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Thursday, May 22, 1997
Aldermen hear request for conditional use permit
■ The board decided to
take more time to allay its
concerns about the plans.
BY MICHAEL KANAREK
SENIOR WRITER
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen
voted Tuesday night to continue a pub
lic hearing about a request for a condi
tional use permit to develop anew sub
division.
Kent Woodlands, a 26-unit subdivi
sion at the south
eastern comer of
the intersection of
Smith Level and
Culbreth roads, is
split on the annex
ation boundary
between Chapel
Hill and Canboro.
The part of the
subdivision that
lies in Canboro is
the second phase
of a two-phase
project by
Barndoor
Properties Inc.
While no resi
dents of Canboro
Carrboro Alderman
DIANA MCDUFFEE
said she was
concerned that people
might not be able to
build homes on lots in
the new development.
came to the public hearing to voice their
opinions on the development, the alder-
Animal control reports county’s 36th rabies case of year
■ Officials said residents
should vaccinate their pets
as soon as possible.
BY KATHERINE BROWN
CITY EDITOR
Orange County Animal Control said
Tuesday that it had confirmed the pres
ence of a rabid animal in the northern
part of the county, near Lake Orange
Road. This is the county’s 36th case of
rabies so far this year.
More important to Chapel Hill resi
dents was Animal Control’s 35th rabies
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said. “It is more a time for them to learn
how the University and office works.”
Regardless of whether Richardson
makes his final decision soon or not,
Moran said the short period between
Birdsall and his successor would not
affect the University.
“In any case, there is a contingency
plan,” she said. “The provost has been
thinking about this (and knows Birdsall
is leaving soon). There won’t be a vacu
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men raised questions about some issues.
Alderman Diana McDuffee ques
tioned whether too much of the area
available for development had been allo
cated.
Since the site lies within the Jordan
Lake Watershed Protection District,
only 24 percent of the total area can be
built upon, according to a staff report to
the board.
Given the size of the lot, a total of
262,698 square feet can be developed.
Of this amount, only 139 square feet has
been left unallocated.
McDuffee said, “It seemed to me that
there is little impervious surface left.”
She said she was concerned that people
who bought lots in the subdivision
would not be able to develop their prop
erty.
But Phil Post, a town engineer, said
each 10,000-square foot lot was given
between 3,200 and 3,500 square feet of
impervious surface. He said an average
house and driveway would only use
about 2,200 square feet of impervious
surface, so property owners would have
leeway for further development.
Some aldermen expressed concern
about how much of the wooded area
would be left after construction.
Alderman Jacquelyn Gist said, “If
there’s not much room left for impervi
ous surface, there’s not much left for
trees.”
Carol Ann Zinn, a representative of
incident of the year, which occurred
May 14 on Homestead Road near
Chapel Hill High School.
John Sauls, director of Animal
Control for Orange County, said in an
interview Tuesday that the Homestead
Road incident involved a rabid raccoon
that had attacked two dogs in a fenced
in yard.
The raccoon, Sauls said, had some
how scratched or bitten both the dogs
inside the area from the other side of the
fence.
When the homeowner realized what
had happened, Sauls said, the home
owner drove the raccoon from its hiding
place, under a wooden platform in the
um left if the candidate isn’t ready when
Stephen Birdsall leaves.”
Birdsall was out of town and could
not be reached for comment.
The search committee was made up
of twenty members, an usually large
amount of people for a such a group.
“A large committee was needed
because it is such an important position
to Carolina,” Clark said.
“Sometimes large groups don’t work,
but our committee worked extremely
well,” she said.
The search began with about 150
motivated arrest and their dealings with
Carrboro since the arrest. Burrow said
he thought Nelson’s actions were a
direct response to the conference.
The families are still pursuing the
UNIVERSITY & CITY
“If there's not much room left
for impervious surface ,
then there's not much room
left for trees”
JACQUELYN GIST
Carrboro Alderman
Barndoor Properties Inc., said the
preservation of trees was important to
her.
“I have been very disturbed by the
clear cutting happening on building
lots,” she said.
According to the staff report, this
project is required to leave 40 percent of
the subdivision as open space.
Some of the concern about the
destruction of trees centered around an
Orange Water and Sewer Authority
easement that will run through a large
open-space area in the center of the sub
division.
Alderman Jay Bryan said he had
been to the site and seen that the area for
the OWASA easement had already been
cleared.
Since there were concerns about this
easement and questions regarding the
board’s power to regulate OWASA con
struction, the board voted unanimously
to continue the public hearing to its next
meeting.
"... It is also important that the
pet owner be able to locate the
vaccination certificate in the
event that a rabies problem
does arise."
JOHN SAULS
Orange County Animal Control Director
back yard, and shot it.
