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AGENDA
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING NOTE: BACKGROUND
FEBRUARY 24, 1997 MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE
7:30 P.M. IN THE PLANNING
SUPERIOR COURTROOM DEPARTMENT OR THE
ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE (new) CLERK'S OFFICE
106 E. MARGARET LANE
HILLSBOROUGH,NORTH CAROLINA
NOTICE TO PEOPLE WITH IMPAIRED HEARING: Audio amplification
equipment is available on request. If you need this assistance, please call the County
Clerk's Office at 732-8181 or 9664501.
7:30 A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRMAN
B. PUBLIC CHARGE
The Board of Commissioners pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The
Board asks its citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with
the Board and with fellow citizens. At any time should any member of the Board or any
citizen fail to observe this public charge,the Chair will ask the offending member to
leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to
be restored,the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment
to this public charge is observed.
C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
1. Comprehensive Plan Amendment
7:35 005 (a)CP-1-97 Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan
1) Section 3.3 - Land Use Plan Categories
2) Section 3.4-Locational Criteria
3) Section 3.9 -Hillsborough Township
4) Section 3.10- Eno Township
5) Section 3.12 -Chapel Hill Township
6) Appendix F - Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan Map
2. Zoning Atlas Amendments
8:05 017 (a) Z-1-97 Carden's Body and Paint Service
(b) Z-2-97 Stoney Creek Basin Overlay District{concurrent with Item Cl(a)}
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3 Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments
(a) Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan {concurrent with Item Cl(a)}
1) Article 4.2.32 - Stoney Creek Basin Overlay District
2) Article 6.30 Extra Requirements for the Stoney Creek Basin
Overlay District
8:15 041 (b) Golf Courses
1) Article 4.3 Permitted Use Table
2) Article 6.16.10 Additional Requirements for Certain Permitted Uses
Recreational Facilities(Profit/Non-Profit): Golf Club and Golf
Countryclub.
3) Article 6.23 Watershed Protection Overlay Districts
4) Article 22 Definitions-Golf Course
5) Article 8.8.7 Special Uses(Golf Courses)
8:50 085 (c) Re-approval of Special Use Permits
1) Article 8.8.24 Historic Sites Non-Residential Use/Mixed Use
(Class A Special Use)
4. Subdivision Regulations Text Amendments
(a) Section IV-B-10 Flexible Development, Section B -Applicability
(concurrent with Item CI(a))
5. Special Use Permit
9:05 091 (a) SUP(A)-1-97 The Inn at Bingham School(Bed and Breakfast)
9:20 115 (b) SUP(A)-2-97 The Old Place(Bed and Breakfast)
9:30 133 (c) SUP(A)-3-97 Orange Regional Landfill
9:55 163 (d) PD-1-97 Carolina Friends School (Modification)
D. REPORTS (For information only-not a public hearing)
10:10 193 1. Triangle Transit Authority
10:30 E. ADJOURNMENT
Note: The Planning Board will make a recommendation no sooner than its meeting of March 6,
1997. Board of Commissioners will consider the items for decision no sooner than
April 1, 1997.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A public hearing will be held in the Superior Courtroom of the New Orange County Courthouse,
106 E. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, North Carolina, on Monday, February 24, 1997 at 7:30 p.m.
for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or against the following
items:
ORANGE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENTS
1. CP-1-97 Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan
a) Amend SECTION 3.3 - LAND USE PLAN CATEGORIES to include Stoney
Creek Basin under the basic category of RURAL and to add the following definition
under LAND USE PLAN CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS:
STONEY CREEK BASIN. Land within the boundaries of the 4,696 acre Stoney
Creek Drainage Basin southeast of the Town of Hillsborough in portions of
Hillsborough, Eno, and Chapel Hill Townships. The area is triangular in shape
and is bounded ggncrally by I-85 to the north,the University Spur of Southern
Railroad to the east, and NC Highway 86 to the west. The Stoney Creek Basin
Small Area Plan was adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners on
August 5, 1996. The plan emphasizes retaining the area's rural character and
protecting landowners' rights (see APPENDIX F - Stoney Creek Basin Small
Area Plan Map).
b) Amend SECTION 3.4 - LOCATIONAL CRITERIA to add criteria specific to the
Stoney Creek Basin.
C) Amend Section 3.9 - HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP, Section 3.10- ENO
TOWNSHIP, and Section 3.12 - CHAPEL HILL TOWNSHIP to include the
definition of the Stoney Creek Basin.
d) Add.APPENDIX F - Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan Map
ORANGE COUNTY ZONING=ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS
1. Add ARTICLE 4.2.32 - Stoney Creek Basin Overlay District to specify the intent of the
Stoney Creek Basin Overlay District and define the areas where it will be applied.
2. Add ARTICLE 6.30 Extra Requirements for the Stoney Creek Basin Overlay District to
define the characteristics, location and acreage of lower, intermediate and higher intensity
development areas, and to specify variations from Flexible Development regulations
contained in Section IV-B-10 of the Subdivisions. The variations from Section IV-B-10,
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which are applicable only to the Stoney Creek Basin Small Overlay District, pertain to
open space calculations, the number and location of bonus units, and the applicability of
the village option.
3. Amend ARTICLE 4.3 PERMITTED USE TABLE to allow a golf course as a Class A
Special Use instead of a permitted use in residential zoning districts, and to prohibit golf
courses in commercial and industrial zoning districts.
