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.02.0.0,......................-...............-_---- <br /> _ <br /> . . <br /> , I <br /> • <br /> COLEMAN, BERNHOLZ, DICKERSON, 15 <br /> BERNHOLZ, GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE MIMI U 1 <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW Mee.- <br /> P.O. DRAWER 1529 <br /> 129 E. TRYON ST. December 19 , 1988 <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. 27278 <br /> m9.942-80(m <br /> m9-732.2196 <br /> Mr. Marvin Collins <br /> CHAPEL HIU.OFFICE <br /> SUITE 20,FRANKLIN BUILDING Director <br /> 137 E.FRANKLIN STREET Orange County Planning Department <br /> CHAPEL HILL,N.C.27514 <br /> 919-920.7151 306F Revere Road <br /> ammacazmui,m. Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> STEVEN A.BERNHOI2 <br /> DONALD ft.DICKERSON <br /> ROGER B.BERNHOLZ Re: Electrical Substations - Proposed <br /> GEOFFREY L GLEDHILL Zoning Amendments <br /> DOUGLAS HARGRAVE <br /> C.NICHOLAS HERMAN <br /> KIM K.STEFFAN Dear Marvin: <br /> NATHANIEL E.CLEMENT <br /> MARILYN E.TOMEI <br /> This letter is intended to make the point to <br /> Of Counsel <br /> BONNER D.SAWYER the staff, to the Planning Board and to the members of <br /> (19024972) the Board of County Commissioners that the proposed <br /> i . concept for handling electrical substations differs <br /> only procedurally from the method now existing. That <br /> is, electrical substations are special uses presently. <br /> They are proposed to be permitted uses with ordained <br /> conditions. The principle difference between the two <br /> concepts is that a special use requires an application <br /> and a quasi-judicial hearing during which facts must be <br /> found and an order issued. Permitting these uses as a <br /> matter of right subject to the requirement that they <br /> meet certain conditions eliminates the need for the <br /> application, the hearing and the order. There is no <br /> other material difference between these two methods. <br /> For that reason, it seems to me the permitted use with <br /> required conditions is preferable. Concerns about <br /> compatibility between electrical substations and other <br /> land uses can best be addressed by more or different <br /> conditions if there is a concern that the conditions <br /> recommended will not adequately protect the health, <br /> safety and welfare. <br /> Very truly yours, , <br /> 45,24/ <br /> ey . Gledhill <br /> ' GEG/lsg <br /> xc: Moses Carey, Jr. , hair <br /> Stephen Halkioti: <br /> John Hartwell . <br /> Shirley E. Marshall <br /> Don Willhoit <br /> John M. Link, Jr. <br /> 1 <br />