Rezoning items in Orange County
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| Rezoning | 33 |
| Housing and affordability | 14 |
| Subdivision and site plans | 14 |
| Land conversion and large development | 12 |
| Comprehensive plan | 11 |
| Zoning text amendment | 7 |
| Parks and recreation | 6 |
| Water and sewer | 6 |
| Environment and sustainability | 5 |
| Stormwater and flooding | 5 |
| Schools and education | 4 |
| Farmland and open space | 3 |
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2.a Chapel Hill Joint Planning Transition Area Zoning Atlas Amendment - Holy Trinity Anglican ChurchThomas and Hutton, for Holy Trinity Anglican Church, asks to rezone the site off Old Lystra Road at the end of Wave Road from Residential-Low Density-1 to Residential-4 Conditional Zoning District. The plan is a place of worship up to 50 feet tall and up to ten single-family homes up to 35 feet. Part of the site is in…
- Pin 9787-00-8466 · Holy Trinity Anglican Church of Chatham INC
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Holy Trinity Anglican Church asks to rezone about 15.5 acres from R-LD1 to R-4 conditional zoning for a 300-seat church, a later addition, and up to ten church-owned tiny homes for people in need. The county planning board recommended approval unanimously with a cut-through traffic condition; the rezoning needs Chapel…
- Pin 9787-00-8466 · Holy Trinity Anglican Church of Chatham INC
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20.51 acres from agricultural residential to a non-residential conditional district, applied for by the Orange County ABC Board so it can build a store. The site is previously disturbed land that held a nursery and landscaping store, sits at a heavily trafficked intersection the ordinance treats as an industrial node,…Public hearing Comprehensive planEnvironment and sustainabilityFarmland and open spaceLand conversion and large developmentPublic facilitiesRezoningRoads and transportation
- Pin 9940-35-8007 · Wells Charles A
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An applicant-initiated rezoning of about 15.5 acres at 1651 Old Lystra Road from Residential-Low Density-1 to Residential-4 Conditional Zoning District. The parcel lies in Chapel Hill's transition area under the county's joint planning land use plan with Chapel Hill and Carrboro, so the town's ordinance governs the di…Recommended for approval with an added condition, unanimously.
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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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An executive search firm gathering what the next tax administrator will face, for the recruitment brochure, interview questions and a finalist skills assessment. The group named rebuilding trust after the revaluation, consistency and accountability in the office, readiness for scrutiny at the next cycle, workload from…
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43 lots on about 61.11 acres at 3531 NC Highway 54 West in Bingham Township, with 35.24 acres - 57.66 percent - dedicated open space. The plat is consistent with the concept plan the county commissioners approved on 7 October 2025 as the site-specific plan for a residential conditional district rezoning.Public hearing Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRezoningSubdivision and site plans
- Pin 9749-42-2010 · Rigsbee Carolyn
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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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The preliminary plat for Rigsbee Estates, a 43-lot major subdivision on about 61.11 acres at 3531 NC Highway 54 West in Bingham Township. It sets aside 35.24 acres, 57.66 percent of the site, as dedicated open space. The plat matches the concept plan the county commissioners approved on October 7, 2025 as the site-spe…Recommended for approval unanimouslyOther Farmland and open spaceLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRezoningSubdivision and site plans
- Pin 9749-42-2010 · Rigsbee Carolyn
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A county-initiated amendment moving the boundary between the Jordan Lake unprotected watershed overlay district and the University Lake protected watershed overlay district across one unaddressed parcel of about 19.4 acres in Bingham Township. Protected watersheds are both part of the county's delegated stormwater man…Statement of consistency and amendment approved unanimously
- Pin 9851433215 · Jl-Hm Development LLC
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A county-initiated amendment moving the boundary between the Jordan Lake unprotected watershed overlay district and the University Lake protected watershed overlay district across one unaddressed parcel of about 19.4 acres off Dodson's Crossroads at Arden Estate Court, a newly established private road, in Bingham Town…Recommended to the county commissioners unanimously; adopted by them on April 7
- Pin 9851-43-3215 · Jl-Hm Development LLC
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Twenty-one appeals were heard: seven from individual homeowners in the morning, 14 from companies owning apartment complexes and commercial buildings in the afternoon. The board reduced seven assessments, held ten unchanged, increased one, continued two and denied one as untimely. The docket was dominated by large Cha…Seven reduced, ten unchanged, one increased, two continued, one denied as untimelyOther Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentRezoningTax rate and revaluation
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IV Work PlanThe board drew up questions for a meeting with county planning staff: expedited affordable housing permits, the tension between the rural buffer and rural parts of the county, whether duplexes and triplexes are realistically buildable, planning's role in the affordable housing portion of the Greene Tract, how growth i…
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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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A member raised pending zoning changes that would reduce the required share of affordable units in a new development from 50 percent to 10 percent, warning that because developers may make a payment in lieu, a 10 percent requirement would likely mean payments rather than units.
