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780 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS NOVEMBER 21, 1978 The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, November 21, 1978, at 7:30 p.m., in the Commissioners' Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Members present: Commissioners Richard ldhitted, Norman ~ustaveson, Donald Willhoit and Jan Pinney. Members absent: Commissioner Norman Walker. Chairman Whitted opened the meeting by asking if any Board member wished to add additional items to the agenda. The following items were added to the agenda: Agenda Item lOB: Appointments to Youth Services Needs Task Force Agenda Item 11: Items of Information Agenda Item 12: Land Transfer to Chapel Hill Housing Authority Agenda Item 13: Date to Consider Subdivision Ordinance Amendments Mrs. Josephine Barbour thanked the Board for their help in getting the sign replaced at the Eno River Bridge on Lawrence Road. Agenda Ttem 2: Minutes of October 17, October 24 October 30 and November 1978 The minutes of October 17 were approved. The minutes of October 2$ were approved after correction. The minutes of October 30 were deferred. The minutes of November 6 were approved after correction. Agenda Item 3: Rezonin Request of Clarence Gates Commissioner Willhoit moved, seconded by Commissioner Gustavesan, to adopt the Planning Board's recommendation to deny the rezoning request of Mr. Clarence Cates from residential to general commercial zoning. Vote: ayes, 4; noes, 0. Agenda Item 4: Violation of Erosion Control Ordinance by Stagecoach Run Subdivision Mr. C. W. Davis, representing the oevners of Stagecoach Run subdivision, requested relief from the fine which had been levied for noncompliance with the ordinance. He explained some of the problems he had been having because of weather, broken equipment and grading contractors backlog due to weather. He said he was presently under a $550 fine - $10 a day for 55 days, July 28 through September 20, for noncompliance. He said Mr. Coughlin's letter gave him 12 working days after reciept of his letter to bring the site into compliance. Mr. Davis calculated that date to 6e August 15th. He suggested amending Section 22 of the ordinance to specify working days or calendar days. He told the Board he was not trying to get out of doing the work and would exceed the ordinance requirements in the future. Mr. Davis said his only notification of the fine was a telephone call. The Erosion Control Officer said official notice of violation was sent to the owners of Stagecoach Run by registered mail and he had telephoned Mr. Davis to tell him the Board had levied a fine, then he wrote Mr. Davis a demand letter. The County Attorney said the ordinance gives the Board authority to assess a fine from the date of the violation. He said the county was not required to give developers additional time to come into compliance but had given a grace period as a matter of policy. He said the ordinance requires the developer be given notice of the violation and the time which the violation begins.