HomeMy WebLinkAbout5_1_24 Planning Board Minutes Approved 6.5.24
1 MEETING MINUTES
2 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
3 MAY 1,2024
4 REGULAR MEETING
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6 MEMBERS PRESENT:Adam Beeman (Chair), Cedar Grove Township Representative; Lamar Proctor(Vice-Chair),
7 Cheeks Township Representative; Delores Bailey, At-Large Representative; Beth Bronson, At-Large
8 Representative; Marilyn Carter, At-Large Representative; Statler Gilfillen, Eno Township Representative; Chris
9 Johnston, Hillsborough Township Representative; Steve Kaufmann, Bingham Township Representative; Liz
10 Kalies, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Charity Kirk, At-Large Representative; Whitney Watson, At-Large
11 Representative.
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13 MEMBERS ABSENT: None.
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15 STAFF PRESENT: Cy Stober, Planning & Inspections Director; Patrick Mallett, Deputy Director— Development
16 Services; Perdita Holtz, Deputy Director—Long Range Planning &Administration; Tom Altieri, Senior Planner—
17 Long Range Planning&Administration; Taylor Perschau, Current Planning and Zoning Manager; Lauren Coffey,
18 Planner I.
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20 OTHERS PRESENT: Anthony Cecil; Jana Murdoch Doherty
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22 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
23 The meeting began at 7:01 PM.
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25 AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATION ITEMS
26 Chair Beeman reviewed the upcoming calendars.
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28 AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES
29 April 3, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes.
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31 MOTION BY Lamar Proctor to approve the Meeting Minutes with corrections to line 463. Seconded by Statler
32 Gilfillen.
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34 MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
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36 AGENDA ITEM 4: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA
37 None.
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39 AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE
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41 INTRODUCTION TO THE PUBLIC CHARGE
42 The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General
43 Statute, appoints the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land
44 development law of the County. The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish
45 coordinated and harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner, which
46 considers the present and future needs of its citizens and businesses through efficient and
47 responsive process that contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the
48 overall County. The OCPB will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive
49 governance and quality public services during our deliberations, decisions, and
50 recommendations.
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53 PUBLIC CHARGE
54 The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks
55 its citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board
56 and with fellow citizens. At any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to
57 observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the meeting
58 until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair
59 will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is
60 observed.
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62 AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS
63 None.
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65 AGENDA ITEM 7: ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT(CONVENTIONAL DISTRICT)-To review and make a recommendation
66 to the BOCC on an applicant-initiated zoning atlas amendment to rezone two parcels totaling +/-9.37 acres from
67 R-1 (Rural Residential) to GC-4 (General Commercial). The parcels are located at 3009 Forrest Ave., Efland
68 within the Cheeks Township (PINs: 9854-18-4217 and 9854-18-9274). This item is scheduled for BOCC public
69 hearing on June 4, 2024.
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71 PRESENTER:TAYLOR PERSCHAU, CURRENT PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER.
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73 Taylor Perschau: We'll move to Item 7 which is a Zoning Atlas Amendment for a Conventional District
74 Rezoning from R1, Rural Residential to GC4, General Commercial. I'm Taylor Perschau, the Current Planning
75 and Zoning Manager. I'm going to walk you through the specifics of the requests, kind of just the process
76 overview and the specific details that staff is particularly interested. And then I will also have the opportunity to
77 introduce you to the applicant,who can speak for their own application better than I. So,we are talking about two
78 parcels in Efland that are at 3009 and 3100 Forrest Avenue. The applicant tonight is Efland Ruritan Club. So,as
79 a reminder of the different zoning options, we are talking about a Conventional District Zoning tonight. We have
80 Conventional, and then we also have Conditional as a rezoning option. With Conventional,we're going from one
81 category to another that is a broad, general zoning that's inclusive of multiple different uses. It does not require
82 a site-specific plan. Basically, opens up the property for this one, to GC4. If we did our math right, there are 52
83 different permitted uses within GC4, so we're moving tonight from a residential to what would potentially be a
84 commercial district. Your objective tonight is to hear from me, the applicant, and any public, to review and
85 discuss the analysis and Director's recommendation, and then come to a determination to recommend either
86 approval or denial to the Board of County Commissioners that will make the final decision. So, an overview of
87 the request is that we are over here just west of Hillsborough on US 70. Again,that's 3009, 3100 Forrest Avenue
88 in Efland. It's in the Cheeks Township. The watershed is the Upper Eno Protected, and again, the applicant is
89 Efland Ruritan who has historically owned and maintained the property and uses it for various nonresidential
90 uses at present. So, Rural Residential is what it's currently zoned, which is not in alignment with its
91 nonresidential use today. The overlays that are true for the property are that Upper Eno Protected Watershed
92 and the Efland Village Overlay. The Village Overlay is one that's applied when we have site plans that come in
93 and it basically applies specific setbacks or height restrictions that are specific to this Efland Village area, so this
94 area with the horizontal striping is the Village and then to the south, we have Efland Interstate Overlay, which
95 similarly applies different setbacks, and site plan specific standards when the site plan comes through. You will
96 see that the majority of the surrounding zoning is the yellow, R1. We do have some Neighborhood Commercial
97 here in the red and to the east, we have Agricultural Residential. To the south is the Office Research and
98 Manufacturing. Of course,when we're talking about any kind of rezoning whether it's Conventional or
99 Conditional,we always have the Future Land Use Map and the Comprehensive Plan in mind, and your task, the
100 Board of County Commissioners, and staffs' task is all to consider whether the rezoning would be in alignment
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101 with what the Comprehensive Plan calls for, and in particular, the Future Land Use Map. So, the Future Land
102 Use Map designates this area as Commercial Industrial Transition and that is land that's focused on designated
103 road intersections within either a 10-year or 20-year Transition Area that's appropriate for retail and other
104 commercial uses, and/or manufacturing and other industrial uses. So,there's no proposed change to the Future
105 Land Use Map itself. Surrounding uses include single-family residential and the mobile home park to the north,
106 just up here. To the south, you'll also find single-family residential and the North Carolina Railroad line runs
107 east-west right here. To the east,there is some commercial auto repair and single-family residential, and then to
108 the west, there's also commercial auto repair, single-family residential where there are some churches, there's
109 Efland Supermarket, and a few additional commercial uses. So, what is required for the Conventional District
110 application? Of course, the complete application signed by the applicant, a map showing the land proposed for
111 rezoning, and a narrative detailing basically why this request makes sense or why they believe it makes sense,
112 and that could be how the proposed amendment corrects an error and how it is consistent with the consistent
113 with the Comprehensive Plan. And then, finally, it also requires additional information as identified by reviewing
114 agencies, and all of these have been provided by the applicant. So, a quick overview of GC4, General
115 Commercial. General Commercial is intended to provide suitable, situated and sized sites that allow a broad
116 range of commercial office and service uses, and then it has performance standards used to ensure the absence
117 of adverse impacts on the zoning district boundary, so should this zoning be applied to the property, these
118 dimensions are particularly kept in mind if there were to be a subdivision of the property or if there is future
119 development of the property with the addition of buildings.
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121 Jana Murdoch-Doherty: Good evening. Thank you for this opportunity to address the Board. My name is Jana
122 Murdoch-Doherty. I'm a board member for the Efland Ruritan Club, and this is Anthony Cecil. He is a long-time
123 member and current president of the club. We are coming before you this evening to request this
124 recommendation to change the zoning designation from R1 to GC4 on the parcels owned by the Efland Ruritan
125 Club. We believe this change would bring the property zoning in line with its current and historical uses, as well
126 as with the County Future Land Use Plan. As Ruritan is one of the lesser known civic organizations, I'd like to
127 take just a moment and share a little information about it. Ruritan is a national civic service organization made up
128 of local clubs dedicated to improving their communities by identifying needs in their area and implementing
129 solutions to address those needs. Club membership represents a cross section of the community in which the
130 club serves. It is not restrictive with regard to occupation, social position or any other specific criteria. Currently,
131 there are about 25,000 members in 900 communities nationwide. Our club in Efland was founded in 1981 when
132 four local citizens saw a great opportunity to serve and support our community there. They came together to
133 purchase the land from the Orange County School Board and charter the club to benefit Efland and Orange
134 County, and we have been in operation ever since. Our mission as a nonprofit civic organization is to strengthen
135 and improve our community through various activities and financial methods. Prior to the Club's existence, this
136 property served as the local high school for the area and before that, as the site as the elementary school. Many
137 local citizens have a strong connection to this site and happy memories from those times. Not long ago, I was
138 chatting with one of our members about the history of the buildings while we were preparing a benefit dinner, and
139 1 got to hear some really great stories about when he attended the high school. This sort of oral history is made
140 possible by being able to gather together in this place and being able to pass those stories down helps to deepen
141 the younger generations' connection to the community also. It's clear that this centrally located spot makes
142 sense as a hub of activity and community engagement in the area. It has always been a natural gathering place.
