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os~ <br />COLEMAN, BERNHOLZ. DICKERSOY, <br />IiERNHOl.Z. C7LEDHII.I. sc $1-RGRAVE <br />AT'IOR1Y$YS AT LAW <br />I10 CHUR7'ON SIREET <br />HtU580ROUGH. AI. C. 272~a <br />918-r~2-ash <br />919842-8000 <br />cHAri:t H{u omcE <br />SUITE ZO, 1iWSUN 8{i{LD{80 <br />1~7 E. 7•RANI{Lix ST1[E8T <br />C{{APCL H{11,N.C.97014 <br />91Y-92Y-7L9 <br />ALON20 8• COLB{I/W. JR. <br />sTLVEN A. DERNNOLi <br />DONALD R. D{CXBRSO.V <br />RoctR a. arRxHOu <br />uEOFFREY 8.GL8DN{LL <br />DouGLAs HwI;ORwvE <br />xARTr.{ v. seANaoLz <br />NH:t{ARD J. SN{DBR.JR• <br />JANS c. e. ussovo~t <br />O. NICHOLAS H8R{tAN <br />LYNN e..wDRews <br />W CO.M.M <br />BONi:CR D• SAWYCR <br />(wog-wrtl <br />September 25, 1985 <br />Donald Willhoit, Chair <br />!loses Carey <br />Ben Lloyd <br />Skirl Marshall <br />Norman Walker <br />Orange County Board <br />106 E. Margaret Lane <br />Hillsborough, North <br />of Commissioners <br />Carolina 27278 <br />Re: Board member absences during special use <br />permit public hearing <br />Dear 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 />The pertinent law is as follows: <br />I. N.C. Gen. Stet. 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 regl;ired for the <br />board of commissioners to issue such permits...." <br />2. Section 2.1.3 of the <br />Ordinance says, in pertinent p. <br />Commissioners when considering <br />approval of Special uses, sits <br />capacity and shall be bound by <br />the Board of Adjustment acting <br />orange County Zoning <br />irt: "The Board of <br />applications for <br />in a quasi-judicial <br />the same requirements as <br />on similar matters." <br />3. The Board of Adjustment "requirements" are <br />contained in N.C. Gen. Stet. 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 />