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2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />Approved 3113117 <br />MINUTES <br />BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT <br />DATE DECEMBER 12, 2016 <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Samantha Cabe (Chair) <br />Karen Barrows (Vice- Chair) <br />Matt Hughes <br />Barry Katz <br />Susan Halkiotis <br />STAFF PRESENT: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor <br />Patrick Mallet, Planner II <br />Elaina Cheek, Board Secretary <br />James Bryan, Staff Attorney <br />Anne Marie Tosco, Staff Attorney <br />AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER <br />Samantha Cabe called the meeting to order, <br />AGENDA ITEM 2: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA <br />There were no additions to the agenda. <br />AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES - OCTOBER 10, 2016 AND OCTOBER 24, 2016 REGULAR MEETING <br />Samantha Cabe requested that the Minutes reflect that rather than absent she was recused for conflict. Karen Barrows <br />noted that on page 102, line 45 it was herself that had asked that question. <br />MOTION to approve Minutes as modified made by Susan Halkiotis, Seconded by Karen Barrows, <br />VOTE; Unanimous <br />33 <br />34 AGENDA ITEM 4: PUBLIC CHARGE <br />35 Karen Barrows read the public charge <br />36 <br />37 The Board of Adjustment pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its citizens to conduct <br />38 themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At any time should any <br />39 member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending person to leave the <br />40 meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting <br />41 until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. All electronic devices such as cell phones, <br />42 pagers, and computers should please be turned off or set to silent/vibrate, <br />43 <br />44 The Board of Adjustment is a quasi-judicial administrative body established in accordance with the provisions of local <br />45 regulations and State law to perform specified functions essential to the County's planning program. Action(s) taken by the <br />46 board are based solely on competent, substantial, and material evidence presented during a previously scheduled and <br />47 advertised public hearing on a specific item. As detailed within Section 2.12.2 of the UDO the Board chair reserves the <br />48 right to exclude evidence and testimony that is deemed: `incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious' and <br />49 therefore fails to reasonably address the issues before the Board of Adjustment. While it should be noted there is no time <br />OC Board of Adjustment- 12/12/16 Page 1 of 156 <br />