143 Currently, we serve the community in several different ways including events for community enjoyment,
144 scholarships for graduating seniors from each of the local high schools, sponsorships of other local clubs and
145 community organizations, benefit meals, and more. Every year,we host a rodeo which is very well attended and
146 enjoyed by our local community, as well as surrounding communities. We allocate $6,000.00 each year to
147 provide scholarships to two graduating seniors from each area high school who are furthering their education,
148 either in academics or in a trade. We support youth programs both financially and by donating our space for their
149 use. This year, we're sponsoring youth sports teams and we also support the high school athletic teams,
150 specifically, the football teams, by providing a meal each year during their regular season. We've been
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151 approached by Scout troops in the past about using our buildings for meetings, and we're very open to this. We
152 also allow other community focused groups, such as the Efland Historical Society, to use our space for regular
153 meetings. Over the years, Relay for Life, American Red Cross, Hillsborough Hog Day, Timeless Cruisers,
154 Hillsborough Sports Fishing Club, Orange County Sheriffs Department, and local churches and schools have all
155 used our property to help support their goals and to improve our community for all Orange County citizens. We
156 coordinate the benefit meals to support individual members of our community who have had tragedies befall
157 them,from house fires to medical diagnoses. We also have outdoor facilities, a playground, and a walking track
158 which the members of the community have access to for recreational purposes. Finally, we make our buildings
159 available to the community as an event rental space for an affordable fee. Any money we earn is used to
160 maintain our physical spaces, pay property taxes and other bills, and most importantly, to fund our
161 service-oriented activities. The Club's membership has been growing steadily over the past 5 years, increasing
162 in number and diversity. The membership is starting to better reflect the diverse makeup of our community from
163 ethnicity to gender to age. We currently have about 35 members which is an increase of, like, 11 to 12 percent
164 over the last 5 years. We think it's a really great sign to see the roster growing as many organizations have seen
165 a decline in membership over the past decade. Our intention is to continue using this space to support our local
166 community. We are focused on providing more opportunities for community enjoyment and engagement. This
167 year, in addition to our annual rodeo,we added a tractor pull in the spring. We're in the process of brainstorming
168 and implementing ideas about additional ways to give back including more regular summer events, such as free
169 concerts or movie nights, additional or more regular benefit meals, and community service projects. Attendance
170 at the Rodeo is so strong that we're also exploring ways to allow this continue growing as well. We would also
171 like to be able to add a State Employees Credit Union Cash Points machine, as there are not any ATMs nearby.
172 This is what provided the impetus for our long overdue rezoning application. Without the change in zoning, this
173 affordable access to banking would not be allowed on our property. We think it's an important service to provide
174 so that community members can have access to their money at a convenient and nearby location. Given our
175 growth in membership and activities, we don't anticipate the Club disbanding at any point in the near future.
176 Sadly though, my crystal ball is not working, and since no one can really guarantee anything,we do have a plan
177 designated in our charter and bylaws should this ever happen. In the event that the Club should cease to exist,
178 the land and assets are slated to be distributed among the area churches in an effort to maintain the space for
179 community service of some kind. What that would look like is flexible, but again, the intent is to keep this space
180 as a benefit to the community in one way or another. This rezoning will make sure that the Club can continue to
181 support the community in as many ways as possible. Not only does it align with the County projected use of the
182 area, it will also match the current use and allow us to offer additional services in the future such as adding an
183 ATM. We appreciate your consideration, and we will do our best to answer any questions you may have for us.
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185 Statler GiIfillen: You said you purchased the property in 1981, that would have been 46 years ago. Since
186 that period of time, you've been basically doing what you're asking for in the zoning before us right now.
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188 Jana Murdoch-Doherty: Yes.
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190 Statler GiIfillen: So, historically, what you're asking for is a change in the paper writing, perhaps.
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192 Jana Murdoch-Doherty: Yes.
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194 Statler GiIfillen: But has there ever been any complaint or is anybody with Planning staff aware of any
195 complaints or legal issues about your use of the land and what was technically a violation of the zoning? Has
196 that ever appeared to anybody, any knowledge?
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198 Cy Stober: I can answer that question,we don't have any complaints on record in recent history. I can't
199 comment back to 10 years.
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201 Statler Gilfillen: Thank you. That eliminates my questions.
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203 Marilyn Carter: Well, thank you for your presentation tonight and your package. I'm familiar with the site.
204 I've been at the Ruritan Club during voting times and so we appreciate that use in the past. Um, I do have a
205 question about two things. One is, typically there's Neighborhood Information Meetings associated with
206 rezoning requests, and I believe there's a Neighborhood Information Meeting that was held for the rezoning
207 request?
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209 Taylor Perschau: So, a Neighborhood Information Meeting is actually not required for a Conventional. So, it
210 was not held in this case.
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212 Marilyn Carter: Thank you for that clarification. Perdita has taught this to us, but it's always good have it
213 validated. The second question has to do with the nature of zoning and commercial zoning. And it appears that
214 this is certainly within the Matrix Attachment 2 in the packet that a GC4 zoning would meet the requirements, but
215 1 do have a question since some of the neighboring properties are actually zoned as Neighborhood Commercial.
216 What is a compelling difference between those two zonings and is there a reason that you wouldn't be able to
217 request a Neighborhood Commercial zoning to be consistent with your neighbors.
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219 Taylor Perschau: So, I don't know. You might have a better answer, but I do believe we looked at both
220 General Commercial and Neighborhood Commercial, and I think the specific use that they had in mind for the
221 drive through ATM,was more suitable for GC4, but since someone is coming up,do you have something to add?
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223 Pat Mallett: That's what I was going to say. That's sole basis for determination on the zoning category
224 since they had just a general case, but they knew exactly what they wanted to do.
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226 Perdita Holtz: There's an actually an obscure use standard, and I think it's like 5.17, where Assembly
227 Uses,which is what a club is, you can't have more than 100 participants in a LC1 or NC2 district, so therefore, a
228 club would have to be either CC3 or GC4. So—
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230 Beth Bronson: Can you repeat that, I'm sorry. I apologize. I just want to make sure that I understand. Of
231 100 people?
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233 Perdita Holtz: Yeah, if you, I think it's 5.17. It might be 5.18, 1 don't recall of the top of my head. There is
234 a use standard for Assembly Uses, which means like the assemblage of people in a place. That, if, if it's in LC1
235 or NC2,there can't be more than 100 people in attendance at one time. And so,the Ruritan Club, like rodeo that
236 they have draws more than 100 people—
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238 Beth Bronson: So, it's not the Club itself, it's special events that they have.
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240 Perdita Holtz: Yes, or potentially if they were to grow. So, there is that restriction in, in the UDO for the
241 assembly uses.
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243 Beth Bronson: Thank you very much, I appreciate that.
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245 Cy Stober: Section 5.18, on Page 113 of Article 5.
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247 Taylor Perschau: I would just offer that I have a few more slides to get through process wise, which we can
248 continue discussion now, or if I get through the slides, then it can be a totally open floor.
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250 Adam Beeman: It's up to you.
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252 Taylor Perschau: Okay. I did want to go ahead and acknowledge that we met requirements for public
253 notification as detailed in the UDO, so notices for this meeting were mailed via First Class Mail to all property
254 owners within 1,000 feet of the subject parcels on April 19th. Signs were posted on the subject properties April
255 18th, and ever since we've had application materials ready, we have had them posted publicly on our Active
256 Development Webpage. Staff analysis is that the application is complete in accordance with Section 2.8 of the
257 UDO. We also find that the proposal is consistent with goals and objectives outlined within the Orange County
258 Comprehensive Plan, as was referenced. The Matrix where we're looking at the Future Land Use Classifications
259 against the zoning does find that GC4 is compatible with the Commercial Industrial Transition in a way that Rural
260 Residential is actually not. So,the amendment is also found to be reasonable and in the public interest because
261 it furthers goals of the adopted Comprehensive Plan and is located in an area designated on the Future Land
262 Use Map as Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Node. Such areas have been identified as areas changing
263 from rural to urban in form and density, allowing a full range of commercial and industrial uses. So, now that
264 you've heard from myself and the applicant, now would be time for more review and discussion. I'm available,
265 Jana and Anthony are available, so back to you.
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267 Whitney Watson: I know you would like to have a drive through ATM there, and I think the reasons make a lot
268 of sense. I was curious about what other ATMs are already in the area? I think there's one at Missy's Grill. Is
269 there any other?
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271 Anthony Cecil: The only two that we know of are business owned at Missy's Grill, and the other one is at
272 Efland Supermarket. The closest State Employees would be Churton Grove, and then the next one would be
273 downtown Mebane near Junction.
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275 Whitney Watson: Right. Since I know that ATMs can drive business, so customers come there, they get their
276 cash, then they go in and spend it. What are the business owners of these two other ATMs. Have they had any
277 comments about the installation of additional ATM in that area?
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279 Anthony Cecil: I haven't talked to the owner of Missy's. I do know him personally, but I have spoken, not
280 directly about this subject, with Randy, and I know at Efland Supermarket. I know, the Credit Union had been in
281 touch with him at one point in time, but I think due to rental or lease agreements, I don't think it ever went through.
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283 Adam Beeman: All right, thank you. Steve?
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285 Steve Kaufman: I have no questions.
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287 Delores Bailey: I do have a question. Back to the ATM, does it cost you all to have the ATM positioned
288 there?
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290 Anthony Cecil: No,we do have a lease agreement where I think they were paying us something, $300.00 a
291 month—
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293 Delores Bailey: So, you guys might get some money.
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295 Cecil: Yeah.
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297 Delores Bailey: Okay, thank you.
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299 Beth Bronson clarified which parcels were being applied for, so Ms. Perschau discussed the symbology on the
300 map to identify this.
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302 Anthony Cecil: The reason we're trying to get the whole property rezoned to the commercial is to bring us
303 along to what we actually do. That whole property was a school building. Personally, I don't think any other
304 school building around here is zoned residential. I don't know why this one was, but we're just trying to get our
305 property for the use that we have, bring it in line with what we're doing. That little piece of property right there,we
306 do use a little piece of it. Most of it is woods. But we use a little area for parking and stuff like that. We have
307 allowed when they was doing road work, they come and park their trucks there, they turn around. The people
308 that were putting all the fiber in, they've been parking down for over a year, which they just left, but I think are
309 coming back. So, we're just trying to bring everything into —
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311 Beth Bronson: So, you have been renting it out as a storage area for supplies?
