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27 <br />1 ATTACHMENT FIVE (5) — EXCERPT OF FEBRUARY 4, 2009 PLANNING BOARD MINUTES <br />2 <br />3 MINUTES <br />4 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />5 FEBRUARY 4,2009 <br />6 REGULAR MEETING <br />7 <br />8 MEMBERS PRESENT: Brian Crawford, Eno Township At -Large (Chair); Jay Bryan, Chapel Hill Representative (Vice - <br />9 Chair); Rachel Phelps Hawkins, Hillsborough Representative; Tommy McNeill, Eno Township Representative; Mary <br />10 Bobbitt- Cooke, Cheek Township Representative; Larry Wright, Cedar Grove Township At- Large; Nathan Chambers, <br />11 Cheeks Township At- Large; Judith Wegner, Bingham Township; Mark Marcoplos; Bingham Township At- Large, <br />12 <br />13 MEMBERS ABSENT: Jeffrey Schmitt, Cedar Grove Township; Samantha Cabe, Chapel Hill Township At-Large; <br />14 Joel Forrest Knight, Little River Representative; <br />15 <br />16 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Tom Alfieri, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor; Robert Davis, <br />17 Planner III; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 AGENDA ITEM 11: REVIEW OF OPTIONS CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ORANGE COUNTY NODES <br />21 <br />22 Presenter: Craig Benedict, Planning Director <br />23 <br />24 Craig Benedict (Reviewed various options and timelines relating to possible amendments to the Orange County <br />25 Zoning Ordinance clarifying development limitations within existing Nodes.) <br />26 <br />27 OPTION ONE: Do nothing and maintain the current constraints contained within the Ordinance. <br />28 <br />29 OPTION TWO: Amend Sections 4.2.8 and 4.2.9 of the Zoning Ordinance to remove existing <br />30 language establishing the five (5) acre limit on non - residential zoning within the <br />31 Rural Community Activity Nodes. <br />32 <br />33 OPTION THREE: Amend Sections 4.2.8 and 4.2.9 of the Zoning Ordinance to include language <br />34 exempting the necessary active septic and /or repair fields from the acreage <br />35 computation. <br />36 <br />37 OPTION FOUR: Complete a Small Area Plan for the White Cross Node developing specific <br />38 standards and guidelines governing development. <br />39 <br />40 Judith Wegner: Could you clarify how many nodes are there in the County? <br />41 <br />42 Craig Benedict: White Cross, Cedar Grove, Carr, Caldwell and Schley. <br />43 <br />44 Judith Wegner: If you did a text amendment, it would apply to all those? <br />45 <br />46 Craig Benedict: We could just do White Cross for now. A text amendment with a specific reference to White Cross. <br />47 <br />48 Judith Wegner: You would have two classes of rural activity nodes? <br />49 <br />50 Craig Benedict: Yes but implemented at the zoning level. <br />51 <br />52 Judith Wegner: I have been thinking about Bingham Township with the airport proposal and wondered if it would be <br />53 possible to do a more developed township analysis. <br />54 <br />55 Craig Benedict: I think the staff recommendation is to do something immediately and put it on the future calendar to <br />56 examine all the nodes. Option three would be next. <br />