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APPROVED 1/21/2016 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> November 23, 2015 <br /> 7:00 P.M. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met with the Orange County Planning Board for a <br /> Quarterly Public Hearing on November 23, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building, in <br /> Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Earl McKee and Commissioners Barry Jacobs, <br /> Mia Burroughs, Mark Dorosin, Bernadette Pelissier and Penny Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Renee Price <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts and James Bryan (Staff Attorney) <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley and Deputy Clerk to the <br /> Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Vice Chair Lydia Wegman and Planning Board <br /> members, Herman Staats, Paul Guthrie, Laura Nicholson, Andrea Rohrbacher and H.T. "Buddy" <br /> Hartley <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Tony Blake, James Lea, Maxecine Mitchell, Patricia <br /> Roberts and Lisa Stuckey <br /> Chair McKee called the meeting to order at 7:12 p.m. <br /> A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br /> Chair McKee welcomed everyone to the meeting. He noted that there were two items <br /> for the public hearing, to be followed by one work session item. He noted the following items at <br /> the Commissioners' places: <br /> - PowerPoint for item C-1: Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment Sexually <br /> Oriented Businesses <br /> - PowerPoint for item C-2: Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment <br /> Display of Vehicles at Motor Vehicle Sales/rental Land Uses <br /> B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> Chair McKee dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br /> 1. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment -To review government- <br /> initiated amendments to the text of the UDO regarding sexually oriented businesses. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> As defined within NCGS 14-202.10 a sexually oriented business means, "Any <br /> businesses, or enterprises that have as one of their principal business purposes, or as a <br /> significant portion of their business, an emphasis on matter and conduct depicting, describing, <br /> or related to anatomical areas and sexual activities." <br /> The County cannot prohibit sexually oriented businesses outright but is afforded the <br /> opportunity to regulate their location and certain operational characteristics in an effort to ensure <br /> identified secondary impacts are mitigated. <br />