Carrboro Town Civicplus #26-1026

Carrboro Unified Development Ordinance rewrite and implementation consulting

The Town of Carrboro is seeking a consultant team to rewrite and implement its Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). - Government buyer: Town of Carrboro, through its Planning, Zoning & Inspections and Economic Development departments; the initial release also identifies the Finance Department as coordinating. - Procurement: Comprehensive rewrite of the Town’s land-use ordinance, originally adopted in 1980. No OEMs, vendors, or named consulting firms are identified in the materials. - Scope: Review prior UDO and Code Diagnosis materials and adopted plans, including the 2022 Carrboro Connects Comprehensive Plan; confirm priorities and ordinance structure; manage the project; conduct focused public and stakeholder engagement; draft and iteratively review regulations; test provisions against development scenarios; coordinate zoning-map changes; and support hearings, adoption, and implementation. - Expected ordinance topics: Zoning districts and standards, permitted uses, development review and permitting, housing including accessory dwelling units, stormwater and environmental protections, transportation and parking, signs, subdivisions, nonconformities, and definitions. - Key priorities and requirements: Address affordable housing, climate action, sustainable growth, streamlined review, equal opportunity, and clear, usable regulations. The team should demonstrate local-government code-rewrite experience and North Carolina land-use-law expertise, with project management capacity, quality control, and continuity. - Deliverables: Editable and publication-ready ordinance files, GIS data, graphics and other source files, zoning-map support, implementation materials, an implementation and maintenance memorandum, and a plain-language guide and explanatory materials for residents and developers. - Schedule: Complete the work from kickoff through adoption within 36 months. No specific project start or end date is stated in the latest notice. - Line items: One UDO rewrite and completion consulting effort; no product part numbers or fixed service quantities are specified in the solicitation materials.

Description

The Town of Carrboro seeks a qualified consultant team to complete a comprehensive rewrite of the Town’s land use regulations and development standards, modernizing the ordinance adopted in 1980. The work will build on prior community engagement and diagnostic work and use the 2022 Carrboro Connects Comprehensive Plan and other adopted plans as its policy framework. The selected consultant will manage drafting, focused public and stakeholder engagement, review and decision points, testing, zoning map coordination, and support for adoption and implementation. Final products include the adopted UDO, graphics and source files, GIS data, resident- and developer-facing materials, and an implementation and maintenance memorandum.

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