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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 JUNE 5, 2013 3 REGULAR MEETING 4 5
MEMBERS PRESENT: Peter Hallenbeck (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township 6
Representative; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Tony Blake, Bingham Township Representative; 7
Herman Staats, At-Large, Cedar Grove Township; Johnny Randall, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Alan Campbell, 8
Cedar Grove Township Representative 9 10
MEMBERS ABSENT: Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Dawn Brezina, Eno Township Representative; 11
Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham Township; Rachel Hawkins, Hillsborough Township Representative; 12
13 STAFF PRESENT: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II 14
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AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 17 18
19 AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 20
a) Planning Calendar for June and July 21
b) Interest Areas Raised by Planning Board Members at January 9, 2013 Meeting 22
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AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 25 APRIL 3, 2013 26 27
MOTION by Johnny Randall to approve the April 3, 2013 Planning Board minutes. Seconded by Tony Blake. 28 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 29 30 31
AGENDA ITEM 4: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 32
33 34 AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE 35 36 Introduction to the Public Charge 37
The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, 38
appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development laws 39
of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and 40
harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner which considers the present and future 41
needs of its citizens and businesses through efficient and responsive process that contributes to 42
and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB will make every 43
effort to uphold a vision of responsive governance and quality public services during our 44
deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. 45
46 PUBLIC CHARGE 47
The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its 48
citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with 49
fellow citizens. At any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this 50
public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual 51
regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting 52
until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. 53
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55 AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS 56
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Pete Hallenbeck: You have the list of Areas of Interest and things to make emergency services better and comments 58
on home occupation. I have those in there so you can see the level of detail. You can look at the UDO and see how 59
the ordinances are written. On July 10, we will have a brief presentation on home businesses. By August we should 60
be at a position to discussion home occupation. 61
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Lisa Stuckey: I was on the Chapel Hill Home occupation committee years ago and it is a pretty good one. Can we 63
include that in the packet? 64
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Tina Love: I can include that in the packet. 66
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Pete Hallenbeck: At the Quarterly Public Hearing there was talk about a way to speed up this process. Perhaps we 68
can ask Michael to come in at 6:30 to go over this whole process for planning board and permitting and UDO changes 69
so we will know what that process is. 70 71 72 Agenda Item 7: ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT – To make a recommendation to the BOCC on a property owner-73
initiated amendment to the Zoning Atlas to rezone a 3.36 acre parcel of property along US 74
Highway 70 (PIN 9803-81-7503) from EDE-1 (Economic Development Eno Lower Intensity) to 75
EDE-2 (Economic Development Eno Higher Intensity). This item was heard at the May 28, 2013 76
quarterly public hearing. 77 Presenter: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 78
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Michael Harvey: Reviewed abstract. 80
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Pete Hallenbeck: The EDE-1 to the south of that property, the expectation is it would stay EDE-1. 82
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Michael Harvey: Action on this item will not have any impact on the zoning of the southern property. Even if the zoning 84
of the Baldwin property is changed to EDE-2, the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance requires a 100 foot 85
perimeter buffer for all EDD zoned properties. Regardless of the zoning of the Baldwin property the 100 foot buffer will 86
still apply. 87
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Pete Hallenbeck: The 100 foot buffer is only in the transition from EDD to something else, it is not EDE adjacent to 89
each other? 90
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Michael Harvey: I am referring to the 100 foot perimeter buffer that has to surround the EDD zoned areas of the 92
County. The rezoning of this property will not impact or reduce this perimeter buffer requirement in any way. Let’s 93
assume this parcel to the south of the Baldwin property were rezoned to Rural Residential. This would mean the 94
perimeter buffer would be imposed on the properties to the north. The rezoning of the Baldwin property from EDE-1 to 95
EDE-2 however will not impact this requirement. Also bear in mind there are different land use buffers required for 96
different land uses. EDD properties adjacent to one another have to have some form of land use buffer based on what 97
is proposed to be developed. 98
