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10 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 1 Attachment 3 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 MEETING MINUTES <br /> 4 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> 5 MAY 1,2024 <br /> 6 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 7 <br /> 8 MEMBERS PRESENT: Adam Beeman (Chair), Cedar Grove Township Representative; Lamar Proctor(Vice- <br /> 9 Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Delores Bailey, At-Large Representative; Beth Bronson, At-Large <br /> 10 Representative; Marilyn Carter, At-Large Representative; Statler Gilfillen, Eno Township Representative; Chris <br /> 11 Johnston, Hillsborough Township Representative; Steve Kaufmann, Bingham Township Representative; Liz <br /> 12 Kalies, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Charity Kirk, At-Large Representative; Whitney Watson, At- <br /> 13 Large Representative. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 MEMBERS ABSENT: None. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 STAFF PRESENT: Cy Stober, Planning & Inspections Director; Patrick Mallett, Deputy Director– Development <br /> 18 Services; Perdita Holtz, Deputy Director– Long Range Planning &Administration; Tom Altieri, Senior Planner <br /> 19 – Long Range Planning &Administration; Taylor Perschau, Current Planning and Zoning Manager; Lauren <br /> 20 Coffey, Planner I. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 AGENDA ITEM 9: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE(UDO)TEXT AMENDMENT—REGULATORY REFORM <br /> 23 COMPLIANCE AND CONFORMANCE—To review and make a recommendation to the BOCC on Planning Director- <br /> 24 initiated amendments to the LIDO in response and pertaining to NC Session Laws 2023-108 and 2023-137, <br /> 25 which affect the County's abilities to regulate residential architecture, as well as densities and impervious <br /> 26 surfaces in water supply watersheds. This amendment was reviewed at the April 3, 2024 ORC meeting and is <br /> 27 scheduled for BOCC public hearing on June 4, 2024. <br /> 28 PRESENTER: CY STOBER, PLANNING DIRECTOR. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Mr. Stober overviewed the Text Amendments pertaining to regulatory reform as presented to the Ordinance <br /> 31 Review Committee. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Adam Beeman: I had one about the roadway watershed rules there that you had talked about that. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Cy Stober: We'll get to that in a moment, yeah. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Statler Gilfillen: Regarding the one you just had up there. Where you move multifamily or other residential <br /> 38 into the residential setting- <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Cy Stober: I didn't move it in there, it was already in there, but it– <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Statler Gilfillen: It changes the Building Code itself. What the Commercial Code requires environmentally, <br /> 43 and the residential, the maximum, the residential maximum are different. Much less stringent. Now, my <br /> 44 understanding is that was created from the Homeowners Association. This sounds like they've moved to a lot <br /> 45 more of the residential over to that lightening the environmental burdens. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Cy Stober: That's correct. Triplexes and quadplexes are now in the Residential Code and not <br /> 48 Commercial. I can go on if you, but yes, I just hope people living in those structures are safe. And then with <br /> 49 regard to responding to the stormwater and watershed language, we needed to correct the stormwater <br /> 50 management, so this is the language about stormwater crediting. This is entirely new language. It fits into a <br />