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5/23/94 Public Hearing Minutes 5 23 Jay Zaragosa said that although he has not had the opportunity to read the document, he operates the open space program for Wake County and thus has some knowledge about open space. He feels a big challenge is to define open space. In Wake County it is essentially land that is not developable and the amount can be as high as 70% He urged the Board to carefully monitor the formation of homeowners associations, including the provisions for maintaining open space areas. Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 48 of the agenda packet which amends Article 4.3 of the Zoning Ordinance Permitted Use Table to add the Open Space Development District and which includes a list of permitted uses within that zoning district. She asked that the Planning Board consider using the same list of uses for the Open Space Development District as are permitted in R-1 and R-2 districts and that all uses be included. Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 49, Section 6.30.1 (a-1) which states that a minimum of thirty percent (30%) of the total tract area shall be designated as common open space and asked that the Planning Board consider whether that percentage should be increased to 50 or something inbetween. MOTION A motion was made by Commissioner Wilihoit, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to refer the proposed amendments to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board of Commissioners no sooner than August 8, 1994 and that the recommended revisions to the proposals be reviewed by the County Attorney to insure compliance with statutory requirements concerning public hearing procedures and that all evidence received at the May 5, 1994 public hearing pertaining to this topic be entered into the record of this public hearing. VOTE: UNANIMOUS OTHER ZONING ATLAS ENDMEN S a. Z-2-94 Orange Water and Sewer Authority Jim Hinkley presented for public comments a proposed Zoning Atlas amendment in Bingham Township requested by Orange Water and Sewer Authority. The property in question is situated in the northwest quadrant of NC 54 and Orange Grove Road and consists of a 68.4 acre tract owned by Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) . The current zoning is AR Agricultural- Residential. The proposed zoning is AS Agricultural Service. The requested rezoning has been initiated to accommodate the construction of a wastewater biosolids (sludge) storage facility required of OWASA by the State of North Carolina. This rezoning would also allow for future facilities for recycling sludge. They plan to construct one large tank and then a second one for additional storage. QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OR PLANNING BOARD Commissioner Wilihoit made reference to composting the sludge and asked if this would be a permitted use or one which would require a conditional use permit. Jim Hinkley indicated that composting sludge as a service for a bonafide farm would be a permitted use. However, composting sludge for other uses in the County than farms may require a conditional use permit but he was