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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />I1 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />Excerpt of Approved Minutes <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />APRIL 1, 2009 <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />Attachment 2 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Brian Crawford, Eno Township At-Large (Chair); Mary Bobbin-Cooke, Cheeks <br />Township; Nathan Chambers, Cheeks Township At-Large; Rachel Phelps Hawkins, Hillsborough <br />Township; Jeffrey Schmitt, Cedar Grove Township; Earl McKee, Little River Township; Mark Marcoplos; <br />Bingham Township At-Large; Larry Wright, Cedar Grove Township At-Large; Peter Hallenbeck, Cheeks <br />Township At-Large <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Samantha Cabe, Chapel Hill Township; Judith Wegner, Bingham Township; Tommy <br />McNeill, Eno Township <br />STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director, Robert Davis, Planner III; Michael Harvey, Zoning <br />Enforcement Officer, Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems Coordinator, Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II <br />AGENDA ITEM 8: ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT -ARTICLE 6 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH <br />REGULATIONS FOR DRNE-THRU FACILITIES ' <br />To consider a recommendation to the BOCC regarding this item heard at the February <br />23, 2009 Quarterly Public Hearing <br />Presenter: Michael Harvey, Zoning Enforcement Officer <br />Michael Harvey: Good Evening once again. As the Board may recall, at the February Quarterly Public <br />Hearing we presented an ordinance amendment with two options on the possible regulation of drive-thrus <br />and the use of drive-thrus in the County. The two options are as follows, we amend Article 6 to ban them <br />or amend Article 6 to adopt some regulations to address the negative side impacts that are generated from <br />their use. The County Commissioners, after conducting the Public Hearing;-were unable to come to any <br />consensus to provide staff or the Planning Board any direction. We have provided you with both options: <br />We are recommending that the Planning Board consider adopting regulations amending the operational <br />characteristic of drive-thrus and we hope we've come up with some standards that would address the <br />concerns that have been expressed by both Planning Board and County Commissioners over their <br />development for the County. Attachment one is the proposed ordinance amendments for both options for <br />this Board to consider, options one and two. Attachment two has several articles and/or web pages and <br />general information dealing with drive-thrus. <br />Brian Crawford: Michael, I would just like to take a moment to complement you on this abstract, there's <br />some good information in here and I thought it was fairly balanced on pros and cons. Thank you good <br />information. Are there any questions? <br />Larry Wright: I would like to, first of all say that this is a very good package, I'm really concerned about the <br />study of the Sierra Research. The first thing about the study is that they are comparing two different <br />regions of California, one is in the high mountains and the other is lower California. There are two things <br />they omitted here, the first is what really hits our pocketbook and that's ozone. We pay for that because <br />6 <br />