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313 Anthony Cecil: We haven't been charging them folks—
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315 Beth Bronson: But again, if it was General Commercial, you could.
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317 Anthony Cecil: Yes. That's not our intent.
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319 Beth Bronson: No, absolutely. And it makes complete sense that you would want to bring into alignment.
320 Well, it seems like R1, because when the business itself was there, there was not a zoning, and so when there
321 was a zoning applied, it all just kind of gets labeled, and then as people make changes, they have to kind of go
322 through the process of making the changes. So, here we are. So, thank you very much, and I appreciate that.
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324 Chris Johnston: Whenever we do these Conventional District Rezonings, I always try to look at what's in the
325 new zone that wouldn't fit in for the neighborhood, because when we do these Conventional District Rezonings,
326 there are certain things that become permittable by right and so, Ms. Carter actually already asked my question
327 about did it make more sense for it to be NC2. I've just been reading over the standards for LC1, NC2, and EC5,
328 and I guess there's no real way around it because you guys already do more than 100. We've been out to the
329 Rodeo a couple of times now, and it's been great so, I have no further questions.
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331 Charity Kirk: Just sort of touching on that same topic, General Commercial, one of the things listed was
332 water and sewer mains exist at the site or to be made available or the lot size for individual uses are appropriate
333 to the method of water supply and sewage disposal. What is the current water supply and sewage disposal, and
334 are there any issues with that?
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336 Anthony Cecil: No, we have city water and city sewer on that property.
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338 Charity Kirk: All right, thank you.
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340 Cy Stober: To clarify, it's Orange-Alamance water and City of Mebane sewer.
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342 Charity Kirk: I wasn't sure where. I knew there was talk of water and sewer at some point.
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344 Cy Stober: It's serviced with utilities. One's a non-profit and one's public.
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346 Charity Kirk: Okay, thank you.
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348 Lamar Proctor: This is kind of maybe a joint question for staff as well as the applicant. If it's rezoned then
349 that zoning runs with the property to whoever buys it, right?So, our question is whether, regardless of the owner
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350 or the intent, that it's consistent with the surrounding uses. I mean, is Efland Ruritan's intention to stay at that
351 site?
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353 Anthony Cecil: Yeah, we have no intentions of ever closing. There is a stipulation in our bylaws. If
354 something was to ever happen, that property is supposed to be divided up between the area churches, so
355 hopefully, it will still stay for community use. That's why it was done that way.
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357 Lamar Proctor: Do your bylaws permit you to sell it?
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359 Anthony Cecil: No, we're not, they won't sell it. If the club ever dissolves, then the property would be
360 broken up. It would be taken control by the area churches.
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362 Lamar Proctor: So that's part of the bylaws. And if you all needed to relocate, could you relocate? Or do
363 you have to dissolve and reform another organizational charter or something?
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365 Anthony Cecil: We've never really thought about that. We're not planning on going anywhere. The Ruritan
366 Club was formed several years ago by, my father was one of them, I've been there since early'80s also, but it
367 was formed to help the community and do different things and just be there basically for a place for people to
368 meet. We've had everything from carnivals just trying to pay for the property. Fortunately,we run into the Rodeo
369 and it helped us out a lot, but no, we don't have any plans of shutting down.
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371 Lamar Proctor: Well, I want to thank you for what you do for the community. I mean I represent this area
372 and I live in Efland, so thank you all for all the work y'all do. I really appreciate it and that's all I have.
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374 Anthony Cecil: Thank you.
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376 Adam Beeman: The only question I have is do you have an idea of where it would be located on your
377 property, this ATM?
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379 Anthony Cecil: If you look, what we had talked about with the Credit Union, there's a little driveway right
380 here. It used to be where the school buses and all entered the property. About halfway down we had thought
381 about putting it right there. That was the initial plan, and they actually came out and laid it out and then that's
382 when the permit got denied. That's when we figured out that it, what it was zoned and that's why we're trying to
383 solve that problem. We had talked about putting it right there, but we're kind of open to putting it somewhere else
384 if they think it would be better. And the biggest reason we're asking for a drive-through is safety purposes. We
385 are kind of in the rural area and ladies, I don't think they like to come up and get out and have to walk up there,
386 especially in the evening, and stuff like that, but that's the only reason we've discussed a drive-through instead of
387 a walk up.
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389 Adam Beeman: So, in that vein, would you block it off rodeo nights because I would assume most of your
390 walking patrons are going to stop at that ATM?
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392 Anthony Cecil: Well, when we talked to them, we told them that we couldn't block it off at that time,just
393 because the amount of traffic we got there. It's a madhouse anyway.We've already talked to them and told them
394 we couldn't guarantee them nothing during that particular weekend.
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396 Delores Bailey: I have a quick question about the safety of it. If it's not Rodeo weekend, how safe is that? Is
397 that like a lot of people that have eyes on where you're anticipating putting it?
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399 Anthony Cecil: Yes, there's several families that live right there. My family lives there. My father lives
400 there. The Crabtree's live right there. We've never had a problem. I've seen people walking on the track at 2 or
401 3:00 in the morning. That's just when they're doing exercises because we have it well lit and then when we do
402 have to ATM brought in,we do have plans on putting more lighting out there for that purpose and taking a couple
403 trees down just for the simple fact to leave it more open. I used to be a deputy sheriff, and it's not the fact that it's
404 a bad area, but if you can prevent it,just take all obstacles out of the way.
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406 Delores Bailey: I appreciate that. My other question is how many years have you been doing the rodeo?
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408 Anthony Cecil: This will be 28 years.
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410 Beth Bronson: When will it be this year?
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412 Anthony Cecil: We actually moved it back a week. It's the last weekend of September.
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414 Beth Bronson: All right, good to know. Don't want to compete with Hog Day. I do have one additional
415 question, well just a few questions, did you say SECU did provide you with site plans for the Cash Points?
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417 Anthony Cecil: They did. They come out there and actually drew it out where they wanted it to put and then
418 1 think when they went and applied for the permit, they were told at the time the only place they could put it was
419 up under our shelter at the building which would take, it wasn't practical to do that.
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421 Beth Bronson: But to be clear, it was not the zoning that was the issue of a rejection; it was the
422 drive-through—
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424 Anthony Cecil: No, the zoning. The zoning is what shut it down.
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426 Beth Bronson: But if you had put it in the shelter, the zoning would not have been an issue?
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428 Anthony Cecil: I don't know exact, really what they were talking about, but that's what they were told at the
429 time.
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431 Beth Bronson: That's understandable. I mean the building itself,would it support having the Cash Points to
432 be able to drive up to, park and walk into it? Is that feasible?
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434 Anthony Cecil: No.
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436 Beth Bronson: I mean given that they would want to install a drive-through, would they be installing all of
437 the asphalt and pavement?
438
439 Anthony Cecil: There's already some pavement there that they may be able to use but yeah, I'm assuming
440 there's a certain area they'll pave and I'm not sure to be honest with you.
441
442 Beth Bronson: Yeah, I just wanted to know there was no site plan for adding it. It's kind of hard to
443 understand because there's also that parking lot that's adjacent to it,which I understand you use as parking, but
444 if there was a standalone drive-through, or pull up, ATM on that empty lot the two on—
445
446 Anthony Cecil: Yeah, that's called the ticket booth on that little lot, and the other day I said, well that
447 wouldn't be a bad spot right there.
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449 Beth Bronson: Thinking about how they have those standalone kiosks with the clear walls and you would
450 walk up to it versus or you drive around through it, however, but there's a lot more space to move around there
451 than there is to cut into the parking lot of the Ruritan Club.
452
453 Anthony Cecil: So the biggest reason we looked at the other one is just because it has an in and an out
454 pretty easily. The other one is pretty rough. One end is pretty rough out and—
455
456 Beth Bronson: Yeah, no I see that for sure. I am not an asphalt expert, but given the age and state of the
457 asphalt now—
458
459 Anthony Cecil: Oh yeah, it'd have to have something done.
460
461 Beth Bronson: Yeah, and I just wanted to make sure that,are you operating on good faith that they're going
462 to be covering those costs or are they going to be coming to you and asking, you know, for, doing that.
463
464 Anthony Cecil: Yeah, I can't remember what the conversation was on that. I think it's pretty much,they told
465 me what they needed, so like I said we was in compliance with what they needed.
466
467 Cy Stober: So Ms. Bronson, and Board, we've been looking at a lot of Conditional Zoning cases over
468 the last year. You're getting accustomed to seeing site plans that accompany a zoning application. This is
469 Conventional Zoning, and it allows for a menu of uses, including the ATM, and that's what's being considered
470 tonight. We will do our jobs. Taylor's staff will do their job to ensure that it complies with all the development
471 standards of the County, including paving and lighting,which we have explicit language in our Ordinance that the
472 lighting is intended to be for safety purposes, so we will be addressing all of that when we receive the site plan,
473 should the zoning be approved by the Board of Commissioners. But this is simply to consider whether it is a
474 consistent land use zoning district for the Efland Village and the surrounding neighboring properties, so I just
475 want to remind you, there's more than just the ATM. There's more than just the Rodeo to consider. There's the
476 entire menu of uses. Staff has analyzed the application and the proposed uses and feels that this is in the
477 applicant's interest to request and we've done an analysis that finds it's consistent with our Comprehensive Plan.
478
479 Beth Bronson: And I absolutely respect that and I don't mean to grill you on design plans or anything like
480 that, but I do appreciate it. Thank you for providing the info that the Credit Union gave you in the first place.
