Zoning Atlas Amendment Rezoning Application Conventional District - MA23-0001 (Mount Carmel Baptist Church of Chapel Hill)

Approval Type:Joint Public Hearing
Parcel ID Number:9796-29-3144
Location:2016 Mt. Carmel Church Road, Chapel Hill 
Township:Chapel Hill
Acreage:4.6623 acres of 8.1353 acre parcel
Zoning District:None – newly annexed land from Chatham County; was previously zoned R-1 (Residential) in Chatham County.
Overlay District:Currently none but located in Jordan Lake Protected Watershed
Watershed:Jordan Lake
Future Land Use Classification:None – newly annexed land from Chatham County
Request:1. Apply Rural Buffer Land Use classification to the Orange County – Chapel Hill – Carrboro Joint Planning Land Use Plan.
2. Apply Rural Buffer Land Use classification to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan’s Future land use Map
3. Apply RB (Rural Buffer) Zoning district to the Orange County Zoning Atlas
4. Apply Jordan Lake Protected Watershed Zoning Overlay District
Review Timeline:
Orange County Planning Board Review and Recommendation (all 3 actions): March 8, 2023 at 7:00 pm - Whitted Human Services Building, Donna S. Baker Meeting Room at 300 W. Tryon Street, Hillsborough 
Chapel Hill Virtual Planning Board Meeting (for Joint Land Use Plan action): March 21, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Joint Public Hearing: April 20, 2023 at 7:00 pm -  Whitted Human Services Building, Donna S. Baker Meeting Room at 300 W. Tryon Street, Hillsborough  
Carrboro Planning Board Meeting (for Joint Land Use Plan action):  TBD after Joint Public Hearing
Decision by Town Councils (for Joint Land Use Plan action): TBD
Decision by BOCC (all 3 actions): TBD
Additional Information:This application is to apply Orange County land use and zoning regulations to a portion of a parcel of property for the first time.  The property was annexed into Orange County from Chatham County by action of the North Carolina Legislature (Session Law 2021-67). This request includes amendments to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan's Future Land Use Map (MA23-0002) and Joint Planning Land Use Plan.
Staff Person:Perdita Holtz, AICP, Deputy Director – Long-Range Planning & Administration pholtz@orangecountync.gov or 919-245-2578