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756 Commissioner Gustaveson said he would like to hear from each of the Commissioners and each of the Planning Board members their ideas and discussions of the main objectives for the next couple of years in afree-wheeling atmosphere. He felt one of the main objectives should be the extension of the zoning ordinance to Bingham, Cheeks and Hillsborough townships. Mr. Cleary said he thought land use plans were needed for areas that did not have them. He felt enforcement had to come from the zoning ordinance and a workable ordinance would allow us to carry through the land use plan. He suggested revising the ordinance immediately so the advisory councils could go ahead with land use planning. He said he would like to see areas who would later came under the zoning ordinance have same input. Dr. Bonar said the development of the land use plan and revision of the zoning ordinance inform and support each other. He said. more work needed to be done on the Chapel Hill land use plan. Commissioner Whitted said, "5o far, our objectives are extension of zoning ordinance in Cheeks, Bingham and Hillsborough townships; revision of our present ordinance and completion of the land use plan township by township": Mr. John 5carlett said he thought recreation areas are an important objective. Dr. Logan Ervin felt major objectives were zoning ordinance, land use plan and bringing people to advisory councils who are interested in commercial and industrial expansion. He wanted to try to coordinate the zoning ordinance with other instruments far attaining land use planning. He explained the tax advantage of having a tax exempt organization accept a scenic or conservation easement whereby the owner could still use the land, the tax value of the owner's property would be decreased and the county would have an expansion of recreation and open space areas. Mrs. Jean Anderson said she saw a need for commercial and industrial zoning revisions. She said a new sign ordinance and flood plain ordinance needed to be included in zoning ordinance revisions. Mr. Lindsay Efland said he thought revision of the zoning ordinance was long past due for the two townships under the zoning ordinance. He thought the county's land use plan could should be developed in the next two years. He said the county needed a mechanism or special use permit to consider developers' intensions for the land. Dr. Bonar .said he thought the zoning ordinance and land use plan should be worked on together and changed periodically as needed. Mr. Efland asked about having a different zoning ordinance for each township. The County Attorney said the best method to handle different uses is to have one zoning ordinance that takes in all possibilities but is applied according to a land use map which would reflect the differences. Mr. Greer said there was a need to encourage participation by the advisory councils. He said he felt the land use plan should b.e a top priority. Commissioner Willhoit said he thought watershed protection was an important objective along with defining potential reservior sites. He felt watershed protection . criteria far University Lake should be included in tie zoning ordinance. Other ob- jectives Commissioner Willhoit felt important were strip commercial zoning of Highway 54 41est, subdivision ordinance amendments, defining roll of township advisory councils and an industrial development provision in the zoning ordinance. Mr. Paul Gates said his objective would be to have a residential lot size - such .as larger minimum lot sizes in subdivisions in the county. Dr. Bonar said he wanted to modify the ordinance to treat all industrial development equally. He felt informing the public and inviting their participation important so they would understand what the Planning Board is doing and why and what the effect will be. He thought continuing the data base and encouraging advisory councils were also good objectives. Commissioner Walker said his objectives would he to identify potential reservoir sites, develop water resource sites that have been identified and develop Seven Mile Creek and Cane Creek. Commissioner Willhoit said the State Department of Water Resources should identify the sites.