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413 <br /> MINUTES <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONES <br /> May 23, 1983 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, <br /> May 23, 1983, at 7:30 P.M. in the Superior Courtroom, Orange County Courthouse, <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> Commissioners Present: Richard E. Whitted, Chair, and Commissioners Ben <br /> Lloyd, Shirley Marshall, Norman Walker and Don Willhoit. <br /> Commissioner , Whitted announced that this was a Joint Public Hearing with <br /> the Orange County Planning Board, stating that the Chair of the Planning Board, <br /> Logan Irvin would conduct the Public Hearing as usual. <br /> Planning Board Members Present: Logan Irvin, David Shanklin, John Kizer, <br /> Frank Pearson, George Allison, Nancy Laszlo, Tom Bacon, Sharlene Pilkey, Alice <br /> Gordon, and Carl Walters. <br /> Planning Board Member Absent: John Wilson <br /> D-1 S ec1s] 3]�Q_ Permit piQdi�1D 141] _ Request From Midway <br /> Developers <br /> Rick Cannity made the presentation (see pages of this book) <br /> He noted the location and description of the proposed Midway Airport; that <br /> there are two major alternative methods that local government may employ to <br /> regulate general aviation airports - airport zoning or special use permits. In <br /> applying zoning to areas around a proposed airport, local government attempts <br /> to control the types of land use that develop around the facility and <br /> especially within the approach surfaces of the runways. The ordinances usually <br /> control the height of objects that may be constructed or grown within the <br /> approach surface. Zoning to control land use and heights of objects is usually <br /> applied in conjunction with public airports. These facilities are ones which <br /> are constructed by a governmental agency with some level of federal funding <br /> through the F.A.A. The agency charged with construction of the airport, <br /> because it is public in nature and can be expected to respond to the general <br /> public's concerns, usually has the cooperation of the local government in <br /> setting the land use districts within, the approach surfaces of the airport. <br /> The other common method of local governmental control of general aviation <br /> airports is through the granting of special use permits. Some of the <br /> advantages seen by the Planning Staff in treating airports as a special use <br /> are: <br /> 1. It appeared that Orange County was not in a positon to participate <br /> financially in a public airport. <br /> 2. The County did not plan to restrict the development potential of property <br /> owners adjacent to any proposed private airport. <br /> 3. Therefore, the construction of a general aviation airport would be a <br /> private venture for the direct profit of the developers. It would be the <br /> responsibility of the developers to meet the requirements for a special use <br /> permit and any imposed conditions applied at approval. <br /> Mr. Cannity stated that one of the important distinctions in the discussion <br /> of Midway Airport is the difference between a pubic and private airport. The <br /> FAA does not require private or public airports to meet the standards they have <br /> developed, however Orange County has chosen to require that developers of such <br /> airport facilities meet FAA standards. <br /> On September 7, 1982, the Orange County Board of Commissioners found that <br /> Buck Mountain Development had met the minimum requirements for the issuance of <br /> a Class A Special Use Permit. However the Board also felt that several <br />