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s` 3 R The Chairman announced the purpose of the joint quarterly public M hearing with the Planning Board was to review the current status of G the Planning Staff's work on a comprehensive plan, to review some sections of the zoning ordinance and to review goals established by the township advisory councils - - not a hearing to consider extension of zoning, The Chairman then turned the meeting over to Dr. Robert Bonar, Chairman, of the Orange County Planning Board, to conduct a public hearing. Planning Board members present: Dr. Robert Bonar, Chairman, and Dr. Logan Irvin, Mr. Art Cleary, Mr. Bob Greer, Mr. Lindsey Efland, Ms. Nancy Laszlo, Ms. Hazel Lunsford, Mr. Andrew Dobelstein and Dr. John Wilson, Mr. Bryan Benson read proposed amendments to Sections 8.1.3, 9.1.2, 15,2.3 12.2 of the Zoning Ordinance. Or. Bonar opened the floor to comment on proposed amendment to Section 8.1.3. Mr. B. B. Olive asked what promoted the need for an amendment to Section 8.1,3 and whether extractive uses to be affected by the amendment had been identified. Mr. Bill Dorsett asked what would happen to the quarry currently in operation when the zoning ordinance is extended. Mr. Robert Earl expressed his concern about what would happen to extractive uses when the zoning ordinance was extended and he expressed his concern about pushing industry such as the quarry out of Orange County. A representative of American Stone Company asked about the determination of extractive uses. ' Ms. Alice Durham, owner of the property the American Stone Company leases for its quarry, expressed her concern of what was„happening to the farmer. She said the quarry lease was her source of income. The representative of American Stone asked whether the quarry would be found conforming under extension of the present ordinance or whether it would have to try to come into conformance after extension of the ordinance.