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Q C. Provide excerpts of the minutes from the OUTBoard relating to discussion on the regulation of drive - thru's. The Board adjourned the public hearing to October 6, 2009 in order to allow staff to compile and present the requested information. Please refer to: • Attachment Five (5) of this packet for the study material provided to the Planning Board at its April 1, 2009 regular meeting. It should be noted that this material was not intended to be an exhaustive search for drive -thru or idling issues but examples of the pro's and con's associated with regulating such activities, • Attachment Six (6) for a breakdown on the regulation of drive -thru facilities by other communities, and • Attachment Seven (7) for the minutes from the various OUTBoard meetings where the regulation of drive -thru facilities were discussed. In reviewing this information staff would like to make the following observations: 1. - Most communities do not ban drive - thru's outright but instead limit where such facilities are permitted. As a reminder, Orange County currently prohibits drive -thru facilities within the Hillsborough Economic Development District and the Efland Cheeks Overlay District. 2. It appears that states, and in some cases local governments, tend to attempt to regulate motor idling by restricting idling time rather that regulating speck land uses (i.e. drive - thru's). Enforcement, however, could be a major issue. It should be noted that some of these same programs appear to focus on education /outreach while also incorporating some form on enforcement component (i.e. fines). 3. Staff still recommends the adoption of Option Two (2) as detailed within Attachment One (1) of this document. Option Two (2) supports the sustainability approach of balancing the environmental, economic, business support, and equity in access to service(s) while preserving quality site planning attributes (please refer to Attachment Ten (10)). 4. Staff supports the Planning Board recommendation on the implementation of a countywide awareness educational campaign about the potential dangers of allowing vehicles to idle. PLANNING BOARD REVIEW: As a reminder, the Planning Board voted seven (7) to two (2) to recommend the following: 1. The Board of County Commissioners initiate a comprehensive and countywide awareness education program about idling and the contaminants it puts in our air, focusing specifically on areas with children and idling vehicles (such as schools, ball fields, etc.) to start in the fall of 2009 and end in the spring of 2011. The goal of the program is to encourage individuals to turn off their vehicles when parked rather than allowing them to idle, and 2. To recommend the Board of County Commissioners disregard staffs two (2) options and take no action on adopting regulations banning development of drive -thru facilities within the County's planning jurisdiction (Option 1) or adopting comprehensive development standards for drive -thru facilities (Option 2).