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88 _ <br /> Approved 11/7/82 Attachment 4 <br /> EXCERPT OFPLANNING BOARD MINUTES <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> OCTOBER 3,2012 <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> MEMBERS PRESENT: L3nY Wright (Chair), At-Large, Cedar Grove Township; Peter Hallenbeck (Vice-chair), Cheeks <br /> Township Representative; Maxgcine /Ni(choU. At-Large Bingham Township; Alan Campbell, Cedar Grove Township <br /> Representative; Buddy Hartley, Little FUwor Township Representative; Rachel Hawkins, Hillsborough Township <br /> Representative;Dawn Brezino` Eno Township Representative;Tony Blake,Bingham Township Representative <br /> MEMBERS ABSENT: Lisa Gtuohav Chapel Hill Township Representative;Johnny RaDd3|! At-Large Chapel Hill Township; <br /> Andrea Rohrbacher,At-Large Chapel Hill Township; <br /> STAFF PRESENT:Craig Benedict, Planning Director, Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Perdita Holtz;Special <br /> Projects Coordinator; Abigaile Pittman, Land Use/Transportation Planner 11; Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br /> Supervisor;Jennifer Phillips, Property Development Specialist;Tina Love,Administrative Assistant 11 <br /> OTHERS PRESENT: Paul Baker, Ryan M,Jackson,Jeff Akin,Chad Abbott <br /> Agenda Item 7: Class A Special Use Permit-To make a recommendation to the BOCC on an application for a <br /> Class A Special Use Permit for a proposed 26 lot single-family residential Major Subdivision on a <br /> 68.51 acre parcel of property off of Mt Sinai Road (SR 1718). This item was heard at the <br /> August 27,2012 quarterly public hearing <br /> Presenter: Michael Harvey,Current Planning Supervisor <br /> Alan Campbell recused himself because he may represent the owner on this project in the future if approved and left the <br /> table to sit in the audience, <br /> Michael Harvey: Reviewed abstract. <br /> Larry Wright: Is this in the rural buffer? <br /> Michael Harvey: Yes. <br /> Larry Wright: Can you tell me how this conforms to the Comprehensive Plan? <br /> Michael Harvey: The minimum lot size is two acres,this is not located in a protected or critical watershed overlay,there <br /> is no density limit, it conforms to the rural buffer in that it is proposing a level of development consistent with the <br /> definition of the rural buffer, it is rural in nature that it is going to be making use of utilities in order to serve its needs, it <br /> will be preserving natural buffers,it is consistent with existing development in the rural buffer. <br /> Larry Wright: On page 5-11 of the Comprehensive Plan it states that the rural buffer serves as a low density;would you <br /> say these lot sizes are low density? <br /> Michael Harvey: Yes. As defined by the Orange County Zoning Ordinance or Unified Development Ordinance which <br /> stipulates you have a minimum lot size of two acres for development of this property. <br />