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asp <br />COLEMAN. BERNHOL2;. $ICKERSOY, <br />B~Itx~tOLZ, GLEDHII.L & HeRCltav~ <br />ATTORNBY$ AT L-W <br />l10 C~[uttTON STREET <br />HIUS80EtOUGH. N. C. 2t27e <br />s~~-r~z-~9s <br />9l9.9M12-9000 <br />CHAPEL tl111 0f71CE <br />SU1T& 20, fAAABLIN aClLDIDIO <br />137 E. TRANIfLIx S71tCE'f <br />csAraL xiLL.N.c. a7aa4 <br />ao-92e-nx <br />ALOHZO H.COLEMAN,JR. <br />s7cvax A. aeaNttou <br />DONALD R. DIC$ERS~I <br />RootR a. aaRxMOu <br />agogntstr s. cLaDxcu <br />DOUGLAS flAB014-VE <br />NARSIN J. BERNa:01.Z <br />N~HARD J. SNIDEA,JR. <br />JANE Q de LI58OVOy <br />t:. NICNOLA8 H81GtAN <br />LYNN A. ANDREWS <br />w cou~ra <br />90NTiCR D. SAWYER <br />(IDOQ-19>?1 <br />Geptember 25, 1985 <br />Donald willhoit, Chair <br />hoses Carey <br />Ben Lloyd <br />Skirl Marshall <br />Norman Walker <br />Orange County Board <br />106 E. Margaret Lane <br />Hillsborough, North <br />permit public hearing <br />Gear Board Members: <br />A person interested in the outcome of an <br />application for a Class A Special Use Permit has raised <br />the question of the Board's policy/procedure when a <br />Board member is absent from the public hearing or any <br />portion of the public hearing during which evidence is <br />presented for and against the application. This issue <br />has not been addressed by the Board. It should be <br />addressed and a procedure adopted. <br />of Commissioners <br />Carolina 27278 <br />Re: Board member absences during special use <br />The pertinent law is as follows: <br />1. N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 153A-340 says, in <br />pertinent part: "when issuing or denying special use <br />permits..., the board of commissioners shall follow the <br />procedures for boards of adjustment except that no vote <br />greater than a majority vote shall be regyired for the <br />board of eommiBSioners to issue such permits...." <br />2. Section 2.1.3 of the Orange County Zoning <br />Ordinance says, in pertinent part: "The Board of <br />Commissioners when considering applications far <br />approval of special uses, sits in a quasi-judicial <br />capacity and shall be bound by the same rQquirea~ents as <br />the Board of Adjustment acting on similar matters." <br />3. The Board of Adjustment "requirements" are <br />contained in N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 153A-345 and the <br />Orange County Zoning Ordinance, Section 2.3. Neither <br />the statute nor the ordinance section prescribe a rule <br />governing the absence of board members from public <br />hearings on special use permit applications. <br />