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SUMMARY NOTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 SEPTEMBER 2, 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; Tony Blake, Bingham Township 8 <br />Representative; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Herman Staats, At-Large, Cedar Grove 9 <br />Township; James Lea, Cedar Grove Township Representative; 10 <br /> 11 MEMBERS ABSENT: Lydia Wegman-At-Large Chapel Hill Township (Vice Chair); Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large 12 <br />Bingham Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township 13 <br />Representative; Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; 14 <br /> 15 STAFF PRESENT: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner; 16 17 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER 18 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENTS 19 CAR SALES/RENTAL OPERATIONS 20 <br />To review and comment upon proposed amendments to the UDO regarding car sales and 21 <br />rental operations. 22 23 Presenter: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 24 <br /> 25 <br />Michael Harvey presented the item and reviewed handouts. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Lisa Stuckey: To me this hard to imagine without being able to drive by and count the cars. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Michael Harvey: I would encourage you to do that, but I can also provide pictures from various examples in the 30 <br />county. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Lisa Stuckey: That would be helpful to see what the problem is. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: Are these showing an example of where vehicles are parked in the setback area or too close to the 35 <br />road? 36 <br /> 37 <br />Michael Harvey: Yes 38 <br /> 39 <br />Lisa Stuckey: If you go to page 9, I think it would be helpful if you explained what .17 and .24 is referring to. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Michael Harvey: That is referring to an acreage ratio. That can be addressed. 42 <br /> 43 <br />Herman Staats: How did you arrive at the .17 and .24? 44 <br /> 45 <br />Michael Harvey: I took a typical one acre lot and figured out required buffers, septic requirements, the minimum 46 <br />building size allowed in the district, which is another ratio standard, and tried to figure out what would be fair to allow 47 <br />open space, separation, and building size. 48 <br /> 49 <br />Tony Blake: That is in the footnote? 50 <br /> 51 <br />Michael Harvey: Yes. 52 <br /> 53 <br />Tony Blake: How would this impact or affect impervious surface? Seems like you could go over your allotment. 54 <br /> 7