481 That's good to know.
482
483 Adam Beeman: Do we have any other questions? Do I have a motion?
484
485 MOTION BY Chris Johnston to accept the rezoning request as proposed. Seconded by Statler Gilfillen.
486
487 MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
488
489 Beth Bronson: I know that we made the ruling. I have one more question. It happened very fast. I just
490 want to make sure that General Commercial, like the non-profit nature of the Ruritan Club doesn't change.
491
492 Cy Stober: We have no authority over that. That's a deed restriction. That's between private property
493 owners and would be resolved during the deed transfer.
494
495 Beth Bronson: Okay.
496
497 Cy Stober: We would acknowledge that the covenant exists. It's a pretty well-known covenant at this
498 point, but we don't enforce it.
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499
500 Beth Bronson: Okay. Just wanted to make sure.
501
502 Lamar Proctor: I meant to ask this before we approved it, but were there any comments on, from public?
503
504 Beth Bronson: No.
505
506 Taylor Perschau: No, we did not. Staff did not receive any comments.
507
508 AGENDA ITEM 7: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE(UDO)TEXT AMENDMENT—TOBACCO AND HEMP RETAIL USE-
509 To review and make a recommendation to the BOCC on proposed amendments to the UDO pertaining to
510 "Tobacco and Hemp Retail" uses. This amendment is in response to a petition made by the BOCC and was
511 reviewed at the April 3, 2024 ORC meeting. It is scheduled for BOCC public hearing on June 4, 2024.
512
513 PRESENTER: CY STOBER, PLANNING DIRECTOR.
514
515 Cy Stober: I'm pleased to be here this evening to present two Text Amendments. I'm happy to talk to
516 before we close about the third one that the Ordinance Review Committee reviewed last month. We are still
517 working on that, but I can provide an update on that. I am pleased to present this evening the UDO Text
518 Amendment to permit, define, and regulate tobacco and hemp retail uses. I'll acknowledge, I have underserved
519 you. I don't have a process slide at the beginning of my presentation. I got lazy because I brought this to the
520 ORC last month and nearly all of you were at that meeting, so just a reminder of your responsibilities tonight are
521 to consider the Text Amendment before you to discuss it and then to make a recommendation to the Board if
522 you're prepared. There is an option for you to continue the discussion to a later meeting if you'd like. Those are
523 your options this evening.
524
525 Mr. Stober overviewed the definition of Tomacco and Hemp Retail Uses, referencing the presentation provided
526 to the Ordinance Review Committee.
527
528 Lamar Proctor: You said the proposed change would put this as a Conditional Use? So it wouldn't So, a
529 permitted use by right of, in any zoning district?
530
531 Cy Stober: Correct.
532
533 Lamar Proctor: So existing uses would be grandfathered in if they already exist?
534
535 Cy Stober: Correct.
536
537 Lamar Proctor: And if you wanted to do a new hemp stores or whatever,vape shop,you would have to do a
538 conditional zoning application?
539
540 Cy Stober: Mm hmm.
541
542 Chris Johnston: And if you wanted to make any changes to your existing hemp shop you'd have to become
543 in compliance, which means you'd have to come before—
544
545 Cy Stober: That's correct, so you'd be regulated by Article 8 of the UDO which is non-conforming uses,
546 and you'd have to bring it into zoning conformance, so you'd have to go through the public hearing.
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548 Lamar Proctor: If there's already a retail—because these places are generally part of a strip mall—if
549 there's already a strip mall but they don't have a vape shop, and we enact this, and now a vape shop wants to
550 come in, that whole parcel has to apply for a conditional zoning to allow that use.
551
552 Cy Stober: The property manager would need to be the applicant or the co-applicant, that's correct. I'll
553 also remind you that this is in the County's jurisdiction so the unincorporated areas of the County, not the
554 municipalities. And it doesn't regulate the incidental sales of any of these products, so a convenience store on
555 any North Carolina highway can sell these products as part of their inventory. Yeah, they can have Snicker bars
556 and beers and pork rinds and these, and we can't do anything about that.
557
558 Lamar Proctor: Electronic cigarettes and—
559
560 Cy Stober: Exactly.
561
562 Adam Beeman: That's not the majority of their sales.
563
564 Cy Stober: The principal sales. So, as a land use matter we cannot,and this is,there's a lot of case law
565 nationally and at the state level about this, is we have to regulate the principal use and there are, like you go back
566 to adult uses, you cannot have an adult use as an incidental use on a property, but it does inform the use of the
567 entire property, but for retail purposes you really would have to demonstrate that it's the primary purpose of that
568 store is to sell these products.
569
570 Lamar Proctor: I support this amendment because these shops are essentially selling marginally legal
571 items that—so I work in criminal law, so I see this where scheduled substances, Schedules 1-6, you get around
572 them by making analogs and various different things and that's what is sold at these places. I just say that for
573 what it's worth.
574
575 Beth Bronson: To be clear, there is no tobacco retail use regulation is what you're saying?
576
577 Cy Stober: Currently.
578
579 Beth Bronson: Yes. So, this will be tobacco and hemp retail, so anybody who was selling tobacco and not
580 hemp would also be subjected to the same ruling?
581
582 Cy Stober: Yes, so if we go back to the definition, it's retail. So, if it's any one of these three products.
583
584 Beth Bronson: Certainly, and I'm familiar with them and I'm familiar with these stores and the things that do
585 exist and to his point about how many already exist within these existing strip malls, it almost feels like a matter
586 of right for them to be able to exist because it's been allowed to be for so long, so I'm trying to—grandfathered in,
587 but again, if that business owner wanted to make any changes to that business or to that building they would not
588 be able to, they would have to come in and apply and every store would be affected.
589
590 Cy Stober: That's not entirely true. There are some liberties allowed for non-conforming uses,
591 especially if they're contained within the building at it is today, so you can make internal improvements,you can't
592 make additions, you can't expand the use, you can't make it more intense. But we're not stopping someone from
593 pulling a building permit and fixing their plumbing or making a fagade improvement or something like that.
594
595 Beth Bronson: Could they put a parking lot in?
596
597 Cy Stober: No.
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598
599 Beth Bronson: And just for me and my perspective, what was the attorney's rationale for not including
600 those in LC1, NC2, GC3, GC4, EC5?What was the reasoning for not including that as like with a special asterisk,
601 Iguess?
602
603 Cy Stober: The County does not want them.
604
605 Beth Bronson: Okay. I mean, retail wise they are quite popular. And I'm not saying that the County is right
606 or wrong or the retail purchasers are right or wrong. Just that I would caution,this is creating a very stringent rule
607 and isolating one particular type of retail, and so I would just caution against that to Planning Board members as
608 we make this recommendation.
609
610 Charity Kirk: How are adult stores zoned now in general? Why not shove it into that category? Because
611 1 remember a long time ago when we were talking about Dollar Stores, there was something about, well, if we
612 rezone it, it could have an adult store, but then there's school distances and—so it's 12 and 13.Why not limited to
613 12 and 13?
614
615 Cy Stober: I'll be frank,that was in one of the drafts and Planning staff thought if the goal is to limit their
616 presence entirely in the County, that placing it in a Conditional Zoning District would be the way to do that. And
617 it was acceptable. But that was drafted, as well, the place to do exactly that.
618
619 Charity Kirk: So what, what are the pros and cons of 12? It just seems like limiting it entirely, making it
620 super difficult, or making it much more limited.
621
622 Cy Stober: Sure, I mean allowing it in a few zoning districts would make it more difficult to challenge
623 that the County's attempting to completely prohibit the use, and so that's the advantage there. But it could be any
624 one, I'm thinking particularly in Economic Development Districts where we have zoning for like Economic
625 Development Buckhorn, so the whole West Ten area over near Gravelly Hill Middle School you would still have
626 the radius restriction, but, for example the properties north of the interstate near the weigh station, I think there's
627 some that are zoned for industrial there. They would have to conform with all the other standards, like driveway
628 access and so forth. But it would be primarily in the Economic Development District. So, south of Hillsborough,
629 east of Mebane and right at the Durham County line would be the areas where you could see that. And I haven't
630 done a radius analysis to see if there, what those properties would be that could allow for that but-
631
632 Beth Bronson: Much less, would a retail space align with the current neighborhood businesses in those
633 Economic Development Districts, correct? I mean, those are warehouse, manufacturing.
634
635 Cy Stober: It would be consistent with the uses in the EDD, in the Durham County line.And it wouldn't
636 be inconsistent, I could see it going in over at Buckhorn as well if it could qualify for the radius restrictions. But,
637 again, this is the staff presentation. To your point, I think the proposal of restricting to NR-CD makes it bit more
638 vulnerable to legal challenge, but I think that we're still permitting the use in the county, we're not prohibiting it,
639 we've just required a high burden of responsibility by the applicants to qualify for that use.
640
641 Chris Johnston: And that was going to be my point. We do have uses in the use chart that aren't allowed
642 anywhere. Like there are ones that are not allowed at all. Tobacco Processing, Preparation, Packaging and
643 Distribution, as far as I can tell isn't anywhere. Starch, Vegetables, Fats, and Oils Manufacturing, we have use
644 cases where they're not allowed anywhere and it's not necessarily a feeling of targeting.
645
646 Charity Kirk: What is the Health Department planning on doing?
647
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648 Cy Stober: They support the amendment. I don't know if they've gotten into the level of nuance that
649 you have about which zoning district they would like to see it in, but they support the amendment.
