• New zoning for the Chapel Hill portion of the Rogers Road Neighborhood was approved by Town Council on May 22, 2019 and is now effective.
• For the full zoning text, see the Land Use Management Ordinance, Appendix A of the Town Code of Ordinances.
• A summary of the new Rogers Road zoning standards is available here.
• The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will continue their discussion of the zoning in September 2019.

PROJECT SUMMARY 

The Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro have partnered on a project to establish a zoning framework for the Rogers Road community that reflects the interests of the community and implements the recommendations of Rogers Road: Mapping Our Community’s Future. The zoning standards for the Rogers Road community should encourage a type and pattern of development that fits into its surrounding context and that also provides new opportunities for the community such as jobs, services and housing.

DRAFT ZONING ORDINANCE

Draft zoning language for both jurisdictions is available for public review. The proposed zoning would create a new Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood (HR) district in each town. Click below for the draft ordinances, draft maps, and summaries by topic area

• Town of Chapel Hill
  • Zoning Ordinance - Final Council Draft
  • Zoning Map - Final Council Draft
  • Previous Draft (March 12 version)
    
    • Draft Zoning Ordinance
    • Draft Zoning Map

     

• Town of Carrboro - learn more at Carrboro's page on Rogers Road Neighborhood Projects

   

• Summaries of proposed zoning by topic area
  • Zoning Overview
  • Residential
  • Mixed Use and Home Occupations
  • New Road Connections

Earlier in the process, the project team developed a draft outline of what new zoning for the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood could look like. This document was an intermediate step between gathering initial public input and drafting the actual legal language of a zoning code. It highlights the most important suggested changes and points to areas requiring additional public discussion. The meeting on January 24 offered an overview of this document and opportunities for additional input

• Click here to read the Draft Zoning Strategies Outline
• Click here for a Zoning Glossary of terms used in the outline

ABOUT ZONING

New zoning standards are a tool being implemented for the Rogers Road community to allow residents to keep what they love and add what they need. Click here for general information on what zoning standards can do and how new zoning is implemented.

In a review of planning efforts to date, an initial set of interests have been identified that may be accomplished through zoning, which include:

• Identify access and infrastructure needs associated with development which can be met through zoning standards
• Allow home occupations and identify appropriate criteria/restrictions for them, which may vary within the community (eg based on lot size)
• Determine appropriate strategies for making new housing compatible with existing housing, eg by regulating house size
• Ensure that land area zoned for commercial/mixed use is sized for the amount of development the community can support (to be informed by market analysis)
• Ensure that property zoned for commercial/mixed use can accommodate a variety of uses that are appropriate to the community, which may include flex or maker space, civic functions, health facilities, arts and culture, etc.
• Incorporate measures that preserve the heritage and character of the community
• Create standards for both jurisdictions (Carrboro and Chapel Hill) that follow a similar framework and allow consistency throughout the Rogers Road community
• Create standards that are consistent with each jurisdiction’s larger zoning framework, and/or clearly communicate how the new zoning diverges from approaches taken in other parts of Chapel Hill and Carrboro
• Other interests as defined by members of the Rogers Road community