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1 <br /> 1 Attachment 1 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 4 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 5 QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> 6 November 23, 2015 <br /> 7 7:00 P.M. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met with the Orange County Planning Board for a <br /> 10 Quarterly Public Hearing on November 23, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building, in <br /> 11 Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Earl McKee and Commissioners Barry Jacobs, <br /> 14 Mia Burroughs, Mark Dorosin, Bernadette Pelissier and Penny Rich <br /> 15 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Renee Price <br /> 16 COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts and James Bryan (Staff Attorney) <br /> 17 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley and Deputy Clerk to the <br /> 18 Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> 19 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Vice Chair Lydia Wegman and Planning Board <br /> 20 members, Herman Staats, Paul Guthrie, Laura Nicholson, Andrea Rohrbacher and H.T. "Buddy" <br /> 21 Hartley <br /> 22 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Tony Blake, James Lea, Maxecine Mitchell, Patricia <br /> 23 Roberts and Lisa Stuckey <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Chair McKee called the meeting to order at 7:12 p.m. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br /> 28 Chair McKee welcomed everyone to the meeting. He noted that there were two items <br /> 29 for the public hearing, to be followed by one work session item. He noted the following items at <br /> 30 the Commissioners' places: <br /> 31 - PowerPoint for item C-1: Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment Sexually <br /> 32 Oriented Businesses <br /> 33 - PowerPoint for item C-2: Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment <br /> 34 Display of Vehicles at Motor Vehicle Sales/rental Land Uses <br /> 35 <br /> 36 B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> 37 Chair McKee dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br /> 40 <br /> 41 1. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment -To review government- <br /> 42 initiated amendments to the text of the UDO regarding sexually oriented businesses. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 BACKGROUND: <br /> 45 As defined within NCGS 14-202.10 a sexually oriented business means, "Any <br /> 46 businesses, or enterprises that have as one of their principal business purposes, or as a <br /> 47 significant portion of their business, an emphasis on matter and conduct depicting, describing, <br /> 48 or related to anatomical areas and sexual activities." <br /> 49 The County cannot prohibit sexually oriented businesses outright but is afforded the <br /> 50 opportunity to regulate their location and certain operational characteristics in an effort to ensure <br /> 51 identified secondary impacts are mitigated. <br />