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M M a ff q <br />22 <br />could appeal Staff's decision to the Planning <br />Board and then the Planning Board's decision <br />could be appealed to the Board of Commissioners. <br />Best emphasized that the Board depended on the <br />Planning Staff to make the determination of a <br />minor or major modification and indicated support <br />for the Staff's determination that this request <br />is, indeed, for a major modification. <br />Cantrell expressed concern with the zoning <br />changes in the watershed regarding impervious <br />surface. Crudup responded that gravel roads are <br />now considered impervious surfaces. <br />Runyon Woods, member of the Habitat Board, <br />made the presentation of Habitat's concerns. He <br />noted that he had been a Board member for five <br />months and the Chestnut Oaks property was <br />received when Habitat for Humanity was a new <br />organization. He indicated he felt the newness <br />of the organization and its members was, at least <br />partially responsible, for the misunderstandings <br />and lack of working knowledge of the County's <br />ordinances which caused the non - compliance and <br />the expiration of the preliminary plan approval. <br />Woods continued reviewing the differences between <br />Habitat for Humantiy's Chestnut Oaks and regular <br />development projects. He noted that the <br />unscrupulous methods employed by many developers <br />were not methods used by Habitat. He indicated <br />the work was done by volunteers in order to <br />provide interest free mortgages for qualifying <br />families. The number of homes that could be <br />built would be severly limited by the use of <br />funds to provide the paved roads which were <br />required with the original subdivision approval. <br />He continued that Habitat's projects are so <br />different from other development projects that <br />their request should be handled differently from <br />other development projects in regard to private <br />vs. public roads and the effects on Habitat's <br />ability to provide affordable housing. He <br />indicated that paving the roads would take away <br />the funding to provide at least four (4) homes. <br />Woods continued explaining the process by which a <br />family is chosen for a Habitat House. He <br />described the counseling which is provided to <br />bring the families into the main stream of life <br />in Orange County by not placing them in <br />substandard housing. He expressed concern with <br />the number of lots being lost due to paving the <br />