Chapel Hill ‘Charting Our Future’ Project Sees Updates

During their final meeting of June, the Chapel Hill Town Council discussed the most recent developments in the town’s Charting Our Future project.

It’s the latest addition in the town’s plan to reshape its land use approach. The project focuses on the first major update to the town’s land use map ordinance in over a decade and refines the town’s future land use map for 2020 and 2049 while addressing community needs.

Town manager Roger Stancil presented to the council the inclusion of three focus areas to improve the connection between gateways into Chapel Hill.

“Our recommendation is that the extension to the downtown of Carrboro, the extension of NC 54 to 15-501 and expansion to both sides of Homestead Road are done immediately, and we incorporate that into the work we’re currently doing,” he said.

Stancil also included the recommendation of designating three additional areas as extraterritorial and to be studied further. Land around Interstate 40, south of Southern Village and Mt. Carmel Church Road all need further research into their costs and consequences before being added to the future land use map.

While the council did not vote on the matter, these updates are effective immediately to the town’s plans. More information on the extraterritorial areas and developments of the Charting Our Future project are expected to be presented to the town in October.

You can get more information on the Charting Our Future planning effort here.

Photo via Charting Our Future

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