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A conditional rezoning of about 78.11 acres for a 49-lot conservation cluster subdivision of single-family houses, filed by Forestar Group. The planning board had reviewed it on September 3 and October 1. Commissioners objected that 49 houses on 20,000-square-foot lots without water and sewer is urban-style density in…Denied 6-1 as not in the public interestPublic hearing Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRezoningSubdivision and site plansWater and sewer
- Pin 9865-87-8090 · Powell Amy L Et Al
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The conditional rezoning of about 78 acres for a 49-lot conservation cluster subdivision, continued to the November 18 business meeting because of the late hour, with no further public comment to be taken.Continued to November 18
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Forestar Group, on behalf of Carolyn Rigsbee, sought to rezone about 61 acres from rural residential to a conditional district for a 43-lot conservation-cluster subdivision.Approved 5-2, with conditions
- Pin 9749-42-2010 · Rigsbee Carolyn
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The board decides whether to recommend rezoning 78.11 acres at 1039-UT NC 86 North from Agricultural Residential to a Residential Conditional District. The proposal is a 49-lot subdivision that would keep more than half the tract as open space, with a Board of Commissioners hearing set for November 6.Recommended for approval to the Board of Commissioners, statement of consistency adopted unanimously; condition amendments passed 8-1Public hearing Land conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRezoningSubdivision and site plans
- Pin 9865-87-8090 · Powell Amy L Et Al
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Laura Streitfeld of Preserve Rural Orange urged the board to publicize its draft farmland preservation plan and take a more active role in the county's land use plan update, citing a proposed subdivision on a large farm tract on NC 54 at White Cross as an example of rezonings undermining preservation goals.
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Rezones about 110 acres from Rural Buffer and Planned Development Housing-Rural Buffer to a non-residential conditional district, bringing Carolina Friends School into compliance with current zoning rules and allowing it to expand as enrollment grows. No one spoke at the hearing.Approved unanimously
- Pin 9892-31-0306 · Carolina Freidnds School
- Pin 9892-22-7326 · Klopfer Peter H
- Pin 9892-20-2052 · Klopfer Peter H
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Forestar Group asks to rezone 78.11 acres at 1039-UT NC 86 North from Agricultural Residential to Residential Conditional District, for a 49-lot subdivision. The Planning Board would recommend approval or denial to the Board of County Commissioners, which holds the public hearing and decides.Consistency motion failed 4-4; case continued 6-2 to the October 1, 2025 meeting
- Pin 9865-87-8090 · Powell Amy L Et Al
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Forestar Development requests rezoning of 61.11 acres from Rural Residential to Residential Conditional District, to build 43 single-family homes on the Rigsbee family's longtime tract on NC Highway 54 West. The plan keeps the historic farmhouse and about 41 percent of the site as open space.Board adopted a Statement of Consistency recommending BOCC approval, 6-3; proceeds to an October 7 BOCC public hearingPublic hearing Environment and sustainabilityHousing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRezoningSubdivision and site plans
- Pin 9749-42-2010 · Rigsbee Carolyn
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About 110.456 acres across three parcels at 4809 Friends School Road, in the Chapel Hill Township and the Jordan Lake unprotected watershed, rezoned from planned development housing rural buffer and rural buffer to a non-residential conditional district. The applicant is Carolina Friends School with the life estate ho…Statement of consistency approved; rezoning recommended to the county commissioners unanimously. Their public hearing is expected 4 September 2025.Ordinance Comprehensive planEnvironment and sustainabilityLand conversion and large developmentRezoningSchools and educationStormwater and flooding