4. Delete ARTICLE 6.16.10 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN
PERMITTED USES - RECREATIONAL FACILITIES (PROFIT/NON-PROFIT): GOLF
CLUB AND GOLF COUNTRYCLUB.
5. Amend ARTICLE 6.23 WATERSHED PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICTS to
prohibit new golf courses in watershed critical areas, and (outside of critical areas)to allow
the cutting of trees in stream buffers where trees will block the line of play .
6. Amend ARTICLE 22 DEFINITIONS - GOLF COURSE to eliminate minimum acreage
requirements.
7. Add ARTICLE 8.8.7 SPECIAL USES (GOLF COURSES) to include standards for
components of and activities associated with golf courses such as: access, circulation and
parking; landscaping and buffers; maintenance and storage areas; habitat preservation:
construction; stormwater management; maintenance;and pollutant monitoring.
8. Amend ARTICLE 8.8.24 HISTORIC SITES NON-RESIDENTIAL USE/MD ED USE
(CLASS A SPECIAL USE) to allow re-approval of time-limited Special Use Permits by
the Board of Commissioners after receiving a report from the Planning Department that the
Special Use has maintained compliance with provisions of the Special Use Permit.
ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ATLAS AMENDME-NTS
1. Z-1-97 Carden's Body and Paint Service
The property is located on the east side of NC 157 between Wagner Road and Blalock
Road. The rezoning involves two contiguous parcels: Tax Map Number 1.10..1 C,
containing 2.02 acres owned by Charlie and Jeroline Mangum; and 1.10..1 G, containing
10.97 acres owned by William H. Carden,Jr. The purpose of the rezoning is to correct an
error made in the initial zoning of Little River Township on January, 1994. The Mangum
property (I.10..1C) was thought to contain an existing business (Carders Body and Paint
Service)and was zoned EC-5 (Existing Commercial). The actual location of the business is
immediately north of the Mangum property, on parcel 1.10..1 G. The proposed rezoning
includes: rezoning the Mangum property from EC to AR (Agricultural Residential); and
rezoning 3.0 acres of the Carden property from AR to EC-5 to accommodate the existing
commercial building,parking areas,well and septic system.
2. Z-2-97 Stoney Creek Basin Overlay District
Revise the Orange County Zoning Atlas to define the boundaries of the Stoney Creek
Basin Overlay District except for the portion of the area located within the Rural Buffer
Zoning District.
ORANGE COUNTY SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENTS
1. Amend Section IV-13-10 - FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT, Section B - Applicability, to
specify that Flexible Developments located within the Stoney Creek Basin Overlay
District shall comply with provisions of Article 6.30 of the Orange County Zoning
Ordinance.
CLASS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT
1. SUP(A)-1-97 The Inn at Bingham School
The property is located on the northeast corner of NC 54 and Mebane Oaks Road in
Bingham Township It contains 9.98 acres and is identified as Tax Map Number 6.17..19.
The applicants are requesting renewal of a Class A Special Use Permit which would allow
the existing historic structure to continue to be operated as a bed and breakfast inn.
Language will be added to the renewed permit to include the hosting of outdoor receptions
for guests at the inn. '
2. SUP(A)-2-97 The Old Place
The property is located on the west side of Saddle Club Road approximately one mile south
of High Rock Road in Cheeks Township It contains 11.83 acres and is identified as Tax
Map Number 3.1..68. The applicants are requesting renewal of a Class A Special Use
Permit which would allow the existing historic structure to continue to be operated as a bed
and breakfast inn.
3. SUP(A)-3-97 Orange Regional Landfill
The property,is located on north side of Eubanks Road immediately west on the existing
Orange Regional Landfill. It contains 12.76 acres and is identified as Tax Map Number
7.18.278. The applicant is requesting approval of a Class A Special Use Permit to
construct a 4000 square-foot vehicle maintenance building,to process yard waste and storm
debris, and to process recyclable materials. The current zoning of the property is RB
(Rural Buffer).
4. PD-1-97 Carolina Friends School(Modification)
Carolina Friends School is an existing private school located in the Rural Buffer Zoning
District on the north side of Mt. Sinai Road west of Friends School Road, with access
provided by Friends School Road. The property contains about 34 acres and is known as
a
Tax map lots 20A, 20B and 26A of Tax Map 7, and lot 2 of Tax Map 6, in Chapel Hill
township. The school currently operates under a Class A Special Use Permit due to the type
and size of the sewage disposal system and the use of multiple structures. The Special Use
Permit was originally issued in 1990 and was modified in 1992, 1993 and 1996. The
proposed modification is to change the boundaries of the subject property. Total acreage
and school enrollment will not be increased. The school facilities will not be expanded with
this modification request.
The specific text amendments proposed as described in this notice are available for public
inspection at the Orange County Planning Department.
All interested citizens are invited to attend this hearing and be heard. Public comment will be
received during the public hearing. Following the close of the public hearing, only evidence
received in writing by the date of the Planning Board meeting following the public hearing will be
considered by the Board of Commissioners for decision.
Changes may be made in the advertised proposals which reflect debate,objections and discussion at
the hearing.
Questions regarding the proposals may be directed to the Orange County Planning Department
located in the Planning and Agricultural Center, 306F Revere Road,Hillsborough,North Carolina
Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. You may also call 732-8181
(Hillsborough), 688-7331 (Durham), 967-9251 (Chapel Hill-Carrboro) or 227-2031
(Mebane/Graham). Please ask for extension 2575 or 2585. You will be directed to a staff member
who will answer your questions.
Marvin Collins,Planning Director
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