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Approved May 4, 2011 Attachment 4 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD APRIL 6, 2011 REGULAR MEETING MEMBERS PRESENT: Brian Crawford (Chair), At-Large, Eno Township; Larry Wright (Vice-Chair), At-Large, Cedar Grove Township; Alan Campbell, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Mark Marcoplos, At-Large, Bingham Township; Andrea Rohrbacher Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Peter Hallenbeck, Cheeks Township Representative; Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham Township; MEMBERS ABSENT: Judith Wegner, Bingham Township Representative; Rachel Hawkins, Hillsborough Township Representative; Vacant- Eno Township Representative; STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor (Planner III); Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems Coordinator (Planner III); Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor (Planner III); Shannon Berry, Special Projects Planner (Planner II); Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II OTHERS PRESENT: Ben Lloyd, Dolly Hunter AGENDA ITEM 8: ZONING ORDINANCE OR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENT CHANGE: To make a recommendation to the BOCC on acitizen-initiated text amendment to add a permitted use to the NC-2 (Neighborhood Commercial - 2) zoning district, as heard at the February 28, 2011 quarterly public hearing. Presenter Michael Harvey, Planner III Michael Harvey: The purpose of this item is for the Planning Board to make a recommendation on a text amendment petition submitted by Mr. Ben Lloyd amending the Table of Permitted Uses to allow the Motor Vehicle Sales & Rental (New and Used) use category within the Neighborhood Commercial Two (NC-2) general use zoning district as a permitted use. You will find at your places a revised resolution of approval completed by Ms. Holtz and Ms. Berry concerning this amendment request. As you are all aware the UDO was adopted last night. As a result, Mr. Lloyd's text amendment will need to be incorporated into the UDO. This revised resolution accomplishes this task. If it is your intent to recommend approval I ask that you reference this revised resolution in your motion. As the Board is already aware, this item was reviewed at the February 28, 2011 Quarterly Public Hearing where staff had recommended the petition be denied based on the proposal's inconsistency with the intent of the NC-2 general use zoning district and the potential conflicts with such a use being developed within the Rural Neighborhood Activity and Rural Community Activity Nodes. Several BOCC members proposed modifications to the petition, which were accepted by the applicant, which would only allow for the development of the use on NC-2 zoned property that is located within Commercial Transition Activity or Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Nodes. Mr. Lloyd is here this evening and can confirm his acceptance of the modifications if necessary. Staff can recommend approval of the revised petition as the use would be limited to appropriate areas of the County. We do note in our abstract, however, that this should not be viewed as the most prudent way of addressing this type of problem in the future. Mark Marcoplos: I wasn't at the public hearing so this is my first experience hearing about this request. Near where I live, in the White Cross area there is an existing commercial operation that has been a used car lot. This property used to be a garage. Aren't there are certain standards that businesses have to meet in terms of how they handle cars or display cars. Michael Harvey: The ordinance establishes standards addressing adjacent property impact with landscaping, setbacks, etc. This proposal looks at, and establishes regulations dealing with, the number of cars that can be stored or displayed on the property. There are also DMV regulations governing the sale and display of automobiles, which we are required to ensure the property owner adheres to in coordination with DMV officials. 13 Mark Marcoplos: It seems likely it wouldn't really get out of hand. If it got sloppy, that someone would curtail it.