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3 108 Tony Blake added that he thought there is a septic or water line running by the community. 109 Michael Harvey confirmed that there is a water line, and they are hooked-up to this line, but there is no sewer line that goes all 110 the way to the community. 111 112 Randy Marshall noted that in the Rural Buffer, water and sewer are prohibited. 113 114 Michael Harvey agreed with this statement. He also noted that Hart’s Mill off of Frazier Road in the Cheeks Township, not 115 within the Rural Buffer. Michael clarified that the parcel of property was once zoned Rural Residential (R-1) but is now zoned 116 Master Planning Zoning District (MPZD). Michael turned the floor back over to Patrick Mallett. 117 118 Patrick Mallett responded that he was finished with his presentation. 119 120 Tony Blake asked for confirmation that Planning Staff’s concept of clustering would still include a shared septic area and could 121 exist in the Rural Buffer. 122 123 Patrick Mallett clarified that the concept of a shared area for septic, as long as they are individual septic systems, is still in the 124 UDO as a viable option and can exist in the Rural Buffer. 125 126 Michael Harvey added further clarification that within the Rural Buffer, the minimum lot size would be 1 acre. 127 128 Patrick Mallett went on to say that the acre is definitive, and that perhaps that an acre lot size may not be the best model for 129 clustering, but the other residential zoning districts included amendment allow for clustering to go down to as little as 130 10,000 sq. ft. per lot size. In Rural Buffer, because of the Joint Planning Agreement, minimum lot sizes can be no smaller than 131 43,560 square feet (1 acre). 132 133 Tony Blake agreed with the perimeters of the clustering options laid out in the amendment. 134 135 Patrick Mallett concluded that since this is an ORC item, no action needs to be taken tonight, but that he wanted to give the 136 Committee time to think about it and raise any questions before it comes back to the Planning Board next month. 137 138 Tony Blake asked if there has been any movement on non-traditional septic systems in rural activity nodes. Has there been 139 any further discussion? 140 141 Patrick Mallett responded that there had not been any significant movement on this topic. 142 143 Michael Harvey added that there have been recent changes to state law as it relates to what the Environmental Health 144 Department (referred to hereafter as Health Department) can and cannot approve, and the practical answer to the question is 145 that it is in the hands of the Orange County Health Department. Planning Staff is in a reactionary mode to review septic 146 systems as a part of the development plan. 147 148 Tony Blake acknowledged the point, and noted that the Fiesta Grill is still restricted by the Health Department with the number 149 of tables they can have. He thinks that the business could be more robust if they could solve the septic problem. 150 151 AGENDA ITEM 3: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENTS – REORGANIZATION OF TABLES OF 152 PERMITTED USES 153 To continue review and discuss proposed amendments to the UDO that would reorganize the Tables of 154 Permitted Uses in response to the Byrd v. Franklin County judicial decision. 155 Presenter: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 156 157 Michael Harvey reviewed the abstract. He reported that the Table of Permitted Uses and corresponding text amendments 158 have just been revised for the ninth time and that Staff has made significant progress. James Bryan, County Attorney’s Office, 159 has provided Planning Staff with comments, the majority of which are easily addressable. Michael reminded members of the 160 Committee that Planning Staff is collapsing all three tables into one Table of Permitted Uses, which is a commonsense move 161