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Attachment 2 10 <br /> Excerpt of November 23, 2015 <br /> Quarterly Public Hearing Minutes <br /> 1 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 2 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 3 QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> 4 November 23, 2015 <br /> 5 7:00 P.M. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met with the Orange County Planning Board for a <br /> 8 Quarterly Public Hearing on November 23, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building, in <br /> 9 Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Earl McKee and Commissioners Barry Jacobs, <br /> 12 Mia Burroughs, Mark Dorosin, Bernadette Pelissier and Penny Rich <br /> 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Renee Price <br /> 14 COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts and James Bryan (Staff Attorney) <br /> 15 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley and Deputy Clerk to the <br /> 16 Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> 17 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Vice Chair Lydia Wegman and Planning Board <br /> 18 members, Herman Staats, Paul Guthrie, Laura Nicholson, Andrea Rohrbacher and H.T. "Buddy" <br /> 19 Hartley <br /> 20 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Tony Blake, James Lea, Maxecine Mitchell, Patricia <br /> 21 Roberts and Lisa Stuckey <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Chair McKee called the meeting to order at 7:12 p.m. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 2. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment -To review <br /> 26 government-initiated amendments to the text of the UDO regarding car sales and <br /> 27 rental operations. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Michael Harvey reminded the Board that this is the last item that will be heard under the <br /> 30 joint public hearing process. He said the UDO was amended, beginning January 1, 2016, and <br /> 31 items will begin in Planning Board Meeting. He said this is the last meeting where an item will <br /> 32 be referred to the Planning Board. <br /> 33 Michael Harvey noted that page 27 of the abstract provides a background; pages 32 <br /> 34 through the 37 show some examples of existing automotive businesses; and page 38 shows the <br /> 35 proposed text amendment. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 BACKGROUND: <br /> 38 Staff has seen an increase in the number of automotive sale/rental business operating <br /> 39 within the County and has begun receiving complaints related to the storage and display of <br /> 40 vehicles (i.e. too many cars being displayed, parking over septic fields, parking in required <br /> 41 buffer areas, parking in public road rights-of-way, etc.). Currently, the County limits only the total <br /> 42 number of cars that can be parked and/or displayed for an automotive sales business located <br /> 43 within the Neighborhood Commercial (NC-2) general use zoning district. <br /> 44 Staff is proposing to develop comprehensive regulations designed to limit the <br /> 45 overcrowding of automotive sales operations within all general use zoning districts where such <br /> 46 land uses are permitted. Staff has also provided pictures of existing motor vehicles sales/rental <br /> 47 businesses in Attachment 2 to assist in illustrating the concern(s). <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Michael Harvey made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 50 <br /> 51 November 23, 2015 <br />