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Approved 9/4/13 2 public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual 55 regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting 56 until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. 57 58 59 AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS 60 61 Introduction of new members. 62 63 64 Agenda Item 7: ORANGE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS – To receive an educational presentation 65 of the various types of development review processes used in the County’s Unified 66 Development Ordinance (UDO) 67 Presenter: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 68 69 70 Michael Harvey: We have talked about permitted uses. This is intended to give an education about our permitting 71 processes we have. This serves as a catalyst for future meetings about how we can revise the existing process to 72 address some concerns. Reviewed permitted processes. 73 74 Tony Blake: How do numbers three and four differ from spot zoning? 75 76 Michael Harvey: Because the courts say they don’t represent spot zoning. Contract zoning is what people claim 77 but there are requirements that the proposed use is consistent with the goals and policies of the Comprehensive 78 Plan. The Board makes the decision on if that is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. On page 23, you will 79 find Attachment 1 which is a summary chart of the various development processes. On page 24, you will find the 80 review procedures from our Unified Development Ordinance. On page 25, Attachment 2 is a preparative process 81 chart looking at how it is done in Durham, Wake and Chatham County. As a Board, we would like direction on 82 options that you believe would be essential to modify the process to eliminate unnecessary loss of time. One 83 suggestion was, can’t the Planning Board hold its own public hearing and report to the elected officials, which is 84 something that you need to review and determine as to what your comfort level is. 85 86 James Lea: Can you tell me the difference between Conditional Use and Conditional Zoning? 87 88 Michael Harvey: The Conditional Use involves the development of a specific land use for a given parcel of property 89 where that land use may not be allowed under the current zoning designation so we will look at a site specific 90 development plan posing that one specific use. The property would be rezoned and you would be asked to 91 approve that specific use. Conditional Zoning, as detailed in the UDO, has specific Conditional Zoning districts that 92 allow for a myriad of different uses. 93 94 Pete Hallenbeck: The companion document to the UDO is the Comprehensive Plan which is the heart and soul 95 and why and general goals of the county. 96 97 98 Agenda Item 8: Home Occupations – To make a presentation on existing home occupation regulations, 99 information on how some other local governments handle the topic, and discuss Planning 100 Board member’s ideas on potential amendments. This topic is included in the UDO’s 101 “Implementation Bridge” as a topic for further evaluation and is an Interest Area for some 102 Planning Board members. 103 Presenter: Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner 104 105 Ashley Moncado: The purpose of this item is to review existing home occupations standards to address Planning 106 Board’s areas of interest form the January Planning Board meeting as well as the Implementation Bridge in order to 107 determine if existing standards may or may not need to be revised. 108