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pq // F - ;-4- q (� <br /> APPROVED 10/15/96 p 1 ` ` Cn s r� l cz. 4 or— <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> AND <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> JOINT PUBLIC HEARING <br /> AUGUST 26, 1996 <br /> MINUTES <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board met in joint session on <br /> Monday, August 26, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. in the Superior Court Room, Hillsborough, North Carolina, for the purpose of <br /> holding a joint public hearing. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Vice-Chair Stephen Halkiotis, and Commissioners Alice Gordon, <br /> Don Willhoit, and Bill Crowther. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Vice-Chair Karen Barrows and members <br /> Arnie Katz, Bob Strayhorn, Leo Allison, Cheri Rosemond, and Renee Price. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Chair Joan Jobsis, and members Paul <br /> Hoecke, S.A.M. Brooks, Elizabeth Walters and Margaret Brown. <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Planners Mary Willis, Emily Cameron and Eddie Kirk, <br /> and Deputy Clerk to the Board Kathy Baker. <br /> A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRMAN <br /> Vice-Chair Halkiotis convened the meeting. He stated that the Vice-Chair of the Planning Board, Karen <br /> Barrows, would chair Items C. 1 through C.3. He would chair Item CA. <br /> B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> Vice-Chair Halkiotis read the Public Charge. <br /> Karen Barrows requested that Mary Willis present the first item. <br /> C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. <br /> 1.Zoning Atlas Amendments <br /> (a) Z-5-96 Efland Set Back Overlay District <br /> This item was presented by Mary Willis to consider the creation of a new Overlay Zoning <br /> District which would allow lesser setbacks than generally required in the underlying zoning district, and to apply the new <br /> Overlay district to Ten and Twenty-Year Transition Areas in the Efland Area. These proposed overlays would allow <br /> setbacks of 20 feet from road right-of-way and 8 feet from side and rear property lines, with provisions for zero-lotline <br /> development in the interior of a subdivision. The proposed setbacks are comparable to the setbacks currently allowed <br /> in the R-5 zoning districts. <br /> COMMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - None <br /> COMMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD- None <br /> COMMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS FROM CITIZENS: <br /> Elvira Mebane, a resident of the Efland community, spoke against the approval of this request. She <br /> displayed a map of the area from 1919 which showed that the lots were originally so small that two or more lots were <br /> required in order to build. She spoke on behalf of many local residents who felt that it was not in the best interest of <br /> the community to lower these standards. The residents of this community feel that it is unsafe, and unnecessary, to <br /> lower the setback requirements. She presented a petition supporting her position which had 117 signatures of local <br /> residents. <br />