- Pin 9892-31-0306 · Carolina Freidnds School
- Pin 9892-22-7326 · Klopfer Peter H
- Pin 9892-20-2052 · Klopfer Peter H
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A county-initiated conditional rezoning of about 69.58 acres in Hillsborough Township. The county owns the parcel, which holds Cedar Ridge High School. One person signed up to speak.Statement of consistency and rezoning ordinance approved unanimously
- Pin 9863-28-1858 · Orange County
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An applicant-initiated conditional rezoning of about 11.22 acres out of an 80.52-acre parcel in Little River Township, for a self-storage business of 41 buildings including an office, built in three phases. A condition requires the existing raceway to be decommissioned; staff confirmed the paved track does not have to…Statement of consistency and rezoning approved unanimously
- Pin 0910-24-6642 · Chandler Justin M
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A county-initiated rezoning of about 69.58 acres holding Cedar Ridge High School, from R-1 rural residential to NR-CD non-residential conditional district.Recommended unanimously
- Pin 9863-28-1858 · Orange County
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An applicant-initiated rezoning of about 11.22 acres out of an 80.52-acre tract, from agricultural residential to the NC 57 Speedway Area rural economic development conditional district, for a self-storage business. The site plan shows 41 storage buildings in three phases, beginning with three buildings and an office.…Recommended 10-1, with condition 15 amended to require landscaping from the county's preferred plant list
- Pin 0910-24-6642 · Chandler Justin M
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Members discussed whether counties can cap or relieve property tax for older owners. Both senior centres will host tax office presentations, and the board asked for one at its next meeting. The Fiddlehead Corner rezoning was denied 6-0.
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A 150-dwelling master plan development on 90.133 acres off Morrow Mill Road at Gold Mine Loop, at 1.1 units per acre with nearly 70 percent open space, aimed at older residents. It required rezoning from agricultural residential, a comprehensive plan amendment expanding the rural neighbourhood activity node from 18.49…Denied unanimously, with a statement of inconsistencyPublic hearing Comprehensive planHousing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRezoningWater and sewerZoning text amendment
- Pin 9739-72-0339 · Hands Four Development Cooperative
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The senior housing guide is being updated for summer. DHIC is seeking rezoning at the Maddry Meadows site across from the Seymour Center for independent senior housing at or below 60 percent of median income. A land bank analysis names Fairview in Hillsborough as an area of displacement.
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Applications to amend the zoning atlas, the comprehensive plan and the development ordinance text to allow Fiddlehead Corner, a 150-dwelling master plan development on about 90.133 acres off Morrow Mill Road at Gold Mine Loop in Bingham Township. The plan mixes apartments, townhouses and houses with a community center…Hearing continued to 6 March, unanimously; 33 speakersPublic hearing Comprehensive planHousing and affordabilityRezoningWater and sewerZoning text amendment
- Pin 9739-72-0339 · Hands Four Development Cooperative
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The annual report to commissioners, filed each December and taken up at a spring work session. The 2024 list covers rezoning applications, UDO text amendments, major subdivision concept plans and preliminary plats, briefings on the land use plan and the climate action plan, and a work session on public notification re…Approved unanimously as amended
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