650
651 Charity Kirk: Was the goal of the commissioners to eliminate it via zoning?
652
653 Cy Stober: To tightly restrict it with a goal of tobacco cessation. I'd have to go back and look at
654 Commissioner Fowler's language, but the goal is to minimize as much as possible exposure of minors to these
655 products and she was pretty frank in her language. Wake County did this recently, I think they did allow it in
656 industrial districts, which they have less than we do because most of their industrial districts are actually in the
657 incorporated municipalities, but I don't know that, I'm guessing here, hypothesizing. We're following in the lead
658 of Wake, and I think Harnett County now, and the idea is to use this to broker a conversation with the
659 municipalities about doing the same in the municipalities in Orange County.
660
661 Chris Johnston: That was going to be my follow-up question is if there is that partnership with the
662 municipalities, because if we do it and they don't, what are we doing, right? I mean, we're still doing something,
663 but it's like half.
664
665 Cy Stober: Commission Fowler was I think pretty clear that she wants to set the example and she had
666 the consensus of the Board.
667
668 Marilyn Carter: Is there anything that would prevent our Board to make a recommendation that we'd like to
669 see actually stricter, implementation of the change to some of the districts that we talked about earlier?
670
671 Beth Bronson: How can it be more strict than a conditional district, you know?
672
673 Marilyn Carter: Well, we just talked about some zoning areas that it sounded like would not be subject, for
674 example, in the Economic Development Districts, correct, where this change would not be applicable.
675
676 Cy Stober: Right, they would still have to go through the zoning process as presented with the
677 amendment that staff is bringing tonight. To Ms. Kirk's point, if they were allowed by right or with the
678 development standards in the industrial or the commercial districts, then they could potentially be placed there
679 with a simple permit application,Zoning Compliance Permit,to the staff and we would permit it if they could prove
680 that they meet the radius requirements, as well as all of our other development standards.
681
682 Marilyn Carter: So, I guess my question is to the Board. Does it feel that there should be a stricter
683 implementation beyond what we've already discussed? I wasn't sure. So, if that's not the case then I'll move on
684 to my other question.And my other question is how many businesses are currently grandfathered in—clearly the
685 support from myself and sounds like the rest of the Board for this ordinance—how many businesses will be
686 grandfathered in that are in existence right now?
687
688 Cy Stober: I don't know of any at this time in the county. Again, in the unincorporated areas of the
689 county there may be some, but I'm not aware of them.And if they, if someone registered a complaint we would,
690 of course, investigate and have to determine when they were given the Certificate of Occupancy and if they
691 already have it and they're not making any expansions or other intensifications to the property, they're allowed to
692 persist there indefinitely.
693
694 Marilyn Carter: Okay, well, that's good to know there's no, there's no one under the grandfathering
695 situation.
696
697 Cy Stober: No, there's no sunset clause in this amendment.
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698
699 Delores Bailey: What happens if marijuana is legalized in North Carolina?
700
701 Cy Stober: That's a great question and it's going to be a big headache for me. I don't know, Mr. Bailey,
702 1 just don't know. Because there's so many variables, and states have regulated marijuana recreationally or
703 medicinally in so many different ways, so I just don't know. I mean, I grew up in Ohio which just legalized medical
704 use of marijuana, but they're doing it essentially in like with an ABC permit. Other places are treating it like it's any
705 other business. We don't know what might happen with statewide legalization.
706
707 Beth Bronson: So, in North Carolina they issued 30 growers permits for hemp. And so, to that point, 1
708 would think medical marijuana is very much coming really quickly.
709
710 Cy Stober: I haven't seen the draft legislation. I have seen that it is markedly different from what was
711 introduced 2 years ago in the short session, and then what was debated in the long session. I'm watching it
712 because it's going to be a major amendment to our Ordinance and I imagine we'll have a lot of public input on
713 that, but I really don't know how the state proposes to—and just to be blunt, if it's for medical use it's much
714 simpler for us. It will be likely licensed and affiliated with some sort of medical institution. It becomes a much
715 simpler conversation than if we're going with retail dispensaries like they have in Nevada or where else,
716 Michigan, I don't know what we'll do.And I don't know what the pleasure of the Commissioners will be in terms of
717 regulating it because it's a very political conversation. I think that the, to probably speak out of turn, I think that
718 the discussion about youth targeting will not change, but the politics of who should have access to these
719 products and why and under what circumstances is also to be determined.
720
721 Beth Bronson: I do want to piggyback off that and to your point about that, when you make it a Conditional
722 District or say that it has to be the primary use, what you're doing is maybe excluding those businesses or
723 creating a barrier for those businesses to establish themselves in the incorporated county area that we have
724 jurisdiction of, however you are driving those tobacco and hemp retail products into locations where minors are
725 completely welcome, like a gas station where that's not their primary use, but it's plastered all over the walls, it's
726 plastered behind the counter, it's plastered to the corner of the counter, so what you would be doing is effectively
727 saying, "well,you can't have a tobacco and hemp dedicated store but you could have a gas station that makes 49
728 percent of the profits from those materials," and I think that needs to be considered with Commissioner Fowler
729 having really good intentions and understandably so,wanting to create some form of regulation, I think you have
730 to be careful about what that reaction is going to be.The unintended consequence is that kids are at gas stations,
731 kids go to gas stations after the school bus stopped and if they see those hemp products and those tobacco
732 products in there and they continue to, and it's not taken away from those public locations where everybody is
733 allowed, and again designated like an ABC store. I just worry that you're creating more of a—it's not exactly
734 harm reduction.
735
736 Cy Stober: So, the modification to the motion could include that concern.
737
738 Beth Bronson: To my point about making it restrictive, my recommendation would be to add the delta to
739 certain commercial districts, having them meet that thousand feet to the schools or things like that. Does that
740 make sense to everybody? Like the idea of allowing them or you could do a Conditional Zoning, but as well,
741 making it as contingent on meeting these conditional requirements of the thousand feet from the school and
742 there's a few others, I think, but then allowing them in NC2, GC3, EC4, EC5, LC1 potentially,as a matter of those
743 Rural Nodes could potentially use a retail store like this and drive business to an area like Dodson's Crossroads
744 or something like that. Not to say that it would be positive or negative, but again, only 18 year olds are allowed in
745 that store anyways, so I'm just wanting to put it out there before we make a motion on this particular one, is there
746 anything anybody thinks about that?
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748 Adam Beeman: So let's just say we pass this, the Commissioners have passed it as is right now. What are
749 the hurdles that accompany it?And is it just a foregone conclusion that they would be denied no matter what or
750 is it opportunity that if they came in and went through all the hurdles to meet that Conditional District, is it actually
751 feasible that they could be approved? Or are we just making it as difficult as possible just as a blanket, "we don't
752 want'em and that's that," because if there's no actual way that they can get approved, then I'm not sure what
753 we're doing. If there's a potential that someone could come in and meet all the obstacles and the hurdles and
754 then say, "okay,you're approved,"then I could say let's move forward. I don't know why Hillsborough and Chapel
755 Hill are going to have all these locations and you can put all the pressure on them you want, but Chapel Hill
756 doesn't listen to the County. So if they'll continue to sell them all over the place and we're really regulating what
757 little bit of land we can which probably never have a hemp or a retail store there to be begin with, so I just want to
758 know if we go through with it, is there a way that someone could actually come to the Board and get approved, or
759 there's no way, there's so many hurdles that it's never going to happen.
760
761 Cy Stober: So, we would give them the due process and ultimately that would be a decision of the
762 Planning Board and the Commissioners. As a Conditional District, I wouldn't make a recommendation on the
763 actual action, I would just make a recommendation on your review process and giving the applicant the due
764 process. If you determine that they meet this, this standard, which is fairly straightforward, and they meet all the
765 other development standards with their site plan, and there's no land use conflict in our determination and yours,
766 then it would be difficult to find an objection to it, and it also needs to be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan,
767 and so, there are a number of references in the Comprehensive Plan to healthy lifestyles, so there it would be
768 pretty easy to find an inconsistency there,just to kind of hash it out on the fly. To be honest, I don't know what the
769 determination of the Planning Board and the Commissioners would be, but—
770
771 Adam Beeman: But they have an opportunity and I guess that's the big thing is if I come in and I meet all the
772 requirements then you don't really have a leg to stand on unless you find some, like I said, some other reason,so
773 you'd have to get creative and find a reason. Just long as there was an opportunity for them to go through the
774 process and be approved or denied. Because at the end of the day, I get they don't want the use, and so we're
775 not technically taking it away from them, they still have the opportunity to come and apply, and then to Beth's
776 point, if they really wanted it they could just get creative and so, 51 percent paper mach6 and then other 49
777 percent of their profit. They can get around it if they really wanted to, but you're trying' to make it as difficult as
778 possible, so I guess that's where we're at.
779
780 Chairity Kirk: Do we want them to try and get around it though? They could have a candy store and then
781 sell 49 percent.
782
783 Adam Beeman: We can't control that aspect, that's legally not our right to control.
784
785 Cy Stober: That's correct.
786
787 Chris Johnston: Technically,they'd still have to sell candy too, right, like the sales I think would have to be 51
788 percent or whatever and at that point it's a different business.
789
790 Cy Stober: At that level of investigation, if we were charged with investigating non-conformance and/or
791 violation of this use, then yeah, we'd have to get to that level and go through the records, yeah.
792
793 Beth Bronson: And I only meant that as I see more and more gas stations using their sale, their marketing
794 and, and their availability of the vendor,just like a grocery store, they're renting out space to these hemp
795 products and to the tobacco products for shelf space, and they're only going to be required to do it more if there's
796 no actual dedicated facility to do that, and since we are a state that's not going to have liquor in the grocery store,
797 you know, or even in a dedicated store for wine and liquor—I'm not saying'that I'm for or against it, I just find it to
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798 be, to your point about putting it as a Conditional versus putting it in the GC or LMC with the stipulations, it would
799 most likely be easier and it would still most likely be in one of those districts in general... is that the understanding
800 for that Conditional Zoning? So, like it would already technically be in a commercial area because it couldn't be
801 in a residential area.
