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Excerpt of Approved Minutes Attachment~34 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 MINUTES <br />4 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />5 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />6 QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />7 February 23, 2009 <br />g 7:30 p.m. <br />9 <br />10 The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board <br />11 met for a Quarterly Public Hearing continuation meeting on Monday, February 23, 2009 at 7:30 <br />12 p.m. at the Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough, NC. <br />13 <br />1~4 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners <br />15 Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Pam Hemminger, Mike Nelson, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve <br />16 Yuhasz <br />17 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />18 COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geof Gledhill <br />19 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Assistant County Manager Willie Best and Deputy Clerk to <br />20 the Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />21 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Brian L. Crawford, Jay Bryan, Mary <br />22 Bobbin Cooke, Judith Wegner, Rachel Phelps Hawkins, Dr. Larry Wright, and Mark Marcoplos <br />23 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Vice-Chair Jeffrey L. Schmitt, Joel Fon'est <br />24 Knight, II, Samantha Cabe, Tommy McNeill, and Nathan Chambers <br />25 <br />27 <br />28 4. Zoning Ordinance Amendment: To receive public comment on proposed amendments to <br />29 Article 6 of the Zoning Ordinance to establish regulations for drive-thtu faalities. <br />30 <br />31 Michael Harvey summarized this information. This issue was brought up during the <br />32 review of a recent development project. Staff would like to seek direction from the Board about <br />33 what it would like to do as there are opportunities for economic development, specifically with <br />34 the Buckhorn Village project. <br />35 There are two options: <br />36 1. Adopt regulations banning the development andJor use of such facilities throughout <br />37 the County's planning jurisdiction, or <br />38 2. Adopt regulations designed to mitigate the impacts of such facilities through the <br />39 imposition of buffering and site design standards. <br />40 <br />41 ~ Commissioner Nelson asked about the exemption of stand-alone ATMs. Michael <br />42 Harvey said that there are drive-up ATMs in a lot of the jurisdictions and these are very <br />43 beneficial. <br />44 Commissioner Nelson said that his interest in pursuing this is reducing greenhouse <br />45 gasses. He is fine with option 1. <br />46 Commissioner Yuhasz said that the County should not ban drive-throughs if it is trying to <br />47 promote itself as business-friendly. <br />48 Commissioner Pelissier echoed Commissioner Nelson's comments and argued that the <br />49 County should try and attract certain kinds of businesses. She would like to change people's <br />50 habits and still be business friendly. <br />