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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FEBRUARY 27, 1978 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met jointly on A4onday, February 27, 1978, at 7:30 p.m., with the Orange County Planning Board far a regular quarterly public hearing on planning matters. The meeting was held in the Superior Courtroom in the County Courthouse in Hillsborough. Commissioners present were Chairman Richard Whitted, members Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker and Donald Willhoit. Planning Board members present were Chairman Dr. Robert Bonar, Paul Gates, Marilyn Riddle, Jean Anderson, Andrew Dobelstein, Lindsay Efland, Hilliard Caldwell, Pat Crawford, Col. ~+7illiam Breeze, Art Cleaxy and Hazel Lunsford. , Staff personnel present were Assistant County Manager, Neal Evans, Acting Planning Director, Hal Minis, and members of the Planning Staff, Geoffrey Gledhill, County Attorney, and Agatha Johnson, Clerk to the Board. Chairman Whitted opened the meeting by stating this is the time for the advertised quarterly public hearing held jointly by the County Commis- sioners and the County Planning Board. Air. [~1~-iitted then turned the meeting over to Dr. Bonar, Charrman of the Planning Board. Dr. Bonar informed those present that two xezoning requests would be heard. The usual procedure of a review by the Planning Staff of the request would be heard first then an opportunity would be extended for persons wishing to speak in favor of the request as well as those who wished to speak in opposition tc the rezoning request. Dr. Bonar asked Eddie Kirk from the Planning Department to review the first request of W. D. Jones, Jr., from residential to rural commercial. This one acre lot is located in Chapel Hill Township off Eubanks Road next to the railroad crossing. Mr. Kirk recited to the two boards the general uses within a rural commercial zone, which are: to provide for small cross roads rural commer- cial establishments. The Ordinance recognizes that such establishments provides convenient shopping facilities in areas where larger commercial groupings often would be inappropriate. Permitted uses in such areas are single family dwellings units, public and private utilities, individual mobile homes an individual lots, retail rates of convenient home and farm merchandise, automotive service station with not more than four pumps and non residential storage within closed structures. Mr. Kirk stated that across Eubanks Road from this tract of land there ~s a general industrial zoned area connecting a residential area. Mr. JOnes stated he wished to build a warehouse on the property, which is permitted in a rural commercial zone. The Chairman asked if there were persons who wished to speak in favor of the rezoning request. No one came forth. Dr. Bonar asked if there were persons who wished to speak in opposi- tion to the request. An unidentified male asked for a clarification of the diffezence bet- ween rural commercial and general commercial. Mr. Birk stated there are less useages in a rural commerical zone than in a general commercial zone, however, non residential storage would fall within either zoned area. A Mr. Nunn asked what A4r. Jones intended to store in the warehouse and the answer was office equipment and furniture. Mr. Dobelstein asked who owns the adjacent property to Mr. Jones' land, and how it is zoned. It was pointed out that some areas are presently zoned general industrial and other areas are zoned residential.