MLK Rezoning Is a ‘Shotgun Wedding’ Between Town of Chapel Hill and Unscrupulous Developer
Submitted by Christopher Bowers
On the eve of a vote to approve – or not – a terrible rezoning plan that will reshape the northern part of Chapel Hill and the MLK Blvd region forever, we want to go on the record on all the reasons this is a colossal failure of the town on many fronts. Council has talked for years about protecting low-income residents without following through, opening us up to just the sort of exploitation this opportunistic developer is taking advantage of. The town council has abdicated its responsibility through inaction. It hasn’t shown leadership to tackle this issue head on. As a result, the owner of this property stands to make a huge profit from this rezoning to a much more intense use than its current zoning allows.