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Attachment 4 <br />1 <br />Excerpt of Minutes <br />1 DRAFT <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />4 QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />5 November 25, 2013 <br />6 7:00 P.M. <br />7 <br />8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning Board <br />9 met for a Quarterly Public Hearing on Monday, November 25, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the DSS <br />10 Office, Hillsborough, N.C. <br />11 <br />12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Mark <br />13 Dorosin, Alice M. Gordon, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br />14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Earl McKee <br />15 COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts <br />16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Michael Talbert and Deputy Clerk to the <br />17 Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />18 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Pete Hallenbeck, and Planning Board <br />19 members Maxecine Mitchell, Lisa Stuckey, Paul Guthrie, Herman Staats, Tony Blake, Andrea <br />20 Rohrbacher, and H.T. "Buddy" Hartley <br />21 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Johnny Randall, James Lea, Stephanie O'Rouke <br />22 <br />23 Chair Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm. <br />24 <br />25 A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br />26 <br />27 Planning Board Chair Pete Hallenbeck had no opening remarks <br />28 <br />29 B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br />30 <br />31 The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br />32 <br />33 C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br />34 <br />331. 1. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment— To review government <br />36 initiated amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to change the existing <br />37 standards for home occupations, modify and clarify existing regulations and definitions <br />38 associated with home occupations, and allow for the exemption of special events organized or <br />39 affiliated with a governmental or non - profit agency. The amendments also seek to find a balance <br />40 between the trends for small home based businesses and the typical character and enjoyment of <br />41 residential neighborhoods. <br />42 Ashley Moncado introduced this item and reviewed the following PowerPoint slides: <br />43 <br />44 Unified Development Ordinance <br />45 Text Amendment <br />46 Home Occupation Standards <br />47 Quarterly Public Hearing <br />48 November 25, 2013 <br />49 Item C1 <br />50 <br />29 <br />