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APPROVED WITH AMENDMENT 2.7.24 51 efficient and responsive process that contributes to and promotes the health, safety, and 52 welfare of the overall County. The OCPB will make every effort to uphold a vision of 53 responsive governance and quality public services during our deliberations, decisions, 54 and recommendations. 55 56 57 PUBLIC CHARGE 58 The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks 59 its citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board 60 and with fellow citizens. At any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail 61 to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the 62 meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, 63 the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public 64 charge is observed. 65 66 67 AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS 68 None. 69 70 AGENDA ITEM 7: ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT(CONDITIONAL DISTRICT)—To review and make a 71 recommendation to the BOCC on an applicant-initiated zoning atlas amendment to rezone a 10.01 +/-acres 72 parcel from RB (Rural Buffer)to ASE-CD (Agricultural Support Enterprises Conditional District). 73 74 The parcel's address is 6915-UT Millhouse Road, Chapel Hill, within the Chapel Hill Township (PIN 9871-50- 75 3254). This item is scheduled for BOCC public hearing on March 7, 2024. 76 77 PRESENTER: Ashley Moncado, Planner III 78 79 Adam Beeman: We're going to review and make a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners on an 80 application initiated Zoning Atlas Amendment to rezone on the 10.01-acre parcel from Rural Buffer to 81 Agricultural Support Enterprises -Conditional District. The parcel's address is 6915-UT Millhouse Road, 82 Chapel Hill within the Chapel Hill Township. This item is scheduled for a vote of County Commissioner public 83 hearing on March 7th, 2024. 84 85 Cy Stober: Good evening, Mr. Chair. Well, you won't hear from me very long. Our Planner III, 86 Ashley Moncado, will be presenting the findings by staff, but I did want to just remind you of the,just the kind 87 of framework of Conditional Zoning. A Conditional Zoning case is a negotiation between the applicant and the 88 County and requires a site plan. It requires conditions as appropriate be provided for review by both the 89 Planning Board and the Commissioners. The site plan is site specific, so it is binding. Any major modifications 90 to the site plan would have to come back to the Planning Board and the Commissioners for reapproval, 91 essentially as a new zoning application. This allowance in Conditional Zoning is enabled by a general statute 92 and is reflected in our Ordinance. The Conditional Zoning District before you tonight, Agricultural Support 93 Enterprise, is an older Conditional District that the County has had, but frankly, this is the first time it's being 94 utilized in the County's history. Some of that has to do with some of the liberalization of state law for farm 95 uses, and some of that has to do with having quality applications to present to the County, but I'm very pleased 96 to be bringing an Agricultural Support Enterprise - Conditional District zoning case to you. I'm happy to answer 97 any questions, but we have gone, and especially for Ms. Carter, our newest member, if there are any specific 98 questions, this is all covered in orientation. We we went through this at length with the Lawrence Road 99 Conditional District case, but if there are questions about the Conditional Zoning process, which is significantly 100 different from standard Conventional Zoning, which takes one piece of land from a menu of uses to a different