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8 Committee members talked amongst themselves. 378 379 Michael Harvey continued the presentation. The next category for review is Government Services. Planning Staff aims to 380 simplify the uses in the Definitions section (e.g. Government Facilities and Other Buildings (i.e. Administrative, Health 381 Education, etc.), will be listed out in Definitions). 382 383 Tony Blake asked that if the Table of Permitted Uses is a blacklist, why not just eliminate these uses. 384 385 Michael Harvey answered that currently, Government Facilities and Office Buildings are permitted everywhere along with 386 Government Protective Services. There may be some districts wherein the County Commissioners want to discourage these 387 uses. For example, Government Facilities and Office Buildings are not allowed in Existing Commercial, Existing Industrial, 388 Agricultural Services, and certain Economic Development Districts. 389 390 Kim Piracci asked for clarification that these said government facilities only includes county facilities. 391 392 Michael Harvey answered that the Table may not be able to refer to county government only as the reference may be 393 inconsistent with the law. This is being reviewed with the County Attorney. 394 395 Kim Piracci raised the example of a mini police station in University Mall, a County entity within a non-government facility. 396 397 Michael said that the County would not discourage the Sheriff’s office from having a County Sheriff’s substation somewhere. 398 399 Kim Piracci asked if there used to be a DMV in the same area. 400 401 Michael Harvey confirmed this and added that DMVs are private contractors that get a licensing agreement with the state to 402 run the office. They are independently owned. 403 404 Kim Piracci said that DMVs are still a state office with no County jurisdiction. 405 406 Michael Harvey acknowledged this point and said that yes, unfortunately state entities are limited - 407 408 Tony Blake asked if as state contractors they are limited. 409 410 Michael Harvey answered that it does not matter if DMV services are independently provided by a contractor or not; they are 411 an operative with the state of North Carolina until their license is revoked. 412 413 Tony Blake said that he was asking this question from a firefighter’s perspective because they are governed under state 414 statutes, not County statute, although their budget is approved by the BOCC. 415 416 Randy Marshall asked for confirmation that there are correctional and detention centers in Orange County but that they are 417 located in municipalities. 418 419 Michael Harvey confirmed this. There is the jail at the county courthouse and there is the detention center on Highway 86 near 420 the State Employees Credit Union. He believes that the County Attorney’s Office may say that this categorization may not 421 work. They may argue that if you say detention center, you have to allow it in certain sections of the UDO, and you may not 422 have a choice as the state can put a center in no matter what, per eminent domain. Mr. Harvey continued with his 423 presentation. The next category to be discussed is Manufacturing, Assembly, and Processing. The takeaway from this 424 category is that the County Attorney’s office would prefer that we collapse these uses and use definitions for details. The 425 Planning Director and Economic Development Director have identified a need for specificity; as you are marketing property to 426 support development, companies like to see the use specifically listed so that they have some assurance that a land use is 427 permitted. Michael said that he is going to have to figure out a way to make this work, and as Planning Staff makes decisions, 428 they will keep the Committee up to speed on any modifications. 429 430