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Approved 6/8/2015 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 12/08/2014 Page 1 of 49 <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES 1 <br />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: Unanimous 29 <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 to 33 <br />conduct themselves in a respectful, courteo us manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At any 34 <br />time should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the 35 <br />offending person to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal cont rol. Should decorum fail to be 36 <br />restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is 37 <br />observed. All electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers, and computers should please be turned off or 38 <br />set to silent/vibrate. 39 <br /> 40 <br />The Board of Adjustment is a quasi-judicial administrative body established in accordance with the provisions 41 <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 presented 43 <br />during a previously scheduled and advertised public hearing on a specific item. As detailed within Section 44 <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 issues 46 <br />before the Board of Adjustment. While it should be noted there is no time limit on the presentation of 47 <br />evidence, the Chair asks that the presentation of evidence be consistent with established policies, rules of 48 <br />procedure, and acceptable levels of decorum to ensure a fair and equitable hearing for all parties. 49