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1 <br /> 1 Attachment 3 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 4 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 5 QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> 6 November 21, 2016 <br /> 7 7:00 P.M. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met with the Orange County Planning Board for a <br /> 10 Quarterly Public Hearing on Monday, November 21, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building in <br /> 11 Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Earl McKee and Commissioners Barry Jacobs, <br /> 14 Mark Dorosin, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> 15 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Burroughs <br /> 16 COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: James Bryan (Staff Attorney) <br /> 17 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 18 Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br /> 19 appropriately below) <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Chair McKee called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br /> 24 <br /> 25 B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> 26 Chair McKee dispensed with the reading of the Public Charge <br /> 27 <br /> 28 C. PUBLIC HEARING —QUASI JUDICIAL ITEMS <br /> 29 NONE <br /> 30 <br /> 31 D. PUBLIC HEARING — LEGISLATIVE ITEMS <br /> 32 <br /> 33 1. Zoning Atlas Amendments - To review government-initiated amendments to the zoning <br /> 34 atlas that would modify the existing zoning boundaries of 16 parcels in the Bingham, <br /> 35 Cheeks, and Cedar Grove Townships to address nonconforming issues <br /> 36 <br /> 37 BACKGROUND: After a petition from BOCC members, staff began reviewing the zoning of <br /> 38 several non-residentially zoned properties within the aforementioned townships and discovered <br /> 39 existing designations do not fully encompass all required land area necessary to allow for the <br /> 40 non-residential use of property. In many instances zoning district boundaries were drawn by <br /> 41 former staff in a manner that encompassed only the building and parking area while excluding <br /> 42 other required areas, most notably septic fields and required land use buffers. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Many of these boundaries were designated when zoning was originally put into effect over 30 <br /> 45 years ago. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Staff has been working with several property owners impacted by this situation to address the <br /> 48 problem. This proposal seeks to modify existing zoning district boundary lines to ensure all <br /> 49 elements of the non-residential land use are located within the appropriate general use zoning <br /> 50 designation as should have been done when affected properties were originally zoned. Staff <br />