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D R A F T <br />2 <br /> 55 PUBLIC CHARGE 56 <br />The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its 57 <br />citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with 58 <br />fellow citizens. At any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this 59 <br />public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual 60 <br />regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting 61 <br />until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. 62 <br /> 63 <br /> 64 AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS 65 66 67 Agenda Item 7: Planning Board Annual Report and Work Plan for County Commissioners’ Annual 68 Planning Retreat – To review and approve the input form for the annual BOCC planning 69 <br />retreat in January 2014. The annual report informs the BOCC of the past year’s activities of 70 <br />advisory boards/commissions and assists in overall County work planning. 71 <br /> Presenter: Craig Benedict, Planning Director 72 <br /> 73 <br />Craig Benedict reviewed item 74 <br /> 75 <br />Lisa Stuckey: Does anyone have any questions? Do we have a motion that includes adding number 10? 76 <br /> 77 MOTION by Buddy Hartley to approve the Planning Board annual report and work plan with the addition of number 10. 78 <br />Seconded by Herman Staats. 79 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 80 <br /> 81 82 Agenda Item 8: Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment – Home Occupations: To 83 <br />discuss the issues raised at the November quarterly public hearing on Planning Board – 84 <br />Planning Director initiated amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to 85 <br />change the existing standards for home occupations, modify and clarify existing regulations 86 <br />and definitions associated with home occupations, and allow for the exemption of special 87 <br />events organized or affiliated with a government or non-profit agency and to decide on a 88 <br />course of action for revisions to the proposed amendments. 89 Presenter: Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner 90 <br /> 91 <br />Herman Staats: Are there any monetary values that guide whether something is considered an occupation? 92 <br /> 93 <br />Ashley Moncado: I have not seen anything in my research that puts a value on it. 94 <br /> 95 <br />Paul Guthrie: It is a big question in terms of the revised definition of what was covered but also because you are 96 <br />technically out of compliance or illegal if you have one visitor and one retail sale out of your house the way this is 97 <br />written. I think the definition is vague because the way it is worded and it pales behind the question of how many 98 <br />transactions is the planning staff going to have to handle, and with these definitions there will be thousands. 99 <br /> 100 <br />Ashley Moncado: The purpose of this item is to be able to review the comments from the quarterly public hearing 101 <br />and receive feedback from you to provide a proposal for review at the January Planning Board meeting. 102 <br /> 103 <br />Ashley Moncado reviewed the list of comments. 104 <br /> 105 <br />Paul Guthrie: We have a home business in our house, my daughter works full time in her house in Orange County. 106 <br />I want to zero in on the standards of evaluations of all home occupations in paragraph in red on page 40. That 107 <br />6