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Tuesday, May 2, 2000
Sharing of Land Creates Tension Between UNC, Town
Town Council members say
that annexing UNC-owned
land extends better and
more services to the areas.
By Kellie Dixon
Assistant City Editor
The thought of UNC land spurs
visions of Kenan Stadium, residence hall
rooms and brick sidewalks - not an air
port or flood plains.
But the University’s bounds do reach
beyond central campus to include the
Horace Williams Airport and the Mason
Farm Tract near Estes Drive as part of
almost 2,037 acres of satellite property.
The land stretches beyond the town
limits of Chapel Hill, into Carrboro and
even Durham County.
The Mason Farm Tract houses the
Faculty-Staff Recreation Center, the
Friday Center, Finley Golf Course,
some hospital buildings and a facility for
training public school administration,
which is under construction.
Sharing a vote in land usage can
sometimes lead to political tension as
both groups fight to stake their claims.
Recently, a conflict arose between
town and UNC officials as to who had
jurisdiction over certain plots of
University-owned land.
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Tuesday & Thursday from 10am to Ipm through July 25.
Volunteers are needed in 2 categories:
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following locations: the Campus Y, the Union Desk,
and the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center.
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825A Estes Drive, P.O. Box 4722, Chapel Hill, NC 27515
CAMPUS RECREATION UPDATE
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Despite the fact that UNC owns the
Mason Farm Tract, the Town of Chapel
Hill has annexed every portion within
its jurisdiction. So now, the University
must obtain permits to build from the
town, instead of from Durham County,
which originally had jurisdiction.
The Chapel Hill Town Council
annexed Area 2, a 144.9 acre piece of
land in the Mason Farm in Durham
County on April 10, so the town could
extend its boundaries and provide ser
vices, such as police protection. The
land contains the recreational center as
well as flood plains.
Linda Convissor, project manager for
campus planning, said there were areas
that could still be built upon, but there
were no clear plans to do so.
“There is some land that is buildable,
but it’s never been calculated,” she said.
Town Council member Jim Ward
said that although the area was not con
sumed by flood plains, if the University
decided to build, the town wanted to be
present to give its input and have the
final decision before granting a permit.
“The town wants to be at the table
when land uses are being discussed that
will affect the whole community,” he
said.
Convissor said UNC’s basic problem
with annexation was with the headaches
the town bureaucracy would cause.
“(Obtaining a permit) is more time
consuming, more meetings and more
paperwork,” she said. “(Durham
County) has zoning control but it’s not
as restrictive and bureaucratic.”
Roger Waldon, Chapel Hill’s plan
ning director, said following the annex
ation the council would have to finalize
the zoning at a public hearing on June
19.
“With this annexation all of the
Mason Farm is now in the city limits,”
he said. “The recommendation (for zon
ing) is for office-institutional building.”
He said office-institutional building
zoning was similar to how other UNC-
owned lands had
been zoned, so
that would be the
most likely deci
sion.
Although the
town will not have
jurisdiction to
build on the land,
it will have to pro
vide municipal
assistance to UNC
“The town wants to be at the
table when land uses are being
discussed that will affect the
whole community. ”
Jim Ward
Town Council Member
if the University begins construction.
Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary
Waldorf said the town could provide
more comprehensive aid to the area.
“We could provide better fire ser
vices,” she said. “We could provide
additional police services.”
However, Aaron Nelson, coordinator
of local and University relations, said
UNC preferred to be a part of the
Durham County jurisdiction.
“The town has a more extensive and
involved (development) process than
any other university town in North
Carolina,” he said. “They have the most
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lengthy, expensive approval.”
Ward said Chapel Hill could annex
because of a property agreement made
in previous years that could now be
solved due to town resources.
“(The border) was a mutually drawn
line between Durham and Chapel Hill,”
he said. “A decision (to annex) was
made several years ago, and this would
be an implementation of that decision.”
Convissor said that as far as new con
struction was concerned, UNC’s only
plans to build were primarily around the
Friday Center, located on N.C. 54.
There, the construction of the facility for
public school
administration is
taking place.
“There are no
plans (to build on
Area 2),” she said.
“We haven’t done
anything with that
piece of property.
All activity has
been around the
Friday Center.”
Convissor also said the Mason Farm
land was donated to UNC in 1894 by
the Mason family and had been devel
oped to the 1,356 acres it holds today.
Following this acquisition, UNC
attained the primary 979 acres of the
Horace Williams Tract, located near
N.C. 54, through the estate of the late
philosophy Professor Horace Williams
in 1934.
“(Williams) acquired a lot of land as a
personal enterprise,” said. “He left 700
acres to the University when he died. It
was donated to the University in 1934.”
John Sanders, a retired faculty mem
Land Owned by UNC
Since 1792, the University has accumulated an estimated 3,000 acres of land. Now all of that
land has been annexed by Chapel Hill and is subject to zoning control imposed by the town.
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ber of the Institute of Government, said
the land was now used for a variety of
purposes. Acreage is allotted to the air
port, support and service facilities for
UNC, future development and open
space preservation.
He also explained that UNC leased
out some of its tax-free property to the
town.
“A piece on the northern end is
leased to Chapel Hill for a nominal
sum,” he said. “Trucks and buses
belonging to the town are based and ser
viced there.”
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The initial land for the general cam
pus comprised 1,000 acres and was
donated by the town of Chapel Hill in
the late eighteenth century. It was only
worth 1,000 pounds, which converts to
roughly $1,593.
“In 1792, the trustees wanted to find a
site for the University,” Sanders said.
“So they held a competition and invit
ed the community to come up with a
proposal.”
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.