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Attachment 6 - Ezcept from Quarterly as <br />D~F' T 1 Public Heariing Minutes <br />DRAFT <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />May 18, 2009 <br />7:00 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board met for <br />a Quarterly Public Hearing continuation meeting on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the Central <br />Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough, NC. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners Alice <br />M. Gordon, Bany Jacobs, Pam Hemminger, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve Yuhasz <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mike Nelson <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Assistant County Manager Willie Best and Deputy Clerk to the <br />Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be ident~ed appropriately below) <br />PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Brian L. Crawford, Rachel Phelps <br />Hawkins, Mark Marcoplos, Jeffrey L. Schmitt, Tommy McNeill, Pete Hallenbeck, and Earl McKee <br />PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Mary Bobbitt-Cooke, Judith Wegner, Dr. Lang <br />Wright, Samantha Cabe, and Nathan Chambers <br />C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br />3. Zoning Ordinance Amendment: To receive public comment on proposed amendments to <br />Article Six (6) Application of Dimensional Requirements Section 6.23.1 Land Use Restrictions <br />to modify existing regulations prohibiting non-residential development within the University <br />Lake Critical and Protected, Cane Creek Critical, and Upper Eno Critical Watershed Protection <br />Overlay Districts. <br />33 <br />34 AGENDA ITEM: C3 <br />35 PUBLIC HEARING <br />36 Review of a proposal to amend <br />37 Section 6.23.1 of the Zoning Ordinance <br />38 to modify existing regulations prohibiting non-residential development within certain Protected and <br />39 Critical Watershed Overlay Districts <br />40 <br />41 ISSUE: <br />42 Section 6.23.1 prohibits non-residential development within the University Protected and Critical, <br />43 Cane Creek Critical, and Upper Eno Critical Watershed Overlay Districts, <br />44 * Staff has determined that the majority of the Cedar Grove Rural Community Activity Node is <br />45 located within the Upper Eno Critical Watershed Overlay District, <br />46 As a result the development potential of this Node is limited, <br />47 <br />48 STAFF COMMENT: <br />49 Staff does not believe it was the intent of the County to outright prohibit non-residential <br />50 developments within established Nodes when it adopted the Watershed Overlay Districts in the <br />51 late 1980's and early 1990's. <br />