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Attachment 3 <br />Approved 2/4/09 12 <br />Excerpt From Approved 01/14/09 Planning Board Minutes <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />JANUARY 14, 2009 <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Brian Crawford, Eno Township At-Large (Chair); Jay Bryan, Chapel Hill Representative (Vice- <br />Chair); Rachel Phelps Hawkins, Hillsborough Representative; Jeffrey Schmitt, Cedar Grove Township; Tommy <br />McNeill, Eno Township Representative; Mary Bobbitt-Cooke, Cheek Township Representative; Larry Wright, Cedar <br />Grove Township At-Large; Samantha Cabe, Chapel Hill Township At-Large; <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Joel Forrest Knight, Little River Representative; Nathan Chambers, Cheeks Township At-Large; <br />Bingham Township; Vacant; At-Large, Vacant <br />STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Robert Davis, Current Planning Supervisor, Michael Harvey, <br />Planner II; Perdita Holtz, Special Projects Coordinator; Shannon Berry, Special Projects Planner, Tina Love, <br />Administrative Assistant II <br />OTHERS PRESENT: Margo Pinkerton, Citizen; Jo Soulier, Citizen <br />(Document with subject line "Vernon Davis NC 54 rezoning request" was passed out by staff from Steve Yuhasz, <br />Attomeyfor Vernon Davis) <br />(Due to recorder malfunction there are no recorded minutes. The following is a summary of meeting from written <br />notes and staff) <br />AGENDA ITEM 13: ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS: REVIEW OF ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, <br />SPECIFICALLY TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DESIGN MANUAL, TO REVISE EXISTING BUFFER REGULATIONS, <br />To consider a recommendation to the BOCC regarding the rezoning request heard at the <br />November 24, QPH. <br />Presented by: Michael Harvey, Planner II <br />Michael Harvey reviewed the abstract for this item as follows: <br />PURPOSE: To continue review of a staff initiated Zoning text amendment to modify existing landscape buffer <br />regulations contained within Section 6.29.3a of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. <br />BACKGROUND: Within the Hillsborough Economic Development District there are numerous properties along the <br />Old NC Highway 86 corridor with single-family residential structures located upon them. These lots are, for the most <br />part, have approximately one hundred (100) feet of road frontage along Old NC Highway 86, are typically twenty-five <br />thousand (25,000) to thirty-five thousand (35,000) square feet in area, and are still utilized to support single-family <br />residential land uses. <br />Over the years, the Planning Department has received numerous requests to locate professional offices within these <br />existing structures. Unfortunately, the existing landscaping regulations/standards made the adaptive reuse of the <br />existing single-family residential structures impractical as the typical buffer requirements for these properties would <br />be: <br />