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HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA
AGENDA
PLANNING BOARD
June 7, 1990
' 6.30 PM
Town Barn
ITEM #1:
Consideration of additions to the agenda.
ITEEM #2:
Approval of the minutesofthe May 3, 1990 meeting.
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ITEM #4:
Park & Recreation Chair's comments.
ITEM #5:
Update on the Vision 2010 Committee. Next meeting June 26th.
ITEM #6:
Report on Town Board's decision on April 24th Public Hearing items
ITEM #7:
Report on Town Board's recent actions regarding a reservoir.
ITEM #8:
Discussion regarding Public Hearing procedures, esp. requesting
a show of hands from the audience.
ITEM #9:
Request from Town Board to review the Kennel, Animal Hospital, and
Veterinary sections of the Zoning Ordinance. (attachment)
ITEM #10:
Regft st from Pastor Clyde Pristell regarding amending the
Zoning Ordinance regarding church setbacks. (attachment)
ITEM #11:
Recommendation regarding amending Section 4.16.2.f regarding
reduced standards for temporary mobile homes. (attachment)
ITEM #I2:
Discussion and study of the GC, NB, OI, and GI districts -
their intent, application criteria, and permitted uses.
Are additional districts needed? (attachments)
Please contact Janet Rigsbee at 732-2104 (mornings) if you
cannot attend this meeting.
MINUTES
PLANNING BOARD
JUNE 7, 1990
MEMBERS Sam Jones (Vice -Chair), Steve Jones, Margaret Moore, Leif
PRESENT: Deetjen, Wayne Tilley, Richard Simpson, Wendy Olson (alt.)
MEMBERS Bill Crowther (Chair), Cheshire Cole, Ida Louise Evans, Ken
ABSENT: Chavious, Jim Culbreth (alt.)
OTHERS Pastor Clyde Pristell, Allen Mustian, Ernest Keith, Janet
PRESENT: Rigsbee, Joff Coe
Jones called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM
ITEM #1: Rigsbee requested Item #3 be deleted and Item #10 moved to its
place and the members agreed. Simpson added Item # 13, Standards
and Non -Compliance and Olson added Item #10, Transportation
Advisory Subcommittee Report to the agenda.
ITEM #2: Moore moved to approve the minutes of the May 3, 1990 meeting.
Deetjen seconded the motion.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #10: Rigsbee reviewed the request from Pastor Clyde Pristell regarding
amending the Zoning Ordinance regarding church setbacks. She said
the Town Attorney had reviewed the request and indicated the
Planning Board should look at it and maybe send it to Public
Hearing.
Simpson moved to recommend the request be sent to Public Hearing.
Moore seconded the motion.
VOTE: Unanimous.
Olson asked if the change would affect the setbacks for all
churches and Rigsbee said yes.
ITEM #4: Jones read Parks and Recreation Task Force member Bill Crowther's
letter concerning the status of the committee with the
recommendation to disband the committee and asked the Board to
adopt the PRFT survey., Olson said the survey was too long and
needed more review.
Simpson said he felt the money for this committee was spent for
nothing and questioned the need for the PRTF. Olson pointed out
the survey would determine the needs of the community. Simpson
noted people may be interested but don't do anything about it.
Olson said the longer we wait, the more expensive the parks will
be in the future. Moore commented the Planning Board should have
the foresight to provide for recreation.
Deetjen asked what the chief source of financing would be and
Olson said that was what they were trying to find out. She noted
that grants generally required a plan to get money. Rigsbee said
questions about money and willingness to pay could be incorporated
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into the Comprehensive Plan questionnaire. Deetjen said he didn't
like the survey that much and felt a better response could be had
by putting it in the bigger survey. He moved to drop approval of
the survey.
Simpson said he would like to see the PRTF put on hold and Rigsbee
added it had too many members to be effective. Deetjen moved to
put the PRTF on hold until the Vision 2010 Committee incorporated
recreation into its questionnaire.
Jones said many PRTF members had regularly attended but not enough
for consistent quorums. Simpson said he hated to see the work of
the PRTF go down the drain.
Olson moved to table the PRTF and its meetings until the Fall.
Jones seconded the motion.
VOTE: Unanimous.
Olson moved the questionnaire be adopted and put on hold until
further action by the Planning Board.
Jones seconded the motion.
VOTE: Unanimous.
Moore moved to recommend the PRTF's work become a part of the
Vision 2010 questionnaire.
VOTE: Unanimous.
Simpson moved to reduce the membership of the PRTF from 11 to 7.
Jones seconded the motion.
VOTE: Unanimous.
Olson moved for the new membership consist of Sam Jones (Chair),
Bill Crowther, Wendy Olson, James Rae Freeland, Dr. Phil Singer,
Hervey McIver and Ray Faherty.
Simpson seconded the motion.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #5: Rigsbee reviewed the progress of the Vision 2010 Comprehensive
Plan Committee, noting the term "land use" had been dropped.
Simpson said he hoped it is clear that every taxpayer is to be
informed of this project.
ITEM #6: Rigsbee noted the Town Board approved all the Planning Board's
recommendations except the Interstate Buffer and the Meadowlands.
She said these items would be returned to the Town Board for a
later vote.
ITEM #7 Rigsbee said the Town Board had put out bids for engineer's
reports on the cost of a reservoir and the Planning Board had
been relieved of establishing a time frame for the time being.
