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51 <br />Lisa Stuckey: What about the HOA in a subdivision that wants to put a ball field on an open space? 52 <br /> 53 <br />Michael Harvey: Perfectly legal because it is technically approved as part of the subdivision process. 54 <br /> 55 <br />Tony Blake: What if they want to do it retroactively? 56 <br /> 57 <br />Michael Harvey: The same thing as long as they comply with the ordinance with respect to compliance of Article 7 58 <br />which is subdivision standards. Again, County parks would not be affected by this. 59 <br /> 60 <br />Lydia Wegman: Regarding Section 5.7.2, shooting ranges, no outdoor range shall be closer than 30 feet to the 61 <br />property range? 62 <br /> 63 <br />Michael Harvey: That is reference to commercial shooting ranges, like an archery range. In these instances 64 <br />shooting would only be allowed indoors. Private, residential shooting areas, the required setback is 300 feet. 65 <br /> 66 <br />AGENDA ITEM 2: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENTS 67 PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS REVISIONS 68 <br />To review and comment upon proposed amendments to the DUO to revise the public 69 <br />hearing process. 70 71 Presenter: Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems Coordinator 72 <br /> 73 <br />Perdita Holtz: Reviewed abstract and began presentation. 74 <br /> 75 <br />Tony Blake: This is where I was confused. I see the notes regarding the public meeting on page 43, but where is the 76 <br />neighborhood information meeting described? 77 <br /> 78 <br />Perdita Holtz: It is in the neighborhood information meeting section, Section 2.9. 79 <br /> 80 <br />Tony Blake: Are any changes being made to that? 81 <br /> 82 <br />Perdita Holtz: No 83 <br /> 84 <br />Tony Blake: I was going to suggest that the Planning Board member representing that township should be invited into 85 <br />the neighborhood information meeting and that’s an important change. 86 <br /> 87 <br />Perdita Holtz: If it’s a matter of inviting someone, that can be done administratively and not have to be written into the 88 <br />UDO. If it’s something that you want to require then that’s something that can be written into the UDO or into the 89 <br />Planning Board Rules of Procedure. 90 <br /> 91 <br />Lisa Stuckey: That wouldn’t be appropriate in a quasi-judicial situation? 92 <br /> 93 <br />Perdita Holtz: The Neighborhood Information meeting isn’t a quasi-judicial meeting, but to explain how the process 94 <br />works to neighbors. 95 <br /> 96 <br />Lisa Stuckey: I would touch base with a lawyer because it seems unlikely that you wouldn’t get information not 97 <br />available to BOCC and other Planning Board members upon which you would base your votes. 98 <br /> 99 <br />Tony Blake: The only thing you would get is information would be the neighbor’s comments. 100 <br /> 101 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: In the quasi-judicial world, if those neighbors are not experts, you can’t take it into consideration. 102 <br />6