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Attachment 2 ~ 0 <br />Excerpt From Approved 11/24/08 QPH Minutes <br />APPROVED 1/22/2009 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />November 24, 2008 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board <br />met for a Quarterly Public Hearing continuation meeting on Monday, November 24, 2008 at 7:30 <br />p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, N.C. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Valerie <br />Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, and Mike Nelson <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Moses Carey, Jr. <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Brian Ferrell <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Assistant County Manager Willie Best and Clerk to the <br />Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Members Samantha Cabe, Nathan <br />Chambers, Rachel Phelps Hawkins, Mary Bobbitt Cooke, Larry Wright, Jeffrey Schmitt, and <br />Tommy McNeill <br />PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Chair Jay Bryan, Brian Crawford, and Joel <br />Knight <br />6. ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS: Review of Zoning Ordinance Amendments, <br />specifically to the Economic Development Design Manual, to revise existing buffer <br />regulations. <br />Michael Harvey made this presentation. <br />Review of a petition to AMEND the Orange County Zoning Ordinance <br />with respect to landscape standards within the Hillsborough EDD <br />Issue: <br />•Existing EDD landscape regulations do not allow for, or promote, the adaptive reuse of <br />residential structures, <br />•There ~is no flexibility in current landscape regulations allowing for a smaller buffer when a <br />single-family residence is being used for anon-residential purpose <br />•The required buffer reduces the available land area for the lot, <br />•There is no incentive to preserve or use the existing structures. <br />Proposal: <br />With this amendment, staff is proposing the following: <br />