802
803 Cy Stober: Correct.
804
805 Beth Bronson: So, it would fall into 12, 13 and NC3 and NC4, EC5, you couldn't apply for it if it was R1, you
806 couldn't apply for it if it was—you could use agricultural, but—
807
808 Cy Stober: No, I mean, our agricultural zoning is Agricultural Residential-
809
810 Beth Bronson: Residential, exactly. I think that I would retract my recommendation that it would be those
811 specific commercial and leave it as a Conditional District in the sense that any applicant would already be in one
812 of those districts, it would just be conditional to the tobacco and hemp if there was an approval on this or
813 consensus.
814
815 Charity Kirk: A lot these stores are renters, they don't own the property, so that puts a burden on the
816 property owner and then the other thing is, is Conditional Zoning Districts cannot change the layout of stuff, so
817 they are set once it becomes a Conditional Zoning District. It's not flexible anymore.
818
819 Beth Bronson: If it's new construction, but if it's existing construction, then that's not gonna—
820
821 Cy Stober: But, no, Ms. Kirk is correct, if you have to get conditionally zoned, then your site plan would
822 reflect the existing structures and that would be what's approved.
823
824 Charity Kirk: Can't change anything until you go back through the whole process.
825
826 Cy Stober: You can have a phase plan that allows for future development and it can be confined to
827 areas.
828
829 Charity Kirk: If you have to plan for that future development, which is really challenging.
830
831 Cy Stober: Correct.
832
833 Charity Kirk: I mean, I'm more of the 12, 13, 1 think.
834
835 Cy Stober: That's, and so that is the determination of the Board and I'll—
836
837 Charity Kirk: I'm just going to put that out there.
838
839 Chris Johnston: Andl think that's the question that we have going forward, is where does that actually live? 1
840 guess Adam made a really great point which is are we wasting applicant's time if it at the end of this, the County
841 Commissioners have expressed to everyone we want this out of the County, we're wasting people's time and
842 money and effort, our time and everyone's time if the end point is the Health Board wants it out and the County
843 Commissioners want it out, like by putting it in a zone but leaving it Conditional, we're making everyone go
844 through a lot steps to end up with a deny that has been expressed by the County Commissioners, and if that is
845 the end goal, sticking it in an "I" or sticking it in one or two others isn't going to make a lick a difference, we're
846 going to be sitting here doing nothing.
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848 Cy Stober: If you placed it in an "I" as with the development standards it would be permitted.
849
850 Chris Johnston: Oh, it would be permitted. I apologize, I misunderstood, I thought that'll be Conditional at
851 that point.
852
853 Cy Stober: Let me explain, I'm sorry—
854
855 Beth Bronson: I'm just saying that any applicant would already be in an 12, an 13, NC4, GC4, GC3, NC2,
856 LC1,they won't be in a residential or agricultural residential area, so the applicant would come from any of those
857 other ones except residential.
858
859 Charity Kirk: They could be anywhere; they could be anywhere.
860
861 Beth Bronson: So what, what is the definition of 12, 13 that makes you want it?
862
863 Charity Kirk: Well, it's just where the sex stores are. So, someone thought about this as adult area.
864
865 Cy Stober: To minimize exposure.
866
867 Charity Kirk: Minimize exposure to minors, so I'm just sort of tracking that some thought has gone into
868 sex stores.
869
870 Chris Johnston: Okay, I guess I would retract and say that if it's in a position where it is permitted by right and
871 it should be in there, then that then removes the "we're working through and wasting everybody's time"
872 argument. But then I guess the question is, we can recommend but is the County Commissioners going to go
873 along with something along those lines if they're trying'to get it out.
874
875 Charity Kirk: How restricted do we think it should be is the question.
876
877 Cy Stober: And I'll be happy to process whatever recommendation you make and present it to the
878 Commissioners, that's my job.
879
880 Lamar Proctor: I agree with Charity,these places are selling mood altering substances,that is their primary
881 product. And they tend to be attractive uses. When I was a prosecutor in Durham, these places bring in bad
882 elements because of the nature of their business. Could it be an 12 or 13 as a Special Use or a subject to use
883 standards?
884
885 Cy Stober: Well, certainly subject to use standards.
886
887 Lamar Proctor: And I'm not clear on Special Use so that's why I'm asking. That would require a permit and
888 that's usually for things that are technical.
889
890 Cy Stober: Right, and Ms. Bronson and Mr. Beeman are on the Board of Adjustment, and so it would
891 be a process to go through, but it would actually be fairly clear cut. If they meet the development standards and
892 they've shown that they're not going to harm any of the adjoining neighbors, it would have to be approved. It's a
893 very objective analysis.
894
895 Lamar Proctor: So the question really is, are you going to set such a high bar that it's virtually impossible to
896 get one or you going to shove them off into your 12, 13—
897
Approved 6.5.24
898 Cy Stober: Or both. You could leave it an NR-CD and allow it with development standards in the
899 industrial zoned districts if that's the pleasure of the Board.
900
901 Lamar Proctor: And it could be subject to use standards in 12, 13. Because of the additional 1,000 foot
902 restrictions and all that.
903
904 Cy Stober: So, yes, and I would as strongly as I can encourage you to require that, otherwise, I'll have
905 to make a different recommendation to require the use standards to the Board and I don't want to do that if I don't
906 have to.
907
908 Beth Bronson: But you're saying use the existing standards that you've put out. Not, I know you're not
909 saying that, sorry.
910
911 Cy Stober: No, I am, yes. I'm trying to be emphatic as I can, but I serve at your pleasure. Not trying to
912 tell you what to do, but I really need you to do that, otherwise, I'm going to have to make a different
913 recommendation.
914
915 Marilyn Carter: And can we ask Lamar to articulate a potential motion to validate it with the Planning
916 Director?
917
918 Adam Beeman: Well, so before we make a motion, I guess we have to debate it and agree that we want to
919 put that forward because if it's not going to go anywhere then—
920
921 Charity Kirk: So, the discussion is keeping the proposal, and then also adding it to 12, 13,with the special
922 —
923
924 Lamar Proctor: Permitted, subject to use standards.
925
926 Charity Kirk: Yes, so that we're giving a little bit more freedom,just a little bit.
927
928 Lamar Proctor: Is that a fair assessment of what—
929
930 Cy Stober: Yeah, and like I said, it matches the original drafted amendment, and after some discussion
931 we minimized it to just the Conditional District. So it's consistent with what the Attorney's Office and the Planning
932 staff have already discussed, so you're in line with prior discussions. I'm happy to share that.
933
934 Adam Beeman: I guess the big question is, is there a majority of us that feel like Lamar's motion is worth
935 discussing any further or approving.
936
937 Marilyn Carter: I'd like to hear it articulated.
938
939 Chairty Kirk: He's not saying to make the motion, Marilyn asked him to make the motion.
940
941 Adam Beeman: So, Lamar's idea, how's that? Is everyone on track with that or—
942
943 Chairty Kirk: I think it's my idea.
944
945 Lamar Proctor: It's her idea.
946
947 Chairty Kirk: My idea. I don't think he's for it, I'm getting that sense.
Approved 6.5.24
948
949 Lamar Proctor: I'm actually... I see the issue. This discussion has helped me clarify the issue. This is a use
950 that is, once again, it sells mood altering substances in a lot of ways, it's an attractive use, especially to young
951 people, the way it's marketed, the products it sells. I know from personal experience working in law enforcement
952 that these places tend to not bring in the best elements, so I do think that they are far more akin to
953 sexually-oriented business than they are to just like a standard commercial establishment. I think I would be fine
954 either way with it being 12, 13 as a subject use standards orjust as Conditional Zoning. I guess part of what we've
955 discussed is the people who really want these businesses would have to go through a lot of steps for Conditional
956 Zoning that they wouldn't have to go through if it was 12, 13, subject to use standards.
957
958 Cy Stober: That's correct. The Zoning Compliance Permit and staff review does determine if it's
959 compliant with these standards.
960
961 Lamar Proctor: And these places already exist primarily in strip malls in municipal areas and if we made a
962 more restrictive, Conditional Zoning only, then that would essentially limit it's spread, and then it would be up to
963 municipalities on how to deal with them. There's kind of a background issue of the legalization of marijuana, but
964 that's a different issue, but I could see these establishments, if it became a permitted legal retail sale of
965 marijuana allowed in North Carolina, which I don't think is going to happen immediately, but I could see these
966 places converting into that, but that's further down the road.
967
968 Marilyn Carter: So, I'll just weigh in, because I did not understand that and that is why I wanted to make sure
969 1 heard it articulated at length.That Charity's recommendation,which I understand the intention, I think it's a good
970 one, but it would also weaken the requirement that's been presented to us, so because it will weaken the
971 requirement, I personally will vote against moving in that direction now that I understand it it.
972
973 Lamar Proctor: As in 12, 13, right?
974
975 Marilyn Carter: And vote for the original proposal.
976
977 Chris Johnston: Is there another proposal where it's not in any district? Is the Conditional District a waste of
978 time?
979
980 Beth Bronson: Like it's got to be reserved to a municipality.
981
982 Chris Johnston: And I guess, Cy, like in terms of legality, if a tobacco or vape shop challenged this or
983 something' along those lines, if it was in no district, is that putting us in a precarious position?
984
985 Cy Stober: I don't know. I'd have to ask the Attorney's Office. I'm not an attorney, so I don't know.
986
987 Beth Bronson: So what you're doing here is you would be defining tobacco and hemp retail, and you're
988 saying "nowhere."
