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Approved 12/12/16 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/10/16 Page 1 of 113 <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES 1 <br /> BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT 2 OCTOBER 10, 2016 3 <br />OCTOBER 24, 2016 4 <br />PUBLIC HEARING 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Karen Barrows (Vice-Chair) 8 <br /> Matt Hughes 9 <br /> Barry Katz 10 <br /> Susan Halkiotis 11 <br /> 12 <br />*MEMBER RECUSED FOR CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Samantha Cabe (Chair) 13 <br /> 14 <br /> 15 STAFF PRESENT: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 16 <br /> Elaina Cheek, Board Secretary 17 <br /> James Bryan, Staff Attorney 18 <br /> Anne Marie Tosco, Staff Attorney 19 <br /> 20 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER 21 <br /> 22 <br />Karen Barrows called the meeting to order. 23 <br /> 24 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 25 <br /> 26 <br />No Additions. 27 <br /> 28 <br />AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 29 <br /> January 11, 2016 Regular Meeting 30 <br /> 31 <br />MOTION to approve with two corrections by Susan Halkiotis. Seconded by Barry Katz. 32 <br />VOTE: Unanimous 33 <br /> 34 <br />AGENDA ITEM 4: READING OF PUBLIC CHARGE 35 <br /> 36 <br />Barry Katz read the public charge. 37 <br /> 38 <br />The Board of Adjustment pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its citizens 39 <br />to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At 40 <br />any time should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask 41 <br />the offending person to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail 42 <br />to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public 43 <br />charge is observed. All electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers, and computers should please be 44 <br />turned off or set to silent. 45 <br /> 46 <br />The Board of Adjustment is a quasi-judicial administrative body established in accordance with the provisions of local 47 <br />regulations and State law to perform specified functions essential to the County’s planning program. Action(s) taken 48 <br />by the Board are based solely on comment, substantial, and material evidence presented during a previously 49