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2 . <br /> APPROVED DECEMBER 1 1986 1 <br /> JOINT QUARTERLY MEETING <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> AND <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> MINUTES <br /> NOVEMBER 24, 1986 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County <br /> Planning Board met for the purpose of holding a joint <br /> hearing on November 24, 1986, 7:30 Superior Courtroom quarterly, Ora ng Orange <br /> County Courthouse, Hillsborough p <br /> ,NorthCarolinae <br /> BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: chair Don Willhoit and Commissioners Shirley <br /> Marshall, Moses Carey, Jr. , and Ben Lloyd. <br /> BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioner Norman Walker. <br /> PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and members <br /> Sharlene Pilkey, Betty Margison, Mike Lewis, Chris Best, Steve Yuhasz, <br /> Carl Walters, Prince Taylor, and David Shanklin. <br /> ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill. <br /> STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Clerk to the <br /> Board Beverly A. Blythe, Planning Director Marvin Collins, Planners Gene <br /> Bell, Greg Szymik and Brad Torgan. <br /> A. BOARD COMMENTS <br /> Commissioner Lloyd announced that Commissioner Walker would not be in <br /> attendance because of family illness. <br /> Chair Willhoit called the meeting to order and introduced the <br /> Planning Board Chair Barry Jacobs who conducted the meeting. <br /> Jacobs announced that item 2d Article 12 Landscaping and Screening <br /> and item 3b which pertains to Section IV-B-8 of the Subdivision Ordinance <br /> for Landscaping and Buffer Requirements would not be heard tonight. <br /> C. PUBLIC HEARINGS <br /> 1. ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENTS <br /> a. Z-9-86 Oran a County (Designation of Rural Buffer Area) <br /> Director of Planning Marvin Collins made the presentation. He <br /> explained that this amendment is to the Zoning Atlas which is a map <br /> showing the various zoning districts in the County. The change deals <br /> with the Rural Buffer which surrounds the Towns of Chapel Hill and <br /> Carrboro. He reiterated the events leading to this oint October 13, 1986, the Orange County Board of Commissionersn adopted Oa <br /> Joint Planning Area Plan with the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. He <br /> pointed to the map and noted all the designations that were adopted, <br /> including the areas that were designated most suitable for agricultural <br /> use, rural residential for very low density, urban development or higher <br /> densities, commercial-office development and also the resource protection <br /> areas. As a part of that plan adoption, a minimum lot size standard was <br /> designated for the Rural Buffer section surrounding Chapel Hill and <br /> Carrboro. He pointed out these areas on the map noting the minimum lot <br /> size of two (2) acres. <br /> He stated that because of the standards contained in the Subdivision <br /> regulations, the minimum lot size of two acres could be enforced as of <br /> the date of the adoption of the Land Use Plan for the Joint Planning <br />