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Attachment 7 <br /> 1 Excerpt From Approved 01/14/09 Planning Board Minutes 411) <br /> 2 <br /> 3 MINUTES <br /> 4 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> 5 JANUARY 14,2009 <br /> 6 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 7 <br /> 8 MEMBERS PRESENT: Brian Crawford, Eno Township At-Large (Chair); Jay Bryan, Chapel Hill Representative (Vice- <br /> 9 Chair); Rachel Phelps Hawkins, Hillsborough Representative; Jeffrey Schmitt, Cedar Grove Township; Tommy <br /> 10 McNeill, Eno Township Representative; Mary Bobbitt-Cooke, Cheek Township Representative; Larry Wright, Cedar <br /> 11 Grove Township At-Large; Samantha Cabe, Chapel Hill Township At-Large; <br /> 12 <br /> 13 MEMBERS ABSENT: Joel Forrest Knight, Little River Representative; Nathan Chambers, Cheeks Township At-Large; <br /> 14 Bingham Township;Vacant;At-Large,Vacant <br /> 15 <br /> 16 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Robert Davis, Current Planning Supervisor, Michael Harvey, <br /> 17 Planner II; Perdita Holtz, Special Projects Coordinator; Shannon Berry, Special Projects Planner, Tina Love, <br /> 18 Administrative Assistant II <br /> 19 <br /> 20 OTHERS PRESENT: Margo Pinkerton, Citizen; Jo Soulier, Citizen <br /> 21 <br /> 22 (Document with subject line "Vernon Davis NC 54 rezoning request" was passed out by staff from Steve Yuhasz, <br /> 23 Attorney for Vernon Davis) <br /> 24 <br /> 25 (Due to recorder malfunction there are no recorded minutes. The following is a summary of meeting from written <br /> 26 notes and staff) <br /> 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 <br /> 30 <br /> 31 AGENDA ITEM 11: REZONING OF A PARCEL OF PROPERTY AT 4115 OLD NC 10 (TMBL 5.26..40 / PIN 9893-00- <br /> 32 8606)FROM EXISTING COMMERCIAL FIVE(EC-5)TO RURAL RESIDENTIAL ONE(R-1). <br /> 33 To consider a recommendation to the BOCC regarding the rezoning request heard at the <br /> 34 November 24, QPH. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Presenter: Michael Harvey, Planner II <br /> 37 <br /> 38 Michael Harvey reviewed the abstract for this item as follows: <br /> 39 <br /> 40 PURPOSE: To review and make a recommendation on a petition submitted by both Planning staff and the property <br /> 41 owner, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis and Tracy Jones, to rezone 4115 Old NC 10 (TMBL 5.26..40/ PIN 9893-00-8606)from <br /> 42 Existing Commercial Five(EC-5)to Rural Residential One(R-1). <br /> 43 <br /> 44 BACKGROUND: The property in question is approximately two point eight(2.8) acres in area, is located within the <br /> 45 Eno Township, is currently zoned EC-5 Lower Eno Protected Watershed Overlay District, and is designated as being <br /> 46 within the Rural Residential land use category as detailed within the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 As staff indicated during the November 24, 2008 Quarterly Public Hearing, the Eno Township was initially zoned on <br /> 49 March 2, 1970 and the subject property was zoned General Commercial Four (GC-4) at that time due to the <br /> 50 operation of a garage/body shop on the property. <br /> 51 <br /> 52 In 1981, the County adopted the Comprehensive Plan that established various land use categories indicating where <br /> 53 acceptable types of development, residential versus non-residential, were permitted throughout the County. In 1982, <br /> 54 the County created the Existing Commercial Five (EC-5) zoning district. The purpose and intent of the district, as <br /> 55 detailed within Section 4.2.12 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance,was: <br />