Yes, on June 25, 2012, the Town Council adopted a Land Use Map as part of Chapel Hill 2020. Click here to view Chapel Hill 2020, including the adopted Land Use Plan.
Below is the adopted Resolution:
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CHAPEL HILL 2020 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND USE PLAN (2012-06-25/R-7)
WHEREAS, the Town Council desires to update its long-range plans for the future of Chapel Hill;
WHEREAS, the Council authorized the revision of the Town’s 2000 Comprehensive Plan;
WHEREAS, the Council established an open and broad-based community process to develop the plan that included 13 theme group meetings, community open houses, twenty special topic presentations, electronic forums for community comment, information meetings to provide information and hear community comments, and conducted work sessions on a draft Comprehensive Plan, and held a public hearing;
WHEREAS, the community participated in the crafting of the plan through six theme groups;
WHEREAS, partners in the community such as the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the UNC Health Care System, Orange Water and Sewer Authority and others pa1tici pated in the planning process;
WHEREAS, the Chapel Hill 2020 plan includes the vision and framework for implementation the community’s goals;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Council hereby adopts the Chapel Hill 2020 Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Plan as contained in the June 25, 2012 draft submitted to the Town Council.
This the 25th day of June, 2012.
If engagement efforts are successful, much community input about what the Town should be in the year 2050 will be garnered. How will community comments and concerns be evaluated? According to the Town’s Land Use Management Ordinance, the Town Council “adopts and maintains” the Town’s Comprehensive Plan, Chapel Hill 2020. Since the Future Land Use Map is part of the Comprehensive Plan, the Town Council, upon recommendation from the Planning Commission, will adopt the refined Future Land Use Map. Prior to the Map Adoption Phase, on a regular basis, the Town Council will be apprised of the community input received and will provide direction.
Timeframe | Phase | Engagement objective | Method |
January –March 2018 | Project Planning | Provide information to assist in the understanding of the FLUM Project | Introduction at Development Review Boards/Commission Meetings |
May 2018 | Launching the Project | Provide residents with information to assist them in understanding the FLUM Project, to inform them of the opportunities for input, & to begin the public input process | Website; Launch Public Community Meeting |
May – October 2018 | Evaluation of Alternatives | Obtain public feedback on alternatives and work directly with the community throughout the process to ensure that public concerns & aspirations are consistently understood & considered. Work with the community to provide feedback on how public input influenced decisions. | Focus Groups; On-line surveys;
Workshops/Charrette* during 1.5-day Event; “Go where the people are opportunities” |
March – November 2019 | Blueprint & Draft Map Evaluation | Seek and consider public feedback on the Draft Map while keeping the community informed, listening to & acknowledging concerns and providing feedback on how public input influenced the development of the draft FLUM | Community Open House, Online Engagement, Drop-In Studio, Attendance at community events |
Winter 2019/ Fall 2020 | Map Adoption | Obtain public input on the Final Version of the FLUM | Online engagement and virtual meetings |
* This one and one-half day event will provide an intensive workshop environment in which planning and design ideas are generated, filtered, and discussed openly by participants in order to refine alternative land use scenarios in an interactive environment.
The FLUM depicts a snapshot, thirty years into the future, of the Town’s preferred future mix of land uses, but a zoning map is a regulatory map showing what the Town has already decided to allow today. The FLUM and the Zoning Map are like a leader and a follower. The FLUM is the leading map that recommends and advises and the zoning map is the following map that authorizes and entitles.
- The Future Land Use Map together with Chapel Hill 2020 gives direction as land use decisions are made
- Provides a degree of certainty regarding where & how the Town may change
- Shows that the Town has carefully considered how & where development/ redevelopment should occur