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738 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF CDMP~ISSIONER5 NOVEP16ER 27, 1978 The Board of County Commissioners and the Orange County Planning board conducted .. a public hearing on Monday, November 27, 1978 at 7:30 p.m., in the Superior Court Room of the Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina. Commissioners present: Mr. Richard l~lhitted, Chairman; Mr, Donald lJillhoit, Mr. Norman Walker and Mr. Norman Gustaveson. Ms. Anne Barnes, Commissioner Elect, attended the public hearing. Commissioner Jan Pinney was absent. Planning Board members present: Dr. Robert Bonar, Chairman; Dr. Logan Ervin, Mr. Art Cleary, Mr. Lindsay Ef1and, Ms. Jean Anderson, Mr. Robert freer, Mr. John Scarlett and Mr. Andrew Dobelstein.and Ms. Hazel Lunsi`ord. Mr. Richard Whitted called the meeting to order. He asked for discussion of the amendments to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations. He said the amendments had been to public hearing, had been recommended by the Planning Board and were awaiting final action by the Board of County Commissioners. Commissioner Gustaveson asked whether the amendments would add better planning and administrative procedures or better legal clarification to the present regulations. Dr. Bonar said some of the changes slightly modified technical procedures and others primarily clarified points in the present subdivision regulations. For copy of subdivision amendments, see page 790 of this book. Dr. Bonar said section III-A-2 clarifies the nature of the planning staff review -. of proposed subdivision before consideration by the Planning Board. It also spells out the question of exemptions in rare cases. He said section III-A-4 clarifies the question of appeal. Section III-C-1 gives the right to appeal to the Commissioners decisions of the Planning Board on minor subdivisions. The Planning Director told the Boards that section III-A-2 places the responsibility of determining exemptions upon the planning staff and the planning staff currently makes this decision under the present ordinance without difficulty. He felt this section shifted the purpose of subdivision from the subdivider to the planning staff. The County Attorney said sections III-A-2 and III-A-3 incorporate two different ideas. One is the decision making process in determining whether a subdivision is exempt under the statutes and the other is a special exemption idea in a proposed subdivision when no sale is intended immediately. He suggested keeping a permanent record which would show which subdivisions were exempt and why. . The Planning Director said a key problem is determining who will use the land and when they will use the land. He said currently, ~vhen a subdivision act occurs, the planning staff assumes land will be developed and'will fall under subdivision regulations. He felt sections III-A-2, III-A-3 and III-A-4 were unnecessary. Commissioner Whitted called for the public hearing to convene and turned the meeting over to Dr. Bonar, Chairman of the Planning Board. . Agenda Item 2: Public Hearin to Consider Rezonin 1.15 Acres of Land Dwned by Raymond Williams from Residential to general Commercial The Planning Director told the audience Mr. Raymond's property was located on Highway 86, south of Blackwood Station, contains a metal structure on the southern end, has septic tank, individual well and pole electricity. He said all property