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Approved 10/2/13 <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 <br /> 66 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: I will be leaving early tonight for a fire chief meeting. We will be talking about home occupations 67 <br />tonight. I am taking away the fact that it would be nice to have the same numbers for Chapel Hill and the rural 68 <br />buffers. The other thing is there could be a different set of rules for rural versus urban. 69 70 71 <br />Agenda Item 7: Home Occupations – To continue discussion on home occupation regulations and review 72 <br />potential changes to the regulations. 73 Presenter: Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner 74 <br /> 75 <br />Ashley Moncado: (Reviewed abstract). 76 <br /> 77 <br />Paul Guthrie: Does that immediately kick in industrial requirements for those who sell food? 78 <br /> 79 <br />Ashley Moncado: I don’t think it does. I think it depends on the scale. The live work unit information is less 80 <br />restrictive. 81 <br /> 82 <br />Maxecine Mitchell: Does home occupation include bed and breakfast? 83 <br /> 84 <br />Ashley Moncado: No, that would be considered a business. 85 <br /> 86 <br />Ashley Moncado: Continued presentation. 87 <br /> 88 <br />James Lea: If you have a tax service that is 11%, do you have to meet Section 419 so that person would have to 89 <br />deal with fire protection? 90 <br /> 91 <br />Ashley Moncado: Yes. 92 <br /> 93 <br />Craig Benedict: This doesn’t make sense for the home occupation so we are asking are you really restricting the 94 <br />10%. We may go talk to the Department of Insurance. 95 <br /> 96 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: We don’t have a lot of say in this because this is a state regulation. 97 <br /> 98 <br />James Lea: This is extremely restrictive. 99 <br /> 100 <br />Tony Blake: Is there a definition for home office? 101 <br /> 102 <br />James Lea: Office, hair stylist, etc. 103 <br /> 104 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: You may also have the situations to where all these changes occur and there is a problem with 105 <br />the numbers, we at least have the format and can change the numbers. 106 <br /> 107 <br />Andrea Rohrbacher: Does telecommuting apply? 108