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MINUTES 1 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT 2 <br />DECEMBER 8, 2014 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 <br />5 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT:Larry Wright, Full Member (Chair) 6 <br />David Blankfard, Full Member (Vice Chair) 7 <br />Karen Barrows, Full Member 8 <br />Mark Micol, Alternate Member 9 <br />Jeffrey Schmitt, Full Member 10 <br />11 <br />MEMBER ABSENT:Samantha Cabe, Alternate Member 12 <br />13 <br />STAFF PRESENT:Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 14 <br />Debra Graham, Board Secretary 15 <br />James Bryan, Staff Attorney 16 <br />Patrick Mallett, Planner II 17 <br />18 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1:CALL TO ORDER 19 <br />Larry Wright called the meeting to order.20 <br />21 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2:CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 22 <br />There were no additions to the agenda.23 <br />24 <br />AGENDA ITEM 3:APPROVAL OF MINUTES 25 <br />A. OCTOBER 13, 2014 26 <br />27 <br />MOTION made by Karen Barrows to approve minutes. David Blankfard seconded.28 <br />VOTE: Unanimous29 <br />30 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4:PUBLIC CHARGE 31 <br />32 <br />The Board of Adjustment pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its citizens to33 <br />conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At any34 <br />time should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the35 <br />offending person to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be36 <br />restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is37 <br />observed. All electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers, and computers should please be turned off or38 <br />set to silent/vibrate.39 <br />40 <br />The Board of Adjustment is a quasi-judicial administrative body established in accordance with the provisions41 <br />of local regulations and State law to perform specified functions essential to the County’s planning program.42 <br />Action(s) taken by the board are based solely on competent, substantial, and material evidence presented43 <br />during a previously scheduled and advertised public hearing on a specific item. As detailed within Section44 <br />2.12.2 of the UDO the Board chair reserves the right to exclude evidence and testimony that is deemed:45 <br />‘incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious’ and therefore fails to reasonably address the issues46 <br />before the Board of Adjustment. While it should be noted there is no time limit on the presentation of47 <br />evidence, the Chair asks that the presentation of evidence be consistent with established policies, rules of48 <br />procedure, and acceptable levels of decorum to ensure a fair and equitable hearing for all parties.49 <br />3