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'~7 ~ <br />•~ a• <br />Excerpt: SUMMARY MINUTES OF A: REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING <br />• OF THE CHAPEL H~L TOWN COUNCIL <br />WEDNESDAY, JULYY 7, 1999 AT 7:00 P.M • <br />Item 17 -Petitions <br />a. By the Mayor and Council Members <br />Mayor Waldorf reminded the Council that it had made a commitment to make zoning changes on <br />the 60 acres of the Greene Tract that were designated for solid waste use. She suggested• that as a <br />show of good faith the Council might set a date, such as October 18~', for a hearing_ . <br />Council Member Brown asl~ed if this would be a public hearing to change the zoning. Mr. <br />Horton exp•1°aineti. that it would be to change what was permitted within existing zoning. Mayor <br />Waldarf said that it meant adding material recovery facilities (IVIItF) and transfer stations as <br />permitted uses rather than special uses, which was what they would be in that area. <br />Council Member Foy asked if it would be more than that•60 acres. Mr. Horton said that it would <br />actually apply to wb~erever that zoning district was. <br />Council Member Brown said that the Council vt+as not'sure what they were calling the hearing <br />for. Mayor Waldorf stated that her intent was to propose that the Council make amendments to <br />the Development Ordinance and the Zoning Atlas, if necessary, "to enable MRFs and transfer <br />stations to be permitted uses on the 60 acres of the Greene Tract that had bcen identified as <br />exhibit E and had. been identified as the acres that will be reserved for solid waste purposes." <br />Council Member Brown said that she was concerned about notification of the neighbors who, if <br />it was not a rezoning, would have recourse to a protest petition. Mr. Horton said that it would not <br />be a rezoning and. that the Town would advertise it in the same fashion that it would advertise <br />any ordinance text amendment. <br />Mayor.pro tem Capowski asked if there were any other rural transition areas other than tyre <br />Greene Tract. Mr. Waldon•replied, that there were, and listed them. <br />Mr. Horton recommended that the Council call the public hearing for th_ a purpose of considering <br />a new zone that would lie limited' to that sixty aces. • <br />Council Member Brown asked if it would be similar to what they did with Scazlette Drive which <br />could involve a protest petition. Mr. Horton replied that it would be. Mayor Waldorf said that <br />this was a much better solution. <br />COUNCIL MEMBER FOY MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL N1E'M$ER PAVAO, TO <br />HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 18, 1999, TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT <br />TO TIC DEVELt)P141ENT ORDINANCE TO REZONE THE 6Q ACRES OF THE GREENE <br />TRACT TO PERMIT THE USE OF A 'TRANSFER FACILITY OR A MATERIALS <br />RECOVERY FACILITY TIRE: TIC MOTION WAS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY (9-Oj. <br />