for more information on the above referenced applications. See the Advisory Boards page http://www.chapelhillnc.gov/boards for background information on this Board.
    Procedural

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