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Vote on a request by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners to consider adoption of the Chatham County Comprehensive Plan.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a request by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners to consider adoption of the Chatham County Comprehensive Plan.
Introduction & Background:
In the fall of 2015, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners appointed a steering committee to oversee the development of a comprehensive plan for Chatham County. The steering committee and planning department staff have been working with Land Design; a consultant hired through an RFP process, to develop the plan. After much public involvement and refinement, the final draft of the Chatham County Comprehensive Plan was completed. The steering committee reviewed the final draft and it was released for public comment online from July 17th to August 28th 2017. The public hearing was held on August 21st 2017 Board of Commissioners meeting where the Board of Commissioners referred the Comprehensive Plan to the Planning Board for review.
Discussion & Analysis:
To view the final draft that was reviewed and public comments received visit www.chathamnc.org/comprehensiveplan and click on 'View the Draft Plan'.
Approximately 30 comments were received; overall there was general support for the plan. Comments and concerns were regarding the following: continued increase and careful consideration to tax base revenues/job growth in the county, concern about conflict and traffic of residential and commercial centers and the traffic, concern about affordable housing, comments for consideration to the health obesity section. Also specific locational community needs/amenities were requested, consideration to landscaping improvements/requirements, environment and climate change readiness were also noted. Public hearing comments included that there was insufficient representation on the steering committee from the western portion of the county; that the conservation a...
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