Plans and Ordinances

• Joint Planning Agreement Land Use(PDF, 12MB)
• Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA)(PDF, 139KB)

We do our best to keep old plans accessible to the public!

Chapel Hill 2000 Comprehensive Plan which includes:

• Land Use Plan(PDF, 627KB) (Adopted May 8, 2000; latest revision May 30, 2012)
• Streetscape Master Plan (June 22, 2009)
• Northern Area Taskforce Final Report (January 14, 2008)
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Action Plan (October 24, 2004)
• Downtown Small Area Plan and Design Guidelines (March 27, 2000)
• East Franklin Street Corridor Study II(PDF, 2MB) (October 16, 1996)
• Goals for NC 54 Entranceway(PDF, 651KB) (June 12, 1995)
• Southern Area - Small Area Plan(PDF, 6MB) (June 23, 1992)
• East Franklin Street Corridor Study I(PDF, 445KB) (October 24, 1991)

Additional Retired Documents

Chapel Hill Development Ordinance(PDF, 1MB) (adopted October 2002)

"Come Learn With Us" Session - Information from past sessions

• The Sustainability Spectrum (September 21, 2011)
• Laws and Land Use: Update on Legal Issues and their Implications for Planners (November 9, 2011)
• Form-based Codes 101 Presented by Lee Einsweiler, Principal with Code Studio (March 15, 2012)
  • Video of Form-based Codes 101 Presentation
  • Form-based Codes 101 Presentation(PDF, 13MB)
• Making Transportation Decisions on a Local Level (February 4, 2013)
  • Audio of Making Transportation Decisions on a Local Level presentation
  • Making Transportation Decisions on a Local Level Presentation(PDF, 5MB)