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i 14 1. There be no based jet aircraft. 2. That the applicant own or control the area knov!n as the clear zone. Clear zone should be defined as starting 200' from the end of the runway and rising at a 20:1 slope to a height of 100'. 'This would make the length of the clear zone 2000'. 3. There be no commercial uses associated with the airport facility such as restaurants, motels or shops. Sale of fuel for aircraft, maintenance service and flight training classes would be permitted. 4. That te number of based aircraft be limited to 200 hangared or tied- ! planes. 5. That all the requirements and suggestions from the Orange Grove Rural Fire Department be met, including the construction of a fire access roar) to the property from Tear Road. 6. That the construction schedule outlined on page 4 of the draft July Sth minutes be �dher•ed to by the applicants. 7. That a bond covering the cost of construction of all public improvements and the runway, fire ponds and fire -Fighting equipment, plus 10% be approved by and supplied to Orange County. 8. That flight training operations not exceed 50% of the total operations of th:! facility. 9. That any Planning -Staff recommendations consistent with these conditions be incorporated. Mr. Chairman, that concludes the Planning Board's recommendation. /Clerk's note: This concludes the verbatim portion of the meeting unless otherwise noted./ Commissioner Marshall asked Ms. Crawfo.,J if she would explain the Planning Board's rationale behind conditions 4 and 8. Ms. Crawford: "I believe the 200 was as arbitrary a figure as Mr. Mahler indicated 276 is." She said concern was expressed that the original proposal had indicated 50-100 planes whereas this proposal specifies 276 planes. The Planning Board wished to limit ("cap"). the number and "to clear the confusio;) that came up at the public hearing of whether we're talking about hangared and an unlimited number of tied dorm aircraft...." She cited Mr. Matthews' testimony regarding flight training operations, and said that he seemed to be of the opinion I that flight training "seriously increased" the noise level. She said that residents i had voiced concern about noise pollution and the Planning Board, while realizing "that it would be virtually impossible to moniter,"thought limiting flight training i - I operations would decrease the potential noise level. Ms. Crawford added that the votes on these conditions were unanimous. Commissioner Willhoit: Asked if thought had been given to limiting the jhours of operation for flight training operations. l Pis. Crawford: She said that the Board fr�:red that anyone from Raleigh-Durham might come to this site and just practice take-off and landing operations. She ::'rid that sc• .one might make more than three take-offs and landings per hour and i so hours of operation for such flights was seen to fe less desirable than what the Planning Board had agreed on. Shia said they still recognized the problem of enforce-