The Chapel Hill Town Council recently passed a set of amendments to its Land Use Management Ordinance that could make it easier to expand housing options in town. The changes look at 12 areas of the document and focus on creating missing middle housing options and streamlining town development processes.
The changes unanimously adopted at a Jan. 21 meeting are part of a broader ongoing effort by the town to modernize its Land Use Management Ordinance. The current LUMO establishing rules and uses for all constructed elements of the town has not been updated since 2003, and the rewrite aims to better advance Chapel Hill’s Complete Community goals related to transportation, affordable housing, climate change, and transit-oriented development.
According to Chapel Hill Mayor Jess Anderson, the process is taking “longer than anticipated,” and the amendments serve as a way to address high-priority areas until a new document is voted on…