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Attachment 2—Excerpt of 14 <br /> September 8, 2015 Quarterly <br /> Public Hearing Minutes <br /> APPROVED 10/20/2015 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> September 8, 2015 <br /> 7:00 P.M. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met with the Orange County Planning <br /> Board for a Quarterly Public Hearing on September 8, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building, <br /> in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Earl McKee and Commissioners Barry Jacobs, <br /> Mia Burroughs, Mark Dorosin, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: James Bryan (Staff Attorney) <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br /> appropriately below) <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Pete Hallenbeck and Planning Board <br /> members Lisa Stuckey, Herman Staats, Paul Guthrie, Laura Nicholson, Andrea Rohrbacher, <br /> Maxecine Mitchell, H.T. "Buddy" Hartley, James Lea, Tony Blake <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Lydia Wegman <br /> 1. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment -To review government- <br /> initiated amendments to the text of the UDO regarding recreational land uses, including <br /> shooting ranges. <br /> Michael Harvey, Planner III, reviewed the following Planning Board Ordinance <br /> Committee Notes: <br /> July 1, 2015— Planning Board Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) <br /> STAFF COMMENT: the ORC reviewed this item at its July 1, 2015 meeting where the <br /> following comments/questions were made: <br /> • Could a resident, on his own property, sponsor a club in his name and finance <br /> play on the field under this proposal? <br /> STAFF COMMENT: As the Ordinance is currently written the property owner would <br /> have to get a special use permit. The reason being the field is intended to serve the <br /> needs of the general public, even if they are members of a club or other similar <br /> organization, with respect to providing the use of a recreational facility. <br /> • So I can't develop a putting green on my property? <br /> STAFF COMMENT: You can have a recreational facility on your property and use it for <br /> recreational purposes. This would include a putting green. From my standpoint the <br /> problem occurs when you open the recreational amenity up for public use/access. <br /> When this occurs you change the nature of the use of property and, I believe, it becomes <br />