ORD-2009-030 - Zoning Ord-Level of Non Residential Zoned Area Permitted Comm Activity Nodes

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Q` b �` 61 Judith Wegner. You said there were other subcategories in the Comprehensive Plan and it seems that having an across the 62 board approach when we know these are different in character, is questionable. I also am not sure what we should do with this 63 so none of those listing items seems very satisfactory at this point without getting into it more. How does the small area plan fit 64 into this? 65 66 Michael Harvey: From staffs prospective, we go to the Board of County Commissioners and they authorize the development of 67 the small area plan, the Board sanctions the process, we begin the process. Then they took a few months to review and 68 approve. 69 70 Judith Wegner. I really don't understand why we go through extensive planning and then we sit around before we have an 71 official stance. I am confused by that. 72 73 Michael Harvey: That is a question you will have to ask the elected officials. 74 75 Judith Wegner. How can we sit in our 6:30 sessions what we want to learn about, I wonder if we get an overview of the different 76 small area plan processes that have been worked on in recent memory and I would really like to know how we set priorities 77 about what is going to happen.. I know White Cross Development has not been dealt with yet. I can see a maturation process 78 that you are a rural node until you are certified for a small area plan and at that time, you finish that up and that's kind of the 79 cycle where you deal with some of this. I think those are all important plans that people did a lot of work on and I would think that 80 would be hard to have us understand it so we're all working together around it. 81 82 Craig Benedict: At the August 24 Quarterly Public Hearing, we will have information items will be what we do with existing small 83 area plans we have not implemented yet and we will add the context you asked for tonight, how does something get in queue to 84 start a small area plan and how can we get it implemented in a better timeframe. Some of the small area plans we've done have 85 languished because they have waited for the Comprehensive Plan update to be adopted. 86 87 Judith Wegner: I could see, hypothetically, the speedway areas I remember, we talked about what might go there and I could 88 see that could be a good framework when talking about conditional use zoning. You might make more headway if we took each 89 of those examples and saw what was in it could really give us some idea about what aspects you could build into a unified 90 development ordinance. 91 92 Craig Benedict: We may have something at the August Planning Board meeting as a precursor as to what would be discussed 93 at the August 24 Quarterly Public Hearing. 94 95 Judith Wegner: Is there a reason not to do it in July. 96 97 Craig Benedict: Staff will have a meeting on Friday about exactly what you are talking about. I will talk about it with them. 98 99 Judith Wegner: Are there other things in line? 100 101 Brian Crawford: Craig, when we get together to discuss the agenda, let's talk about these issues and I will talk to Judith. 102 103 Perdita Holtz: It sounds like what you are looking for is just to inform the new Planning Board members what is in the plans not 104 that you are expecting us to come in July with how we will implement those plan. 105 106 Brian Crawford: Mark Marcoplos suggested to me that before we make any motions that I give everyone on the Planning Board 107 a chance to speak so before we make a motion, let's make sure every speaks. 108 109 Mary Bobbitt- Cooke: Thank you for thinking about what we need to know as far as all the different types of nodes and all the 110 different planning those different groups have done at different times in the County. I am wondering if this Ordinance has to be 111 tied to that. I am looking back at our history with this and the one thing about the White Cross area with the store that has 112 trouble with the septic field has a long history. There was supposed to be an evaluation and it wasn't done. This person has a 113 long history of waiting. I understand there is a fabulous restaurant that would like the ability to expand to meet the customer 114 demand. This is recommending that each of the rural community activity nodes be limited to 10 acres with a five acre limitation 115 and if they need additional property or rezoning that they submit a rezoning plan. 116 117 MOTION made Mary Bobbitt-Cooke to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners amend the Orange County Zoning 118 Ordinance as presented to the Planning Board by the staff. Seconded by Larry Wright. 119 VOTE: Unanimous