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Interest Areas Raised by Planning Board Members at January 9, 2013 Meeting <br /> <br /> <br />Pete <br />1. Parts of UDO that deal with emergency services delivery <br />a. Drainage pipes under driveways should be 16-feet, not 10-feet as fire trucks have a <br />12-foot wheelbase. cul-du-sac widths, pull-overs on 1 lane private roads, tree <br />clearance. <br />2. Home Occupations. Current ordinance is too restrictive (max of 2 people) <br /> <br />Larry <br />1. Adult Entertainment <br />2. Gaming <br />3. Nuisance ordinance to protect EDDs <br /> <br />Tony <br />1. Definition of Transit Oriented Development <br />2. Regulations in rural economic development areas (doesn’t think they’re viable without <br />some re-write of regulations) <br /> <br />Andrea <br />1. Supports looking a home occupations (especially traffic impacts) <br />2. Outdoor events and mass gatherings (enhance understanding. People need to know they <br />might need a permit) <br /> <br />Johnny <br />1. Protection of natural resources. (what does it mean?) <br />2. Ways to produce less solid waste per capita and dispose and manage waste in an <br />environmentally responsible way. Somehow change waste stream paradigm. <br />a. Education needs to be done <br /> <br />Lisa <br />1. Supports looking at home occupations <br /> <br />Alan <br />1. Streamline approval processes, especially for “no brainer” projects. <br />a. Determine what the hurdle is for people. <br /> <br />Buddy <br />1. Expand Efland interstate district to include areas around the US70 connector and parcels <br />north and south of Ben Johnson Rd. <br /> <br />5