989
990 Cy Stober: What I can tell you is that this was originally drafted by the Attorney's Office and it did permit
991 the use with the use standard, so this was an unusual amendment, it was not drafted by Planning staff, it was
992 drafted by the Attorney's Office, and then given to us for review and discussion and we discussed it, made a
993 couple modifications, but this is almost exactly what was given to us by the Attorney's Office.
994
995 Chris Johnston: And theirs was a Conditional?
996
997 Cy Stober: I think it was 11, 12, and 13.
Approved 6.5.24
998
999 Chris Johnston: Okay, interesting.
1000
1001 Charity Kirk: And then you took it out?
1002
1003 Cy Stober: Yeah, after discussion with them.
1004
1005 Charity Kirk: So the lawyers approved it both ways.
1006
1007 Cy Stober: That's correct, that wouldn't be inaccurate.
1008
1009 Chris Johnston: You took it out of 12, 13, and then placed it in the Conditional Zoning and that was the
1010 discussion?
1011
1012 Cy Stober: Correct.
1013
1014 Lamar Proctor: And you mentioned the Eno District, I will just say an anecdotal example is when I was at
1015 the Durham DA's office there was one of these stores in West Durham approaching on 70, approaching the Eno,
1016 and there was a homicide in the parking lot amongst young people, teenagers, so the character and quality of
1017 these places is definitely suspect.
1018
1019 Charity Kirk: If the use is much harder to come by, even in 12 and 13, is there the potential of character
1020 and quality to go up? I mean, that's one of the things is like is—
1021
1022 Beth Bronson: You're putting it in an industrial district though. With all respect, I do understand what
1023 you're saying, but you're putting it in industrial district where, again, there are commercial and retail sale, but
1024 there's also an impetus for larger footprint spaces. So in industrial you could have a hundred thousand square
1025 foot building and then you have a 12,000 square foot hemp and tobacco retail, and so then, again, you're
1026 creating this one spot that is off the beaten path for people who would like to go and buy these products without
1027 a lot of other public around, and if you're talking about trying to deter that type of behavior, you're basically just
1028 isolating that to one area of town which, again, could be problematic if you think about where the industrial zoning
1029 is and what residential areas might be near it. That is a consideration, I would think.
1030
1031 Lamar Proctor: To me the only question is,do you want to allow some due process where someone could if
1032 they convince Board of County Commissioners that this was a good thing for the county and was consistent with
1033 Comprehensive Land Use Plans, Conditional Zoning or do you wanna just say,"hey, people are going to do what
1034 they're going to do so let's shove it into 12 or 13 over there with the sexually-oriented businesses, because it's
1035 clearly a vice-oriented business. Me, personally, I would approve it as written, that it should just go under
1036 Conditional Zoning. I don't see how,just given the definition, that it is consistent with the Comprehensive Land
1037 Use Plan, but maybe some future retailer could convince some future board as to how it is.There is a process by
1038 which such a retailer could get approved if they really tried.
1039
1040 Cy Stober: That's correct.
1041
1042 Chris Johnston: Could I put a motion now, that is unpopular and then figure out where we stand from there?
1043
1044 Adam Beeman: Good.
1045
1046 MOTION BY Chris Johnston to submit the proposed amendment with the change where Tobacco and Hemp Retail
1047 is in no Conditional Districts. Seconded by Charity Kirk.
Approved 6.5.24
1048
1049 Chris Johnston: Take it out of the Conditional Zoning District, the NRCD, where I believe it was placed-
1050
1051 Charity Kirk: Well, so what's the alternative?
1052
1053 Chris Johnston: So, the alternative is to have it blank across the board.
1054
1055 Adam Beeman: You can't do it anywhere.
1056
1057 Chris Johnston: You simply cannot do that in Orange County that we take it out of the Conditional Zoning
1058 because we feel that given the language from the Health Board and from the County Commissioners that to ut it
1059 in there would be to waste the applicant's time.
1060
1061 Charity Kirk: Sure, I'll second that.
1062
1063 Delores Bailey: So, doesn't that further make Beth's point about if you tell them they can't have it they'll put
1064 it someplace else and it'll just—
1065
1066 Chris Johnston: I think that argument is if you tell them they can't, they put it somewhere else is true of any
1067 law, right? Like if you make murder illegal they're going to go murder somewhere else or something like that.
1068
1069 Charity Kirk: Lamar's point is if you limited these, and Beth, too, to just 12 it's going to be even worse.
1070
1071 Delores Bailey: But to put it no place?
1072
1073 Charity Kirk: Well, then it has to go in stores that are selling 50 percent or more of something else.
1074
1075 Liz Kalies: I was going to say, do we have the authority to say we can't have... I mean, what if I said 1
1076 don't like massage businesses, can we take them off the list?
1077
1078 Cy Stober: Um, you could petition the Board to do that.
1079
1080 Liz Kalies: We actually have that authority?
1081
1082 Cy Stober: Well, to make a recommendation on behalf of the Board.
1083
1084 Chris Johnston: I guess my take is just if everyone agrees that there's reason that the Board would say no to
1085 these things due to health concerns or whatever the case may be, what are we doing?
1086
1087 Statler GiIfillen: You're saying that this would be basically a non-allowed use in the county.
1088
1089 Chris Johnston: Yes, that is correct.
1090
1091 Statler GiIfillen: Why don't we just state it. "This is a non-allowed use?"
1092
1093 Lamar Proctor: Well, that's what he's saying.
1094
1095 Chris Johnston: I don't that I even agree with that, but what I'm hearing from everybody and everything here
1096 is that the vibe is that we are trying to limit the exposure in the county. And so if that's the idea, anywhere in the
1097 county is in the county, and so to have it open and not mean it is worse than to have it or not have it.
Approved 6.5.24
1098
1099 Statler Gilfillen: So, may I ask this question? If I go to the state liquor stores, how do the zoning of that
1100 compare to what we're talking about here? I figure that's pretty high on the list of control areas, maybe I'm wrong.
1101
1102 Beth Bronson: But ot's regulated by the state, this is on a county level would be my only—
1103
1104 Statler Gilfillen: They have the right just to stick it wherever they want it in the county?
1105
1106 Cy Stober: No.
1107
1108 Lamar Proctor: I looked and I didn't see it. I assumed it fell under just retail.
1109
1110 Cy Stober: You're right.
1111
1112 Marilyn Carter: As we're considering the motion, I do have a question and that is do we have any public
1113 comment on this issue?
1114
1115 Cy Stober: We have not.
1116
1117 Adam Beeman: Go ahead, you have a question?
1118
1119 Delores Bailey: I believe that people should be able to sell and run a business they way they need to. 1
1120 thought it was restrictive at first. I think this is really restrictive. I'm not of the opinion that we should not allow it,
1121 so I just want that stated clearly.
1122
1123 Adam Beeman: Are you of the opinion to leave it as the amendment is written whereas just as Conditional
1124 District?
1125
1126 Delores Bailey: Yes.
1127
1128 Adam Beeman: So, you don't necessarily agree stuffing it into an 11, 12, 13?
1129
1130 Delores Bailey: Not necessarily.
1131
1132 Adam Beeman: Okay.
1133
1134 Chris Johnston: And I want to say, I've got my motion out, it's got a second, I think we're at the point where
1135 we throw down just to,just to see what to do.
1136
1137 Adam Beeman: You guys are all clear on what he's proposing?
1138
1139 Steve Kaufman: He's proposing that we're not going to have any stores like that in Orange County.
1140
1141 IN FAVOR: Marilyn Carter, Lamar Proctor, Charity Kirk.
1142 OPPOSED:Adam Beeman, Delores Bailey, Beth Bronson, Statler Gilfillen, Chris Johnston, Steve Kaufmann, Liz
1143 Kalies, Whitney Watson.
1144 MOTION NOT PASSED 3 TO 8.
1145
1146 MOTION BY Marilyn Carter to pass the proposed change as written. Seconded by Delores Bailey.
1147
Approved 6.5.24
1148 Chris Johnston: In the Conditional Zoning District?
1149
1150 Marilyn Carter: Yes.
1151
1152 IN FAVOR:Adam Beeman, Delores Bailey, Marilyn Carter, Statler Gilfillen, Steve Kaufmann, Liz Kalies, Lamar
1153 Proctor, Whitney Watson.
1154 OPPOSED: Chris Johnston, Charity Kirk, Beth Bronson.
1155 MOTION PASSED 8 TO 3.
1156
1157 Cy Stober: This will be presented to the Commissioner's at the June 4th public hearing.
1158
1159 MOTION BY Beth Bronson that the Proposed Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment has a Statement
1160 of Approval and Consistency per Attachment 1 that the meets all of the requirements of UDO Section 2.8.
1161 Seconded by Lamar Proctor.
1162
1163 MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
1164
1165 Statler Gilfillen: I'd like to make a comment and an observation. I believe that this has been one of the more
1166 difficult issues for this Board to deal with. I think my stating that into the record may be helpful.
1167
1168 Lamar Proctor: It's already passed, but I don't know how other jurisdictions...whether shoving it in 12 and 13
1169 has been more effective than making it... I mean, it's kind of a new thing too, so.
