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Town of Chapel Hill · Planning Commission
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 6:00 pm · Virtual Meeting

Regular meeting Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentComprehensive planPublic facilitiesRezoning

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What's on this agenda

The Planning Commission takes up two land-use cases at its September 15 meeting. One asks to modify Meadowmont's Master Land Use Plan so a one-acre parcel at Meadowmont Lane and East Barbee Chapel Road, now approved for commercial use only, can hold housing instead. The other is a town-initiated rezoning of its own 4.11-acre Fire Station 4 site at Weaver Dairy Road Extension and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, needed to rebuild the fire station alongside up to 105 income-restricted apartments.

Both cases carry an evidentiary hearing. The Master Land Use Plan modification is a quasi-judicial matter that requires the board to weigh sworn testimony against three findings of fact, while staff recommend approving the rezoning along with every regulatory modification the applicant requested, including a reduced tree-canopy standard. The rest of the agenda is routine: roll call, minutes, announcements and petitions.

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Agenda items (12)

Procedural · 6Other · 3Public hearing · 2Minutes approval · 1
  1. Virtual Meeting Notification
    Other
  2. Opening
    Other
  3. Roll Call
    Procedural
  4. Secretary reads procedures into the record
    Procedural
  5. Approval of Agenda
    Procedural
  6. Announcements
    Procedural
  7. Petitions
    Other
  8. Approval of Minutes
    Minutes approval
  9. [26-0296] Meadowmont Master Land Use Plan Modification
    Public hearing Comprehensive planHousing and affordabilityLand conversion and large development
    Scott Murray, representing Health System Properties LLC and Meadowmont Development Co., asks the town to modify the 1995 Meadowmont Master Land Use Plan to allow residential use on a one-acre site at Meadowmont Lane and East Barbee Chapel Road, now approved only for 10,000 square feet of commercial space. Staff recommend approval, subject to conditions in Resolution A, alongside a special use permit under review for the same site.
    • 101 E Barbee Chapel Rd · no matching parcel on file
  10. [26-0297] Conditional Rezoning at 101 Weaver Dairy Road Extension
    Public hearing Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentPublic facilitiesRezoning
    The town, through consultant McAdams, is asking its own Planning Commission to rezone its 4.11-acre fire station site at Weaver Dairy Road Extension and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from Office-Institutional-2 to a conditional residential district, clearing the way to demolish the current Fire Station 4 and training facility and rebuild it alongside up to 105 apartments with at least 25 percent renting at or below 60 percent of area median income. Staff recommend approval of the rezoning and every regulation modification the applicant requested, including a reduced tree-canopy minimum of 6 percent.
    • 101 Weaver Dairy Rd · no matching parcel on file
  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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