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Approved 2/5/14 2 harmonious development. OCPB shall do so in a manner which considers the present and 55 future needs of its citizens and businesses through efficient and responsive process that 56 contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB 57 will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive governance and quality public services 58 during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. 59 60 61 PUBLIC CHARGE 62 The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its 63 citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with 64 fellow citizens. At any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this 65 public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual 66 regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting 67 until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. 68 69 70 AGENDA ITEM 7: CHAIR COMMENTS 71 72 Pete Hallenbeck: I have one comment, one thing I would like to work on is to get the discussion in the record by 73 going around the table and a little less of just general discussion. I am trying to get it more focused for the 74 Commissioners. 75 76 77 Agenda Item 8: Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment – Home Occupations: To 78 make a recommendation to the BOCC on Planning Board – and Planning Director – initiated 79 amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to change the existing standards 80 for home occupations, modify and clarify existing regulations and definitions associated with 81 home occupations, and allow for the exemption of special events organized or affiliated with 82 a government or non-profit agency. This item was heard at the December 4, 2013 Planning 83 Board meeting. 84 Presenter: Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner 85 86 Ashley Moncado reviewed abstract. 87 88 Paul Guthrie: First the disclaimer that I give every time that we in our household have an interest in small business. 89 I have had a lot of questions with this and I have one particular thing that I want to raise which is not new but I want 90 to raise it again. That is for minor home occupations, no matter whether you have one customer per year or 500, 91 you have to pay $90 to the planning department for the privilege of having a license. I have real problems with that 92 with certain occupations those defined as minor home occupations. I have a little bit of problem with the 93 requirement of a plot plan if it has to be done professionally. I had suggested earlier that it should be sufficient in a 94 residential home to use what is on the GIS system as a sketch of the property and indicate on that whether or not 95 that would be viable. I would hope there could be some accommodation especially for extremely small line of 96 business so that it doesn’t become a big paperwork jungle in order to file. 97 98 Pete Hallenbeck: Well, Mr. Harvey do you have a comment on that? 99 100 Michael Harvey: As I’ve indicated before, a plot plan is a simple drawing that you can use the GIS map system, it’s 101 actually listed that way in the Unified Development Ordinance. It’s not a professionally prepared site plan. The $90 102 dollar fee is a one-time application fee. There are application fees for everything you have to do and this is a one-103 time fee that you have to pay. I don’t believe it is burdensome and I don’t believe it is unnecessary and I believe we 104 are within our right to charge the fee. 105 106 Paul Guthrie: I’m not going to follow with the natural comment other than to say, I believe that to be a burden on 107 people trying to start a small business in a residence and I think as a matter of public policy, given the nature of the 108