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Approved 4/3/19 <br />MEETING MINUTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 MARCH 6, 2019 3 <br />REGULAR MEETING 4 5 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Lydia Wegman (Chair), At-Large Chapel Hill Township Representative; Alexander Gregory (Vice-6 <br />Chair), Chapel Hill Township Representative; Adam Beeman, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Carrie Fletcher, 7 <br />Bingham Township Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; Patricia Roberts, Cheeks 8 <br />Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Randy Marshall, Bingham Township 9 <br />Representative; 10 <br /> 11 MEMBERS ABSENT: Hunter Spitzer, At-Large; David Blankfard, Hillsborough Township Representative; Buddy Hartley, 12 <br />Little River Township Representative; Kim Piracci, At-Large; 13 <br /> 14 <br />STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning & Inspections Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; 15 <br />Tina Love, Administrative Assistant III 16 <br /> 17 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 18 <br />Chair Lydia Wegman called the meeting to order. 19 <br /> 20 AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 21 <br />a. Recognition of Members Rotating Off the Board this Month 22 <br />b. Planning Calendar for March and April 2019 23 <br /> 24 <br />AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 25 February 6, 2019 Regular Meeting 26 <br /> February 6, 2019 Ordinance Review Committee Notes 27 <br /> 28 <br />MOTION by Laura Nicholson to approve the February 6, 2019 Regular Meeting Minutes and the February 6, 2019 29 <br />Ordinance Review Committee Notes. Seconded by Carrie Fletcher. 30 VOTE: Unanimous 31 <br /> 32 AGENDA ITEM 4: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 33 <br /> 34 <br />AGENDA ITEM 5: PUBLIC CHARGE 35 <br />Chair Lydia Wegman waived the reading of the Public Charge 36 <br /> 37 AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS 38 <br />No Comments 39 <br /> 40 AGENDA ITEM 7: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENTS – REORGANIZATION OF TABLES OF 41 PERMITTED USES – To make a recommendation to the BOCC on proposed amendments to the UDO that would 42 <br />reorganize the Tables of Permitted Uses in response to the Byrd v. Franklin County judicial decision and modify other 43 <br />sections to ensure consistency within the ordinance. These amendments are scheduled for BOCC public hearing on 44 <br />April 2, 2019. 45 <br /> 46 PRESENTER: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 47 <br /> 48 <br />Michael Harvey directed the board to a packet of replacement pages which he mentioned he would review. He 49 <br />advised the board that all motions recommending approval should be considered consistent with the Ordinance 50 <br />Amendment package as modified by the staff. Mr. Harvey quickly reviewed the history behind the amendments which 51 <br />were also mentioned were included in the abstract. He explained that the revised Table of Permitted Uses is intended 52 <br />to give laypeople a way to easily understand what they are able to do with their property. In August of 2017, during a 53 <br />work session with elected officials, the Planning Director, and the County Attorney, staff was advised to abandon the 54 <br />comprehensive listing of every allowable land use and to instead condense land use categories as much as possible in 55