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7 <br /> Staff then identified the acceptable levels of intensity for the various base <br /> zoning districts with respect to the display of motor vehicle sales/rental. <br /> Ultimately the recommended numbers were designed to allow for <br /> approximately 20% of the property to be used in support of motor vehicle <br /> display allowing for the remaining area to satisfy setback, office, customer <br /> parking, and required land use buffer development. <br /> • Several Board members asked if the proposed text amendment will impact <br /> allowable impervious surface area on a given parcel. <br /> STAFF COMMENT: Development of such land uses will have to comply with <br /> applicable impervious surface limits based on the Watershed Protection <br /> Overlay District where the property is located. <br /> • A Board member asked is staff could quantify the number of motor vehicle <br /> sales/rental businesses operating in the County and if pictures of the vehicle <br /> display issues could be provided. <br /> STAFF COMMENT: Staff will provide this material at the November 23, 2015 <br /> Quarterly Public Hearing. <br /> The ORC materials are available <br /> at: http://www.orangecountync.gov/ORC Sep 2015 Agenda Package.pdf. <br /> Meeting notes can be viewed by utilizing the following <br /> link: http://www.orangecountync.gov/9 2 15 ORC Notes.pdf. <br /> December 2, 2015 — The Planning Board reviewed this item at its December 2, <br /> 2015 meeting where the following comments/questions were made: <br /> • A Board member asked staff to clarify why this had become a concern. <br /> STAFF COMMENT: The County has been receiving complaints related <br /> to the storage and display of vehicles being offered for sale, specifically <br /> too many cars being placed on a parcel of property blocking or <br /> impeding access for both customers and emergency vehicles. <br /> Existing regulations impact development of such businesses only within <br /> the NC-2 general use zoning district. <br /> Staff believes existing display limits ought to be clarified and increased, <br /> as proposed, and extended to cover all such operations throughout the <br /> County rather than just impact their development within a single general <br /> use zoning district. <br /> • A Board member indicated they did not think the allowed numbers of <br /> display vehicles were enough. <br /> STAFF COMMENT: Staff believes the revised proposal increasing the <br /> number of vehicles that can be displayed for sale or rent from 25 to 32 for <br /> such businesses located within the NC-2, EC-5, and E-I general use zoning <br /> districts address concerns expressed at the public hearing. <br /> • A Board member asked how staff developed the proposed limits. <br /> STAFF COMMENT: The recommended limit was based on a <br /> 5 <br />