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Approved 8/9/2021 <br /> 1 MINUTES <br /> 2 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT <br /> 3 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 4 JULY 12, 2021 7PM <br /> 5 WHITTED BUILDING <br /> 6 <br /> 7 MEMBERS PRESENT: Leon Meyers, Chair <br /> 8 Nathan Robinson <br /> 9 Jeff Scott <br /> 10 Beth Bronson <br /> 11 Kent Qandil <br /> 12 <br /> 13 EXCUSED MEMBERS: Susan Halkiotis, Vice-Chair <br /> 14 <br /> 15 UNEXCUSED MEMBERS: SCOTT TAYLOR <br /> 16 <br /> 17 STAFF PRESENT: Michael Harvey, Planner III <br /> 18 Elaina Cheek, Board Secretary <br /> 19 James Bryan, Staff Attorney <br /> 20 <br /> 21 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER <br /> 22 <br /> 23 <br /> 24 AGENDA ITEM 2: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA <br /> 25 <br /> 26 NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA <br /> 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES— <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Note: Minutes will be sent to Board Members and acted upon at the August 9, 2021 regular meeting. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 AGENDA ITEM 4: PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Leon Myers read the public charge. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 The Board of Adjustment pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its citizens to <br /> 38 conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At any time <br /> 39 should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending <br /> 40 person to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the <br /> 41 Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. All <br /> 42 electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers, and computers should please be turned off or set to <br /> 43 silent/vibrate. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 The Board of Adjustment is a quasi-judicial administrative body established in accordance with the provisions of <br /> 46 local regulations and State law to perform specified functions essential to the County's planning program. <br /> 47 Action(s) taken by the board are based solely on competent, substantial, and material evidence presented during <br /> 48 a previously scheduled and advertised public hearing on a specific item. As detailed within Section 2.12.2 of the <br /> 49 UDO the Board chair reserves the right to exclude evidence and testimony that is deemed: `incompetent, <br /> 1 <br />