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Excerpt of 1~Iinntes <br />Approved 10/1/08 <br />51 <br />52 M'rcthaef Harvey: County projects sffil have m receive sire plan approval in xcordance with Artthfe Fourteen (14) of <br />53 the Z.orilng Ordinance but th be fair, the majority of the County Projects don't have tD go through a public approvrd <br />54 process. We still have to submit doairrrerrtation mplanning partners ff it in the Joint Planning Area Agreement th <br />55 Chapel Hill and Carrboro, utilities companies, DOT, the State and we would be issuing a ZAning Compliance Permit <br />56 With regards th this, it would only be Environmentav Health. <br />57 ~ . <br />58 Brian Crawford: I read G~fPs fetter. <br />59 <br />60 NGch~l Harvey: Then: was a question ~ the last meeting of if there could bean amendment to this that we requrne <br />61 the County th adhere to the design standards speaficafions and relevant information contained in the SUP. <br />62 <br />63 .Renee Price: That woad just go thtargh staff review. <br />64 <br />65 Judith Wegner. Wouldn't there be a staff r+ev~w anyway if firers were a proposal to put a facility there? <br />66 <br />67 Michael Harvey. Yes. <br />68 <br />69 Judith Wegner. What would be different if there were an ord'u~rce change? <br />70 <br />71 Michael Harvey: The coraem was essentially there was specific design aiteria referenced in Attjde 8 (Special Use <br />72 Provisions}. The ooncem is that if a private citizen is required to go through these steps, you shoukf make the <br />73 County go through, even though they may tat go through the SUP process. That may go beyond what local or state <br />74 would requrne as far as submittal requirements. <br />75 <br />76 Brian Crawford: But in some cases it may tie their hands in that it would not have to go through ttre SUP process. <br />77 <br />78 Michael Harvey: h may have to supply the infomiatarr. ff this any other project than a County project and it <br />79 proposes a septic system of over 3,000~then it would need to go through the SUP process. <br />80 <br />81 Larry Wright: I understand the County is high profile so if this far7s it will be much more at stake. <br />82 <br />83 Michael Harvey. It should not matter who the applicant is. The County Attorney has determined that there is a <br />84 procedural issue with the County issuing itself a SUP because of the poienfial ramifications of being able to justify fair <br />85 acrd impartial hearings. <br />86 ' <br />87 Larry Wright It seems it is adding more fo an agenda that is window dressing. <br />88 <br />89 Mrctmef Harvey: i have been given an opinion and that is that I cannot hold up a County projed for this reason but I <br />90 will rat and cannot put my name of a paper authorizing a project because this is in the ordinance. <br />91 <br />92 Joel Knight: The County put this ordinance about the SUP n~uirement in the first place. it seems the County has <br />93 put their sehres in a comer. I think the way it should be done is that they may n~ have to get an SUP but they have <br />94 ~ to do ail the steps an individual has tD do in the same way. Any r+equiremerrts placed on an individual atizen should <br />95 apply th the Courrty. <br />96 <br />97 Brian Crawford: I agree, I second that <br />98 <br />99 Judith Wegner. I have to disagree. The County is on the hook because the County has all the expertise in house on <br />100 all this stuff. The Countyy reviewed these th be a private Party is fn be sure that there's nothing getting slid by the <br />32 <br />