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Approved 9/2/2020 1168 1169 Hunter Spitzer: This is more of a question for the planning staff. There are UDO regulations to control that correct? 1170 Fuel storage. 1171 1172 Michael Harvey: It's actually regulated by the North Carolina State Fire Code, not necessarily by zoning. In terms of 1173 distance from structure, how stored, how protected, and how maintained it's actually going to be addressed through 1174 compliance with the fire code and what I want to remind everybody that site plans that are submitted have to go 1175 through the development review process with Orange County, which requires the fire marshal's office to sign off on 1176 them. That is going to be a component of any and all review. So this will come up at the appropriate time by the 1177 appropriate entity if proposed. 1178 1179 Hunter Spitzer: Can I simply request that the developer agree as a condition not to put fuel storage adjacent to their 1180 vegetative buffer of the flood plain. 1181 1182 Michael Birch: Yes,we can agree to that. 1183 1184 David Blankfard: This is a question for Michael, is the building height determined by how tall the fire department can 1185 raise their ladder? 1186 1187 Michael Harvey: So Mr. Blankfard let me answer that question this way, obviously there are height limits enforced 1188 under Orange County General Use Zoning Districts and 60 feet is the potential building height that would be allowed 1189 (for this MPD-CZ). You are correct that building height is usually determined by available ... or I should say one of 1190 the factors in determining allowable building height ... is available infrastructure to fight fire. I think that without 1191 putting words in the applicant's mouth or stealing their thunder, one of the reasons this site has so much traction is 1192 because of the availability of water and sewer service and the potential for sprinklered buildings addressing some of 1193 these concerns as well. There's also, in their narrative discussions about the potential to allow for water towers on 1194 the property that might be used in addressing that very particular issue as well. 1195 1196 David Blankfard: Is there any requirements for high beams on the trucks and cars spilling over our property line? 1197 Something similar to what happens in parking decks? 1198 1199 Michael Birch: I think that's likely addressed through the vegetated buffer around the perimeter. I think largely, 1 1200 think Michael Harvey can correct me if I'm wrong, largely the County's Lighting Ordinance with regard to site lighting 1201 but again I think we anticipate that vegetated buffer around the perimeter of the site would mitigate those headlights. 1202 1203 Michael Harvey: Chair Blankfard, this is Michael Harvey, Mr. Birch is correct our lighting regulations particularly 1204 address outdoor lighting, building security lighting and whatnot they don't address or they are not designed to 1205 address lights from vehicles. 1206 1207 David Blankfard: Would the developer be willing to try to mitigate those high beams? 1208 1209 Michael Birch: I think we're trying to through the use of those perimeter buffer yards and also one, the vegetation 1210 and two the distance and also the location of where our parking area are or anticipate them to be. I think it would be 1211 hard for us to articulate an objective standard but just to answer your question more broadly, I think yes we will try to 1212 mitigate that but it's hard for me to think of an objective standard that we could apply as a condition. 1213 1214 Melissa Poole: So you don't have actual companies going into this location into this space yet, is that correct? 1215 1216 Michael Birch: That's correct. 1217 1218 Melissa Poole: Ok, so if you're looking at manufacturing and possibly laboratory and research are you looking at that 1219 they would have the ability to operate multiple shifts? 1220 1221 Michael Birch: Yes, potentially a building user could have multiple shifts that is correct? 1222