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1 <br /> APPROVED APRIL 1, 1997 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> AND <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> JOINT PUBLIC HEARING <br /> FEBRUARY 24, 1997 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board met in joint session on <br /> Monday, February 24, 1997 at 7:30 p.m. in the Superior Court Room, Hillsborough, North Carolina, for the purpose of <br /> holding a joint public hearing. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair William Crowther, and Commissioners Stephen <br /> Halkiotis, Alice M. Gordon, Margaret W. Brown and Moses Carey, Jr. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Karen Barrows, and members H. Paul <br /> Hoecke, Nell Andrews, Renee Price, S.A.M. Brooks, Leo Allison, Elizabeth Walters, Joan Jobsis, and Arnie Katz. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MEMBER ABSENT: Robert Strayhorn <br /> _COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Planners Gene Bell, Mary Willis, Emily Cameron, Eddie <br /> Kirk and Deputy Clerk to the Board Kathy Baker <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THEE MTNMES AM IN THE <br /> PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN TM CLERK'S OFFICE, AU RECORDING <br /> TAPES QF THE MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR FIVE -JSL YEARS. <br /> A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRMAN <br /> Chair Crowther convened the meeting and requested that those who want to speak to sign up on the speakers <br /> list. He stated that the Chair of the Planning Board, Karen Barrows, would chair Items C1 through C3. <br /> B. UP BLIC CHARGE <br /> Chair Crowther dispensed with the reading of the Public Charge. <br /> C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS = Planning Boar h it Karen Barrows. Chaired the following items. <br /> 1. Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br /> kM P-1-97 Stoney Creek Eaah Small Area Plan <br /> 1) Section 3.3- Land Use Plan Categories <br /> 2) Section 3.4- Locational Criteria <br /> 3) Section 3.9-Hillsborough Township <br /> 4) Section 3.10- Eno Township <br /> 5) Section 3.12-Chapel Hill Township <br /> 6) Appendix F-Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan Map <br /> Gene Bell presented this item for the purpose of receiving citizen comment on the proposed amendments <br /> to the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan,Zoning Atlas, Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations. Those <br /> items in the agenda are numbered as 1a, 2.b, 3a&4a. He mentioned that a public hearing was held on May 28, 1996 to <br /> present the proposed Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan. The plan emphasized retaining the area's rural character and <br /> protecting landowner's rights and also contained recommendations for implementation. The Board of County <br /> Commissioners adopted the small area plan on August 5, 1996. Following adoption,the 22 member citizen planning group <br /> worked with county staff to develop proposed ordinance amendments for implementation of the plan. The proposed <br /> amendments would: <br /> • Incorporate appropriate references to the Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan in the Comprehensive Plan (CP-1-97); <br /> • define the Overlay District boundaries on the Zoning Atlas(Z-2-97) <br /> • create a Stoney Creek Basin Overlay Zoning District; and <br />