HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-2009-179 - Sign Ordinance Amendments - Outdoor Advertising Signs (Billboards) Attachment 1
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NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
A joint public hearing will be held at the Central Orange Senior Center, 103
Meadowlands Drive, Hillsborough, North Carolina, on Monday, November 23,
2009, at 7:30 PM for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to
speak for or against the following items:
A. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
1. Rezoning — Intersection of NC 54 and White Cross Road
REZONING of a parcel of property at the intersection of NC 54 and White Cross
Road (TMBL 6.30..7M / PIN 9749-40-0293) from Agricultural Residential (AR) to
Neighborhood Commercial Two (NC-2).
The property owner, Mr. Vernon Davis, has initiated this request. Mr. Davis owns
two (2) contiguous parcels of property at the intersection of White Cross Road
and NC Highway 54. One parcel is an 8,400 square foot parcel of property that is
zoned Neighborhood Commercial Two (NC-2) and the other is a 4.7-acre parcel
of property zoned Agricultural Residential (AR).
Mr. Davis is seeking to recombine portions of these two (2) lots and create a 1.6-
acre parcel of property zoned NC-2. Mr. Davis is seeking the approval of this
rezoning request to allow for the parking and septic system supporting an existing
commercial operation to be located on the same property.
Purpose: To receive citizen comment on the rezoning request to zone
approximately 1.6 acres to NC-2.
2. Sign Ordinance Amendments—Outdoor Advertising Signs (Billboards)
ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT. In accordance with the provisions
of Article Twenty (20) the Orange County Planning staff has initiated an
amendment to Article Nine (9) Signs of the Zoning Ordinance to develop
language outlining the County's limitations on the regulation of outdoor
advertising signs (i.e. billboards).
Staff is proposing to amend the provisions of Article Nine (9) to address
limitations on the regulation of outdoor advertising signs in,an effort to bring
existing County regulations into compliance with recent court cases.
Purpose: To receive citizen comment on the proposed amendments.