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D R A F T <br />6 <br />Larry Wright: There are a couple of areas that our ordinance doesn’t address. One is adult entertainment and the 270 <br />other is gaming. Even though gaming looks like it is not doing well that doesn’t mean in the future it will not be legal. 271 <br />I think we should identify that before something comes up. 272 <br /> 273 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: That makes sense. Another item on my list is home offices. The current ordinance is that you can 274 <br />have two people. I think if you are in a rural area, you could have three or four people and not adversely impact the 275 <br />community. How can we balance that against with making sure you don’t annoy your neighbors? 276 <br /> 277 <br />Johnny Randall: There is mention of protection of natural resources but a lot of times it doesn’t say what that means. 278 <br />What does it mean to protect a natural area? 279 <br /> 280 <br />Tony Blake: I also have an interest in the regulations for rural economic development areas. 281 <br /> 282 <br />Andrea Rohrbacher: The home business is also of interest to me. I am also interested in the outdoor events and 283 <br />mass gatherings and some definitions to make it clear to citizens if they are having an event, they need a permit with 284 <br />specifics. 285 <br /> 286 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: The home business issue came up during the Efland Small Area Plan; it was contrasting someone 287 <br />wanting to open a beauty salon versus an architect that may have a client show up occasionally. 288 <br /> 289 <br />Craig Benedict: The interest on the existing goals the county has from 2009 did mention the protection and 290 <br />promotion of Economic Development Zones and how an adult entertainment establishment in the wrong area next to 291 <br />one of our 400 acre economic development zones would kill it. Part of our research is; are there any external issues 292 <br />that could affect the economic development zones we have. In the goals on page 23, I put code enforcement in 293 <br />Economic Development areas (i.e. abandoned mobile homes or derelict houses), is there a way to bolster our code 294 <br />enforcement efforts. We have limitations at the county level but for the protection of the work we have been doing 295 <br />over the last few years, the image of those areas is a determining factor. 296 <br /> 297 <br />Larry Wright: I would like to support that to look into the nuisance ordinance and protect these economic 298 <br />development districts. 299 <br /> 300 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: The BOCC has a retreat on February 1 so if there are things you are interested in, email them to 301 <br />me and I will get with staff. 302 <br /> 303 <br />Lisa Stuckey: The issues that were raised by both of the towns on page 51, 52, etc…. 304 <br /> 305 <br />Perdita Holtz: Those have been resolved. 306 <br /> 307 <br />Lisa Stuckey: I am also interested in the home occupations. I was on the Chapel Hill committee when they passed 308 <br />theirs. 309 <br /> 310 <br />Rachel Hawkins: What does theirs include? 311 <br /> 312 <br />Lisa Stuckey: It sounds more liberal that what the county has. We looked at the same issues impacts on neighbors. 313 <br />The issue arose for Chapel Hill in a subdivision where there were home businesses with a lot of people coming and 314 <br />going all the time with big trucks, etc. I think Chapel Hill would be a good one to look at. 315 <br /> 316 <br />Craig Benedict: I would like to review some of the BOCC goals adopted in 2009. (Craig will forward a copy to the 317 <br />Board). 318 <br /> 319 <br />Johnny Randall: Another issue is less solid waste per capita with cost effective and environmentally responsible 320 <br />disposal and management. That is a huge issue in Orange County since we are going to export out solid waste. 321 <br />There is so much education that needs to be done and reducing solid waste is one of the easiest things to do. 322 <br /> 323 <br />13