The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will once again consider an ordinance that would regulate the upkeep of vacant non-residential buildings in the town at the board’s Tuesday night meeting.
The ordinance was drafted to deal with the abandoned property owned by CVS in downtown Carrboro, but Mayor Lydia Lavelle said the board heard concerns at last week’s public hearing that made the board hesitant to move forward.
“Of course, we’re doing this really to address one really bad spot in town,” Lavelle said. “But we recognize too any time we pass an ordinance, we want to hear from the public and find out if we have any unintended consequences or if there’s something that we haven’t considered, someone being pulled into the loop that shouldn’t be.”
Lavelle said there was one property in particular that was discussed at last week’s meeting that would be brought under the ordinance unintentionally.
“If it’s a lot where there’s obviously active use going on but you might have a vacant building of some sort on it, that’s not what we’re talking about addressing here,” Lavelle said. “We’re talking about a structure where there’s no one even taking a look at it for a long period of time.”
The board will hear a revised ordinance at Tuesday night’s meeting.
The board will also hold a public hearing regarding the Lloyd Farm property Tuesday night.
Since Carrboro Town Hall is being used as an early voting site, Tuesday’s meeting will once again be held at the OWASA Community Room on Jones Ferry Road at 7:30.
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