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SUMMARY NOTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 JULY 1, 2015 3 <br />ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE 4 5 <br />NOTE: A quorum is not required for Ordinance Review Committee meetings. 6 7 MEMBERS PRESENT: Peter Hallenbeck (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Lydia Wegman-At-Large Chapel 8 <br />Hill Township (Vice Chair); Tony Blake, Bingham Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill 9 <br />Township; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Herman Staats, At-Large, Cedar Grove Township; 10 <br /> 11 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Perdita Holtz, 12 <br />Planning Systems Coordinator; Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner; Patrick Mallett, Planner II; 13 14 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER 15 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENTS 16 RECREATIONAL FACILITIES 17 <br />To review and comment upon proposed amendments to the UDO to modify the existing 18 <br />regulations pertaining to recreational facilities. 19 20 Presenter: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 21 <br /> 22 <br />Michael Harvey: Reviewed abstract. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Paul Guthrie: Could a resident sponsor a club in his name and finance play on that field? 25 <br /> 26 <br />Michael Harvey: No sir. Not the way it is written. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Tony Blake: I can create my own non-profit and put in a putting green. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Michael Harvey: Not the way it is written, but part of this process is requesting the need for different wording. I am 31 <br />asking for your questions and comments. This (amendment) is designed to adopt the land use regulations and 32 <br />standards (of recreational land uses) where we don’t have them and define what we would like to see in residential 33 <br />settings. Also, to eliminate what staff believes is unnecessary rezoning and permitting requirements. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Tony Blake: If I am a farmer and I want to donate land to a non-profit for a recreational sport (facility), would that be 36 <br />permitted? 37 <br /> 38 <br />Michael Harvey: It would have to go through the SUP process. There are certain facilities we don’t want in 39 <br />residential settings due to their impacts. This also does not stop a county park. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Tony Blake: Is the intent to control the gun range use specifically? 42 <br /> 43 <br />Michael Harvey: No, not that use specifically but we will be adopting development standards associated with them. 44 <br /> 45 <br />Tony Blake: If you want to control that specifically, it would probably be a noise ordinance. 46 <br /> 47 <br />Michael Harvey: This amendment process was not started simply to regulate gun ranges. It was started because 48 <br />the County shouldn’t be regulating a land use, or assigning or ascribing permitting processes, based on the 49 <br />ownership status of the property owner. 50 <br />5