Olson pointed out that smaller reservoirs were not efficient and
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JUNE 7, 1990
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said Seven Mile Creek had too small a watershed. She said McGowan
Creek was a better location and noted the Town's water demand
would exceed capacity soon. She noted if the Durham pipeline
could bring capacity up to about 5 million gallons per day, the
Town would have about 15 years to build a reservoir assuming a
normal growth rate.
Simpson pointed out that engineering fees were a great expense and
OWASA had plenty of water. He said he was very skeptical of the
Durham pipeline. Olson reviewed several aspects concerning
watersheds and interbasin transfers.
ITEM #8: Deetjen said he thought a show of hands would expedite the Public
Hearings and eliminate repetitious comments while showing how the
the majority of those present felt about an issue. Olson noted
those present still had the right to speak. Jones pointed out
that people come to Public Hearings to talk so they would anyway
even with a show of hands. He suggested a sign-up sheet could be
used. Rigsbee said the Planning Board Chair could ask for a show
of hands and Olson noted time limits seemed reasonable and the
situation could be discussed later if it became a problem.
ITEM #9: Rigsbee reviewed the Zoning Ordinance sections concerning Kennels,
Animal Hospitals and Vetinarians, pointing out the Town operates
under the Orange County Animal Control Ordinance. Olson said the
definition of "kennel" was not broad enough and the keeping of any
animals over a certain number should be defined as a "kennel".
Moore asked if the State required a license and Rigsbee said no
but Orange County did. Olson felt the Town had an existing
problem of people keeping an excessive number of animals. Deetjen
suggested requiring larger buffer standards and Simpson said
requiring inside runs could help the situation. Olson pointed out
even though animals were kept inside, they could be heard up to
two blocks away in some cases, but it would be nice to have an
inside kennel available in Town.
Deetjen suggested the possiblity of new regulations for breeders
and kennels with an increased buffer requirement and Jones agreed
saying new regulations were needed. Olson noted the County only
required a kennel fee and did not limit noise. She said people
were moving to Hillsborough because of slack rules and she would
like to see a limit on the number of dogs that could be kept at a
residence.
Deetjen suggested establishing a new breeder classification and
Rigsbee reviewed the Orange County Ordinance. Deetjen said the
classification should be a function of the number of animals you
wanted to keep. Simpson added most veternarians kept dogs and
Deetjen pointed out this situation would then be under both the
veternarian and kennel classifications. Jones then suggested this
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item be tabled until the next meeting and the members agreed.
ITEM #11: Rigsbee reviewed Board of Adjustment's recommendation amending
Section 4.16.2.f of the Zoning Ordinance regarding reduced
standards for temporary mobile homes. She also reviewed the
outcome of the January 23, 1990 Public Hearing concerning this
item.
Jones moved to accept the Board of Adjustment's recommendation.
Olson seconded the motion.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #12: Rigsbee reviewed the Zoning Ordinance concerning the GC, NB, OI
and GI districts. Olson said there have been situations where
people have been denied rezoning requests because the GC district
was too broad. She said the problem was some uses were not
compatible with neighborhood areas. She suggested the possiblity
of a "restricted commercial" zone which would weed out undesirable
GC uses. She reviewed the list of permitted uses indicating which
ones she felt were appropriate for areas near neighborhoods.
Rigsbee suggested a new classification of GC -2 and noted the OI
zones were designed as buffers between residential and commercial
uses. Olson said where commercial uses were adjacent to
neighborhoods, the buffer requirements could be increased. She
added that storm water runoff and parking should also be
considered. Deetjen pointed out parking was a function of size
and the Board could come up with some size requirements for
buildings. He noted some towns required developers to provide
for alternate transportation.
Rigsbee asked if there was any feeling about a Light Industrial
category and Olson said the current GI zone did not allow for
accessory uses such as a show room or a sales facility. Rigsbee
suggested reviewing the permitted GI uses. Deetjen said the Board
could require environmental impact studies. There was a consensus
to further review possible GC -2 and Light Industrial districts.
ITEM #10: Olson reviewed the Transportation Advisory Subcommittee's
recommendation to the Orange County Planning Board not to adopt
the Hillsborough Thoroughfare Plan because other ways to relieve
the congestion had not been sufficiently explored. She said some
suggestions to solve the problem were a transportation survey and
the rerouting of truck traffic on Churton Street. She noted there
had been problems with the Davis Road residents and that much of
the Thoroughfare Plan faced stiff opposition.
ITEM #13: Simpson asked about parking requirements for downtown businesses
and Rigsbee said off street parking was not required for
businesses in the CC district. Simpson then asked why was the
game room on Corbin Street allowed to start operating before the
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Public Hearing. Rigsbee said they were not in compliance when
they opened for business but they were now going through the
process to have a Site Plan approved. Jones asked about the
Snake's Den on Highway 70 and Rigsbee said they were conforming
because more than 50% of the space was being used for video sales.
Simpson said he felt there were too many rules and in many cases
a double standard existed. He said the same rules should apply to
everyone and each citizen should be allowed to use their property
as they wanted as long as no harm was done to their neighbors.
Deetjen moved to adjourn the meeting.
Moore seconded the motion.
VOTE: Unanimous.
Jones adjourned the meeting at 9:20 PM.
Joff Coe, Secretary