Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 10:03:07 -0400
From: Pittsboro Matters <>
Subject: Asking Court to Halt Bulldozing
Pittsboro Matters’ attorney Robert Hornik has filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction to halt unlawful bulldozing — and all Chatham Park construction — until legal challenges to the validity of the project’s Master Plan and rezoning, and the Town’s Planned Development District (PDD) and Zoning Ordinance, have been resolved in court.
Our motion for a temporary injunction was triggered when Chatham Park developers began bulldozing trees to construct a parkway and overpass at U.S. 64 northeast of Pittsboro, without submitting detailed site plans, a key requirement of the Town’s PDD Master Plan.
When it became clear that Town officials would neither enforce the Master Plan nor address the concerns raised by Pittsboro Matters’ lawsuit, we decided to seek a temporary injunction against all future development at the site until the lawsuit is resolved to protect public and environmental resources.
“Twice our elected officials ignored the concerns and questions of the majority of residents of Pittsboro and approved a deeply flawed master plan for Chatham Park,” said Pittsboro Matters Chair Amanda Robertson, who owns property adjacent to the development site. “Now they have demonstrated that their pledge not to allow any development until site plans are approved was just an empty promise. Clearly, when it comes to this outside development corporation, the current town board majority is either unwilling or unable to enforce the requirements of its planning ordinances in order to protect our community. Thus, we had no choice but to seek this injunction to stop the bulldozers before they destroy more of our pristine forests.”
Pittsboro Matters expects to argue the motion in Superior Court as early as April 20. Read the full news release on our website: http://pittsboromatters.org