NSN ORD-1996-031 Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment Article 6.16.6 Home Occupations

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AW-29-1996 09:39 BOCC/MANAGER 9196443004 P.04f16 6/26/96 Public Heying Minutes M Uu � T V 1 WHEREAS, W. Evemd B�psiey has devoted his time, energy and talents to this U{lcommunity 17a 2 and provided to the Orange Water and Sewer Authority since it began operation 3 in 1977 his experience and sound judgment on its behalf with integrity, dignity 4 and Vwx4 htful reflaction; and 5 6 WHEREAS, lit;Et off aAIfit avy created a vision which encouraged alliances that pronged 7 regionaliott of water resources and under his leadership, our community has 8 been afforded the best quality water in North Carolina. 9 10 NOW, THEREFORE, I, Moses Carey,Jr., speaking on behalf of the entire Board of County 11 Commissioners and all our citizens,do hereby express our deep gratitude and 12 sincere appreciation to W. Everett Billingsley for his leadership and dedicated 13 and distinguished service to our community as Executive Director of the Orange 14 Water and Sewer Authority and extend to him our best wishes for a long and 15 well-deserved retirement. 16 17 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 18 19 20 VI. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 21 A. DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD 22 Chair Caney presented the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award of the Government 23 Finance Officers'Association to Budget Director Sally Kost and Budget Management Analyst Donna 24 Dean. He commended them for their dedication and for receiving the highest form of recognition in 25 governmental budgeting for the sixth consecutive year 26 27 Z PUBLIC HEARINGS 28 A. Z Q CE TEXT AMENDMENT=ARTICLE 6.16.6 HOME OCCUPATIONS 29 Planner Mary WNs presented for citizen comment a proposed amendment to the Zoning 30 Ordinance provisions relating to home occupations as presented in the agenda. The existing home 31 occupation regulations are contained in Article 6.16.6.1 through 6.16.6.4. 32 In answer to a question from Commissioner Gordon about setbacks, Mary Willis said that 33 what they tried to do was to keep the same set of standards without breaking things up according to 34 just the lot size. They had encountered previous problems with the provision that accessory buildings 35 must be 30 feet further from the road than the residence on larger lots. The setbacks, in most districts, 36 would be 20 feet from the side and rear property lines and 40 feet from the front. 37 38 THE PUt3UC HEARING WAS OPEN FOR CITIZEN COMMENT 39 Max Kennedy.General Contractor with a home occupation permit, made reference to 40 the agenda materials and commented about several of the proposed changes. He said that at present 41 the most floor space usable in an assessory building is 2,000 feet and the greatest number of feet 42 available in a storage facility is 1.000 feet This is on property with more than 200,000 square feet. He 43 made reference to the list of home occupations which are presently legal in Orange County and said 44 that there are a number of these which do not use.any outside buildings because they are completely 45 contained within a home and a number which occupy a considerable amount of space. The smallest 46 being 1/4 awe and the largest being 232 acres. He disagrees that one size fits all. He does not feel 47 the impact would be the some in every case_ The proposai is that there be one requirement regardless 48 of lot size and he does not fief that is realistic. it also requires that any building approved in the future 49 have a residential appearance. This does not take into consideration a number of farm buildings that 50 will be available as farmers cease to fart and have barns they could utilize for a very productive home 51 occupation. He disagrees with this proposed change. Max Kennedy noted he disagrees with the 52 reference to the size of the vehicle that can make deliveries. In his particular case, he has enough 53 room for larger bucks to make deliveries and egress safely. He ask the County Commissioners to 54 leave the Home Occupations portion of the Zoning Ordinance as it is.