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AN <br />Attachment 6 <br />Excerpt of Minutes <br />1 <br />2 APPROVED 3/18/2014 <br />3 MINUTES <br />4 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />5 REGULAR MEETING <br />6 FEBRUARY 18, 2014 <br />7 7:00 p.m. <br />9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on <br />10 Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center, in <br />11 Chapel Hill, N.C. <br />12 <br />13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jacobs and Commissioners Mark <br />14 Dorosin, Alice M. Gordon, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny <br />15 Rich <br />16 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />17 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br />18 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Michael Talbert, Assistant <br />19 County Managers Clarence Grier, Cheryl Young and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker <br />20 (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />21 <br />22 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE <br />23 PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />24 <br />25 5. Public Hearings <br />26 <br />27 a. Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment Related to Home <br />28 Occupations — Public Hearing Closure and Action (No Additional <br />29 Comments <br />30 Accepted) <br />31 The Board received the Planning Board recommendation, considered closing <br />32 the public hearing, and considered a decision on a Planning Board and Planning <br />33 Director initiated text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). <br />34 Ashley Moncado said the purpose is to receive the Planning Board's <br />35 recommendation. She said this was heard in November, and all comments were <br />36 addressed with modification (noted with green text). She said these text amendments <br />37 would not take effect until May 1 st of 2014, to provide an opportunity for planning staff <br />38 outreach to Orange County residents regarding the reviewing and permitting of home <br />39 occupations based on the revised standards. <br />40 Commissioner Price referred to the phrase about "suitable residential <br />41 construction materials." She asked if it is reasonable to put this in, considering what the <br />42 state has said about local municipalities and counties being able to regulate <br />43 appearances. <br />44 Ashley Moncado said there are no official standard changes based on official <br />45 statute. She said this is just discussion at this time, but it is on their radar and would <br />46 need to be addressed if those changes take place at the state level. <br />