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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 3, 1989 <br /> Action A enda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT - ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS <br /> ARTICLE 4 - PERMITTED USES <br /> ARTICLE 8 - SPECIAL USES <br /> ARTICLE 6 - APPLICATION OF DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes xNo <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Scearbo <br /> Proposed Ordinance Amendment <br /> Letter from Piedmont EMC <br /> dated October 18, 1988 <br /> Draft 11-28-88 Public Hearing Minutes <br /> Draft 12-19-88 Planning Board Minutes <br /> County Attorney 12-19-88 Letter <br /> David Maner 12-29-88 Letter <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to Articles 4.1 <br /> (Permitted Uses) and 8.8.3 (Regulations Governing <br /> Certain Special Uses - Public Utility Substations. . . ) <br /> of the Zoning Ordinance and add a new Article 6.16.18 <br /> (Additional Requirements for Certain Permitted Uses <br /> [New] ) . <br /> This item was presented at public hearing on November <br /> 28, 1988. <br /> BACKGROUND: The proposed amendments would permit, by right, <br /> electric substations, switching stations, metering <br /> points and related transmission lines where such <br /> facilities receive no more than 100 kilovolts (kv) of <br /> electric power. All such uses currently require a <br /> Class A Special Use Permit. <br /> These types of facilities are part of the larger <br /> system of infrastructure for distribution of <br />