99 MOTION made by Lisa Stuckey to accept staff’s recommendation and recommend approval to the Board of County 100
Commissioners. 101
102 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 103 104
105 Agenda Item 8: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENTS – To make a 106
recommendation to the BOCC on government-initiated amendments to the Comprehensive Plan 107
Future Land Use Map and Zoning Atlas to assign land use category classifications and to 108
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establish zoning of properties that will now be within Orange County’s planning jurisdiction as 109
the result of the re-alignment of the Orange/Alamance County Line. This item was heard at the 110
May 28, 2013 quarterly public hearing. 111 Presenter: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 112
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Michael Harvey: Reviewed abstract on page 19. 114
115 MOTION made by Tony Blake to accept the recommendations of staff on the zoning atlas amendment. 116
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Michael Harvey: May I offer an amendment; we need the motion to say recommend approval of attachments three and 118
four containing two separate resolutions; one amending the future Land Use Map and the Orange County Zoning Atlas. 119
120 MOTION made by Tony Blake to accept Amendments there and four as recommended by staff to the zoning atlas 121
amendment. Lisa Stuckey seconded. 122
123 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 124
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126 Agenda Item 9: PLANNING BOARD REPRESENTATIVE ON BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT – To nominate a Planning Board 127
member to fill the position on the Board of Adjustment designated for a Planning Board Member 128
Presenter: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 129
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Michael Harvey: Reviewed abstract. 131
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Alan Campbell: I wanted to summarize what you are saying which is there is not really an advocacy role for the 133
Planning Board on the Board of Adjustment. 134
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Lisa Stuckey: You have been around longer than me but I don’t remember Larry reporting a lot. 136
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Pete Hallenbeck: There was not much to report. I don’t see the need to press hard for someone to volunteer and if the 138
BOCC has a different feeling, they can get back to us. 139
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Michael Harvey: Since you don’t have a full complement tonight, you may want to table the item unless there is 141
someone here who would like to volunteer. 142
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Buddy Hartley: I like the idea that if there is something we need to know that there is someone from the board or staff 144
gives it to us. 145
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Alan Campbell: Was the reason behind it was that most of the things the BOA considers are planning items? 147
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Michael Harvey: I haven’t found any rationale yet but that makes perfect sense to me. There have been concerns over 149
commitments of board members which have gone on for several years. 150
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Alan Campbell: I can understand you would want someone with the expertise. 152
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Michael Harvey: I would like to think staff has become a little more detail oriented. 154
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Johnny Randall: Has there been a situation where a planning board member made significant contributions that would 156
have been made otherwise. 157
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Michael Harvey: I think all the members made significant contributions and so do you all. Having a presence there is 159
nice but there is no interest there is no need to hold a seat open. 160
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Lisa Stuckey: Does the Board of Adjustment have an opinion? 162
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Michael Harvey: I previously stated, I don’t want to see a seat unfilled when there could be someone in the county to 164
fill it. 165
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Pete Hallenbeck: Is there anyone here who would like to be on the Board of Adjustment? All the changes regarding 167
the Environmental Protection Law, etc., do you have a feel for the timeline? 168
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Michael Harvey: There are several bills that are languishing in limbo in committee. We will have to do serious 170
modifications to our regulations specifically stream buffers, watershed overlay districts, etc. I think if these bills pass it 171
would be November or February. There are potential opportunities to maintain the regulations in Orange County. 172
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Pete Hallenbeck: This is something as simple as taking a UDO and tack on a state standard. 174
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Michael Harvey: You are looking at some massive text amendments. 176
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Pete Hallenbeck: We have to wait and see what happens and when it passes there will be a lot of people coming up 178
with clever ideas to see what was missed. 179 180 181 AGENDA ITEM 10: COMMITTEE/ADVISORY BOARD REPORTS 182
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a) Board of Adjustment 184
b) Orange Unified Transportation 185
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187 AGENDA ITEM 11: ADJOURNMENT 188 189 MOTION: made by Tony Blake to adjourn. Seconded by Buddy Hartley. 190 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 191
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Pete Hallenbeck, Chair