- Target:
- Chapel Hill Town Council
- Region:
- United States of America
W.C.A Partners has applied for a NEW Special Use Permit and rezoning to build a dense development on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd just south of Weaver Dairy Road. They did this by RECOMBINING the lots and CIRCUMVENTING the NEIGHBORHOOD'S RIGHT TO USE A PROTEST PETITION - a NC State right since 1923.
Some of the problems with this application include:
SETS THE PRECEDENT OF MAKING VALID PROTEST PETITIONS UNUSABLE
BOOKER CREEK HEADWATERS - CURRENTLY IMPAIRED AND WILL BE FURTHER IMPAIRED BY DEVELOPMENT
LOSS OF DOZENS OF UP TO 200 YEAR OLD TREES -
HEALTHY TREES WITH GIRTHS UP TO 49" WILL NOT SURVIVE
MARKET SATURATION FOR ALL PROPOSED USES:
APARTMENTS, TOWNHOMES, RETAIL, OFFICE, AND BANKS ARE ALL AVAILABLE SURROUNDING THE SITE
SCHOOLS ARE OVER CAPACITY
NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING-THIS IS A LUXURY HIGH-END APARTMENT COMPLEX
HOUSING PROVIDES NO ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR THE TOWN
MANY DETAILS, INCLUDING APPEARANCE, WILL NOT BE SETTLED UNTIL AFTER THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS ISSUED
NO WHERE ELSE IN CHAPEL HILL DOES THIS LEVEL OF DENSITY ADJOIN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD...YET
We the undersigned request that the Mayor and Town Council of Chapel Hill deny WCA Partner’s applications for a Special Use Permit and rezoning because Charterwood does not:
ACHIEVE THE PURPOSES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
MAINTAIN THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE
MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE VALUE OF CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY
Minimum adjustments to this proposal must include:
REDUCE SURFACE PARKING
REDUCE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT
INSURE ADEQUATE NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION
RESPECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS OF SITE
For more information, contact CURB (Citizens United for Responsive Building)
curbnwchapelhill@msn.com
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The SUPPORT A BETTER GATEWAY petition to Chapel Hill Town Council was written by CURB and is in the category City & Town Planning at GoPetition.