1170
1171 AGENDA ITEM 9: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE(UDO)TEXT AMENDMENT—REGULATORY REFORM COMPLIANCE
1172 AND CONFORMANCE—To review and make a recommendation to the BOCC on Planning Director-Initiated
1173 amendments to the UDO in response and pertaining to NC Session Laws 2023-108 and 2023-137, which affect
1174 the County's abilities to regulate residential architecture, as well as densities and impervious surfaces in water
1175 supply watersheds. This amendment was reviewed at the April 3, 2024 ORC meeting and is scheduled for
1176 BOCC public hearing on June 4, 2024.
1177 PRESENTER: CY STOBER,PLANNING DIRECTOR.
1178
1179 Mr. Stober overviewed the Text Amendments pertaining to regulatory reform as presented to the Ordinance
1180 Review Committee.
1181
1182 Adam Beeman: I had one about the roadway watershed rules there that you had talked about that.
1183
1184 Cy Stober: We'll get to that in a moment, yeah.
1185
1186 Statler Gilfillen: Regarding the one you just had up there. Where you move multifamily or other residential
1187 into the residential setting-
1188
1189 Cy Stober: I didn't move it in there, it was already in there, but it—
1190
1191 Statler Gilfillen: It changes the Building Code itself. What the Commercial Code requires environmentally,
1192 and the residential, the maximum, the residential maximum are different. Much less stringent. Now, my
1193 understanding is that was created from the Homeowners Association. This sounds like they've moved to a lot
1194 more of the residential over to that lightening the environmental burdens.
1195
1196 Cy Stober: That's correct. Triplexes and quadplexes are now in the Residential Code and not
1197 Commercial. I can go on if you, but yes, I just hope people living in those structures are safe.And then with
Approved 6.5.24
1198 regard to responding to the stormwater and watershed language, we needed to correct the stormwater
1199 management, so this is the language about stormwater crediting. This is entirely new language. It fits into a new
1200 Subsection C of 6.14.5 which is Stormwater Management Applicability. So, this is literally the statute language,
1201 1 copied and pasted it into the Ordinance, and I think last time we talked about the word "irrespective," but this is
1202 pulled directly from the General Statute and we haven't modified it. And I'll note, I'll just jump ahead. You'll see
1203 in your Statement of Consistency that I do note that this is inconsistent with our Comprehensive Plan and the
1204 Statement of Consistency says it's inconsistent with our adopted plans, but it is consistent with state law and
1205 we're bringing our Ordinance into compliance with state law.
1206
1207 Lamar Proctor: Thank you for being honest.
1208
1209 Cy Stober: There's no way to honestly make a consistency statement otherwise, it's not consistent.
1210
1211 Beth Bronson: I have a question about the general statute. They have exemptions for the regulation
1212 relating to building design. So, structures located in areas designed as a local historic district... local
1213 significance, landmark regulations and building requirements were... applicable safety codes... but they're also
1214 talking about where regulations are applied to manufactured housing in a manner consistent with G.S. 160D-908
1215 and can you explain that? I mean, if it's irrelevant, I can go look it up, but does that mean that manufactured
1216 homes are less protected?
1217
1218 Cy Stober: So, what 160D did, if memory serves, is it updated and normalized statewide that mobile
1219 homes or manufactured homes, it created the manufactured home language and definition that's consistent with
1220 federal definitions, and as an aside, our Ordinance is not yet,we still refer to mobile homes in places we need to
1221 correct that, our definitions are okay, but we got some work to do there. And I think that it distinguished them
1222 from residential building and particularly for building code purposes, Perdita, what am I missing?
1223
1224 Adam Beeman: To meet HUD requirements, they don't have to meet local building codes.
1225
1226 Cy Stober: Thank you, Chair.
1227
1228 Beth Bronson: I just wanted to make sure I understood that like we are excluding how we would fall into
1229 the residential code.
1230
1231 Cy Stober: Oh yeah, so we have a mobile home park designation for primary use as a mobile homes,
1232 it's a Conditional District and it has development standards and that was done as part of the update to bring the
1233 Ordinance in conformance with 160D, it was modified at that time. I don't know, did the Mobile Home Park
1234 Conditional District, did it pre-date 160D?
1235
1236 Perdita Holtz: Oh yeah, it's been around for a long time. Orange County has always allowed
1237 manufactured housing in all of the zoning districts.
1238
1239 Beth Bronson: Absolutely, I just wanted to make sure that if we're going to... books like this is directed at
1240 alleviating the regulatory, but also alleviated the requirement of property owners to safely manage the
1241 stormwater for buildings that are on their property, not safely,just regulated.
1242
1243 Cy Stober: What it does is it alleviates them of the treatment responsibility for any existing development
1244 footprint.
1245
1246 Beth Bronson: Existing, not new.
1247
Approved 6.5.24
1248 Cy Stober: Yeah, we're not permitted to begin calculating impervious cover thresholds for anything but
1249 the net new development. So, for example, if you're in the Upper Eno and you have a 6 percent or 12 percent
1250 impervious threshold and you already have an acre of development, we have to allow that acre of development
1251 and then begin counting the number of square feet of impervious.
1252
1253 Lamar Proctor: That's just exempted?
1254
1255 Cy Stober: Yes.
1256
1257 Adam Beeman: When you say that the DOT roads don't require to have the maintenance, what happens to
1258 subdivisions that have private roads? They have to meet the stormwater requirements though?
1259
1260 Cy Stober: They do. So, municipal roads and DOT roads are included, but privately owned and
1261 maintained roads are not addressed in the legislation.
1262
1263 Statler Gilfillen: When, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, local jurisdictions have the right to exceed
1264 the state standards.
1265
1266 Adam Beeman: We don't.
1267
1268 Statler Gilfillen: We don't here, do we?
1269
1270 Cy Stober: That's correct.
1271
1272 Mr. Stober continued to overview the Regulatory Reform text amendments regarding density thresholds.
1273
1274 Delores Bailey: So, let's just say that Efland Ruritan Club that was here before.... And with all that land
1275 they've got... so would they meet these five, right now, I'm just trying to visualize this.
1276
1277 Cy Stober: We could not apply the water supply watershed density rule.Yes, so if they came in, if their
1278 GC4 is approved,well, even if it's not, because they actually have a non-residential use of the property, so this is
1279 the exception to the rule, so if they came in and they said, "we want to do a Residential Conditional Zoning
1280 Application, and we want to put 50 units on this land, we could not say, "the water supply water shed rules won't
1281 let you."We'd probably figure out another way to regulate that, but we can't use the water supply watershed rules
1282 to regulate density. There's other tools in the box though, especially the Conditional Zoning approach, where
1283 you have a legislative negotiation between the County and the applicant about what's appropriate.
1284
1285 Cy Stober: So yeah, I just wanted to draw your attention to these highlights and then this is an
1286 additional amendment that's here just for your information, is that you can modify the impervious surface ratio
1287 using that 5-part test. So those are all the amendments before you. With the exception of reassigning UDO
1288 conformance when issuing a Certificate of Occupancy, they all align with statute, and they're presented tonight
1289 for your consideration and a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners.
1290
1291 Chris Johnston: So just to confirm though, all the changes that were just presented were based on state
1292 changes and there's nothing that was put in there, as I understand, nothing that was put in there based on
1293 County requirements or anything along those lines. This is all from on high and we're just updating.
1294
1295 Cy Stober: One exception to that was the—
1296
Approved 6.5.24
1297 Chris Johnston: Language saying that the Planning Director should be the point of contact rather than the
1298 inspections director, okay.
1299
1300 Cy Stober: This is the only staff initiated amendment. Well, I mean,they are all staff initiated, but this is
1301 the only one that's not reflective of General Statute.
1302
1303 Chris Johnston: But that's the only one that we really have any say on, right? In terms of everything else is
1304 from on high and we need to bring it into compliance with everything else, so it's good for us to know about these
1305 things, but we can't go in and mess with the numbers or anything along those lines.
1306
1307 Cy Stober: That's correct, I mean, you could protest. If you said, "we don't want an Ordinance because
1308 we object to the idea," but I'm still going to have to direct my staff to then thumb tack the statute on their wall so
1309 that they know that it applies, and we have to defer to the state law.
1310
1311 Chris Johnston: I have no problems with the Planning Director being the point of contact, rather than the
1312 inspections director. Just throwing that out there. That's the only thing that I think we have say on.
1313
1314 MOTION BY Charity Kirk to approve the Statement of Approval and Consistency(Attachment 3)and the proposed
1315 UDO Text Amendment(Attachment 4). Seconded by Lamar Proctor.
1316
1317 MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
1318
1319 Cy Stober: And we're still working on the landscaping amendment, we got some good feedback from
1320 the County Attorney's office and we got to resolve a few things. We did incorporate your feedback into that, so
1321 expect to see that later this year. Thank you.
1322
1323 Beth Bronson: Oh, I had one question, I apologize. The Stormwater Control Plans, the SCMs? Last year
1324 we got rid of the need to have oversight of those and that, was it updated in, like that was updated in the LIDO,
1325 correct? There was a move to—
1326
1327 Cy Stober: The omnibus amendment that Chris Sandt brought forth. Like a year and a half ago.
1328
1329 Beth Bronson: And there was basically the idea that we would come back to that and just wanting to make
1330 sure the Board knows that we did deregulated requirements for Stormwater Control Management Plans.
1331
1332 Cy Stober: Oh yes, you're talking about the performance guarantee for stormwater.
1333
1334 Beth Bronson: Yes.
1335
1336 Cy Stober: Yes,we did eliminate that because we don't have authority to collect that, so we still inspect
1337 those to ensure they're performing. We do have that responsibility under the Jordan Lake and Falls Lake Rules,
1338 so we do that, but we do on a fee basis.
1339
1340 Beth Bronson: All right. I very much appreciate it, thank you for clarifying.
1341
1342 AGENDA ITEM 1 O: ADJOURNMENT
1343
1344 MOTION BY Lamar Proctor to adjourn meeting. Seconded by Charity Kirk.
1345
1346 MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
1347
Approved 6.5.24
1348 The meeting adjourned at 9:02 PM.