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i " Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair, the first Vice-Chair, the Second Vice-Chair, the immediate ast Chair who must be a current member and the Coordinator, who shall serve as anon-voting, ex--officio member. The Executive Committee shall have the authority to ........ Should a tie vote occur the issue shall be brou ht before the entire Commission. All business ." Motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approve items 1 and 3 of the Consent Agenda. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. 2. ANIMAL SHELTER CHANGE ORDER After discussion by the Board the Animal Shelter change order was deleted. The work will be performed by the County maintenance personnel after completion of contract. F. ITEMS FOR DECISION - REGULAR AGENDA 1. ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT ATLAS AMENDMENT -- RURAL SUFFER PRESENTATION Director of Planning Marvin Collins presented a petition from Mr. Whitfield which will become a part of the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's office. Collins presented the proposed revisions to the Zoning Ordinance text and atlas which would establish a new zoning district classification, Rural Buffer (RB); establish criteria for its application; set interim dimensional requirements for lot area and rezone approximately 38,000 acres from Rural Residential (R-1) and Agricultural Residential (AR) to Rural Buffer (RB). The Planning Board recommended that no action be taken at this -= time on the RB proposals and that a public hearing beheld on March l0, 1987 jointly with the Town of Chapel Hill. The County Attorney recommended against delaying the adoption of the proposed amendments because of the strong relationship between the Land Use Plan and the Zoning ordinance. He recommended against leaving all lots less than two acres in their present R-1 zoning classification because of prohibitions against "spot zoning." He suggested that the "combination" issue be handled through an amendment to Article 1],.7.2 of the Zoning Ordinance.. BOARD COMMENTS ANDfOR,OUESTIONS In answer to a question from Commissioner Hartwell, Collins explained that a Commercial Feeder operation would be an operation where a person has livestock available on site, provides feed on site and raises them for sale/resale. Commissioner Halkiotis questioned the urgency of voting on this item at this time instead of waiting until after the public hearing. County Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill explained that orange County has a comprehensive plan which is regulated by the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations. If one is changed the other must be changed to conform. In this way the actions by the Board are more defensible and less arbitrary in a court of law. Gledhill stated that the County has approved the minimum lot size of two acres in the RB district on its Comprehensive Plan and any delay in conforming the ordinances to the Comprehensive Plan puts that decision at risk. Commissioner Willhoit proposed that a study be done of the design standards to be incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan that would