The issue was further complicated,
Sauls said, because the homeowner was
unknowingly exposed to rabies while
cleaning one of (he dogs’ wounds.
applications obtained from an open
search.
The committee sifred through the
nominees, viewing candidates’ qualifi
cations and experience. They decided on
seven individuals to invite to the
University for interviews.
From these seven, the committee
chose the top three candidates and sub
mitted their respective strengths and
weaknesses to Richardson.
“We have outstanding candidates,”
Moran said. “Any of the three could do
an excellent job.”
case. This week, Burrow met with
Orange County Human Rights
Commission to ask for a review of the
case. “We have had one meeting with
them,” Burrow said. “They are now
studying the information.”
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The Carrboro Board of Aldermen considered an application for a
conditional use permit for Kent Woodlands, anew subdivision to
be split on the Chapel HilECarrboro annexation border.
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He has since received rabies exposure
treatment.
Sauls said people should be careful
about where they keep their pets.
“Ideally,” he said, “dogs and cats
should be kept inside the house at night.
Adding that he never recommends
chaining an animal to a tree or another
stationary object, Sauls said that it is
imperative that animals not be allowed
to run loose.
He noted that even a fenced-in area is
imperfect as a protection from rabies
because it can allow other animals to get
to someone’s pets.
Sauls said that homeowners should
wear gloves when exposed to their pets’
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facility to a 21st century building.”
A temporary food facility, which will
be constructed during the summer out
side Hanes Art Center, will help allevi
ate crowding in Union Station.
“I ask that everyone bear with us dur
ing the construction period,” Justice
said. “We’re all trying to get used to the
changes.”
“Just know I am still here to give that
loving care (my students) always miss.”
Lucy Lewis, director of the Orange
County Human Rights Department,
said the department was determining
whether it could take legal or other
action. “We’re just exploring the situa
tion.”
DTH/ELYSE ALLEY
blood, but that prevention was the best
way to avoid exposing people or their"
pets to rabies.
“The absolute best protection is a
rabies vaccination,” he said. “And it is
also important that the pet owner be
able to locate the vaccination certificate
in the event that a rabies problem does
arise.”
Orange County Animal Control will
sponsor two rabies vaccination clinics,
one on the northern side of the county
and one on the southern side, on Friday,
May 30. Rabies vaccines will be admin
istered to pets at the Carrboro
Community Center and at Efland Creek
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The May 15 article 'Student strikes deal;
prosecution deferred’ should have stated that
Thomas Suddarth did not enter a plea because
his prosecution was deferred.
In addition, the article “Town Council makes
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moving of the house is expected to begin next
month.
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Local talent
stands out at
town festival
■ Carrboro Day was held
Saturday after rain once
again postponed the event.
BY MICHAEL KANAREK
SENIOR WRITER
After being rained out for the second
time in as many years, the “Paris of the
Piedmont” finally got to celebrate
Carrboro Day on Saturday.
The first Canboro Day was supposed
to occur in May 1995, but it had to be
postponed until September. When it
rained on the scheduled day in
September, there was no planned rain
date, and Canboro Day was once again
put off, this time until May 1996, when
the event finally took place.
This year’s original date of May 3
was also plagued by weather problems.
“We have a history of rain-out prob
lems,” said Heather Wagner, a member
of the Canboro Day Plamjng
Committee.
Wagner said the day was the brain
child of Aldermen Jay Bryan and
Jacquelyn Gist, who had helped devel
op the idea as members of the
Community Building Committee. *
Bryan said Carrboro Day helped
showcase the tal-
fils
entsof many local
artists, musicians
and poets.
“We felt like we
needed to have a
day to celebrate
the people here
and their gifts.”
Mayor Mike
Nelson said the
day was all about
“good music,
good art, good
neighbors and
good fun.”
Bob Wright,
Carrboro Alderman
JAY BRYAN
helped conceive
the idea for
Carrboro Day.
co-chairman of the planning commit
tee, said Carrboro had grown a lot
recently with new residents moving to
the area, and that the day was designed
to help bring many different groups of
people together.
Gist said it was important for people
already living in the area to get to know
new residents and to let them know
about Carrboro’s history.
“People move so frequently that they
don’t have a sense of place,” she said.
Some of the people involved in the
planning of Carrboro Day said they
wanted tc ie-emphasize the commer
cial aspect that they felt played too large
a role in some other festivals.
“This is a different feel from Apple
Chill,” Wright said.
Bryan said that because of the prob
lems he saw in some of the other local
festivals, he was willing to have a small
er turnout in order to keep with the spir
it of the day.
“We were looking for other ways...
to create a sense of community and
place.”
Carrboro Day events included poetry
readings, a street dance, storytelling, a
potluck dinner, local artists exhibiting
their works and a performance by the
Bouncing Bulldogs, a rope skipping
demonstration team.