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HomeMy Public PortalAbout6.5.1990 Agenda & Minutes Planning BoardPlease contact Janet Rigsbee at 732-2104 (mornings) if you cannot attend this meeting. '' 101 E. Orange Street . lish�t own of .:�L`ro g P.O. Box 429 i"y \ (919) 732-2104 & Tom- S 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. IT b 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 PLANNING BOARD JUNE 7, 1990 PAGE 2 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 PLANNING BOARD JUNE 7, 1990 PAGE 3 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 PLANNING BOARD JUNE 7, 1990 PAGE 4 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 PLANNING BOARD JUNE 7, 1990 PAGE 5 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