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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />Excerpt of Approved Minutes <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />February 23, 2009 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />Attachment 2 <br />9 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board <br />met for a Quarterly Public Hearing continuation meeting on Monday, February 23, 2009 at 7:30 <br />p.m. at the Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough, NC. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners <br />Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Pam Hemminger, Mike Nelson, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve <br />Yuhasz <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geof Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Assistant County Manager Willie Best and Deputy Clerk to <br />the Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Brian L. Crawford, Jay Bryan, Mary <br />Bobbitt- Cooke, Judith Wegner, Rachel Phelps Hawkins, Dr. Larry Wright, and Mark Marcoplos <br />PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Vice -Chair Jeffrey L. Schmitt, Joel Forrest <br />Knight, II, Samantha Cabe, Tommy McNeill, and Nathan Chambers <br />** kk****** k****** k**** k***** kk***** k* k**************** k******* k********* ** ***** *k**kk * * ***k***k *** *** ** <br />4. Zoning Ordinance Amendment: To receive public comment on proposed amendments to <br />Article 6 of the Zoning Ordinance to establish regulations for drive -thru facilities. <br />Michael Harvey summarized this information. This issue was brought up during the <br />review of a recent development project. Staff would like to seek direction from the Board about <br />what it would like to do as there are opportunities for economic development, specifically with <br />the Buckhorn Village project. <br />There are two options: <br />1. Adopt regulations banning the development and /or use of such facilities throughout <br />the County's planning jurisdiction, or <br />2. Adopt regulations designed to mitigate the impacts of such facilities through the <br />imposition of buffering and site design standards. <br />Commissioner Nelson asked about the exemption of stand -alone ATMs. Michael <br />Harvey said that there are drive -up ATMs in a lot of the jurisdictions and these are very <br />beneficial. <br />Commissioner Nelson said that his interest in pursuing this is reducing greenhouse <br />gasses. He is fine with option 1. <br />Commissioner Yuhasz said that the County should not ban drive - throughs if it is trying to <br />promote itself as business - friendly. <br />Commissioner Pelissier echoed Commissioner Nelson's comments and argued that the <br />County should try and attract certain kinds of businesses. She would like to change people's <br />habits and still be business - friendly. <br />