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HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA
AGENDA
PLANNING BOARD
Thursday, August 2, 1990
6:30 PM
Town Barn
101 E. Orange Street
P.O. Box 429
(919) 732-2104
ITEM #1: Consideration of additions to the agenda.
ITEM #2: Approval of the minutes of the June 7 meeting and Public
Hearing july 24, 1990.
ITEM #3: Chair's comments.
ITEM #4: Recommendation on the rezoning request of DCA General Inc.
to rezone approx. 2.6 acres of Cornerstone Park located on
the west side of Hwy 86 from GC (General Commercial) to
GI (Genral Industrial). 4.40.A.8 (attachments)
ITEM #5: Recommendation on text amendment to delete Section 5.6 of
the Zoning Ordinance "Minimum Setbacks for Churches".
Joff Coe, Planning Assistant, will call you the day of
the meeting to ensure there is a quorum. If you
prefer, you may call him at 732-2104.
MINUTES
PLANNING BOARD
AUGUST 2, 1990
MEMBERS Bill Crowther (Chair), Sam Jones (Vice -Chair), Wayne Tilley, Ken
PRESENT: Chavious, Leif Deetjen, Stephen Jones, Margaret Moore, Richard
Simpson, Wendy Olson (Alternate)
MEMBERS Ida Louise Evans, Jim Culbreth (Alternate)
ABSENT:
OTHERS Steve Rice, Joff Coe
PRESENT:
Crowther called the meeting to order at 6:35 PM.
ITEM #1: Chavious asked about the McAdams Road situation and Crowther said
the Planning Board had made its recommendation and they were
waiting for possible action by the Town Board. Olson asked if
there should be further discussion of the proposed extra zoning
classifications and the members agreed to postpone this item until
a later meeting.
ITEM #2: Deetjen moved to approve the minutes of the June 7, 1990 meeting
and the July 24, 1990 Public Hearing as written.
Stephen Jones seconded the motion.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #3: Crowther thanked Sam Jones for conducting the June 7, 1990 meeting
in his absence.
ITEM #4: Coe reviewed the rezoning request of DCA General, Inc. to rezone
approximately 2.6 acres of Cornerstone Park located on the west
side of Hwy 86 from GC (General Commercial) to GI (General
Industrial). Crowther noted this item had been to Public Hearing
and the Board must now make a recommendation.
Deetjen said this was not a bad area for GI and asked if the other
lots could be rezoned and Crowther said yes. Olson noted Area "C"
was laid out only to meet the letter of the Ordinance. She said
she had discussed this with the Planning Director and they had
agreed it was best to reduce the outlets onto Hwy 86.
Olson asked if there was any reason why the roads could not be
dedicated to the Town now and Crowther noted there could be
economic reasons. Olson said she was bothered by the
accessibility to the the propane tank area in the event of
emergency pointing out if the dead-end road were blocked, fire
trucks could not reach the scene.
Sam Jones noted a similar situation existed at the Kenan Oil
facility on Hwy 70. Olson added she felt this was a good location
for a propane storage facility but the lot lines should be
extended 35' so the adjacent lots would not be affected by the
required setback. She then moved to deny the request unless
revisions were made to the road and the lot dimensions. Chavious
seconded the motion and Crowther opened the floor for further
discussion.
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Stephen Jones pointed out the Board should concentrate on the
present application and not the future and Crowther agreed.
Simpson asked for clarification of the setback and Crowther
explained the adjacent property owners would have to meet an
additional 35' distance from the tank in addition to the normal
setback.
Rice noted in this case the adjacent property owner and the
applicant were one in the same. Chavious pointed out a buyer of
the property might not know about this and Deetjen said real
estate agent should make this fact known. Olson then retracted
her motion and Chavious retracted his second.
Olson moved to deny the request because the lot was not presently
in compliance and to require an additional 35' added to the lot
and to require approval by the fire marshall. Deetjen pointed out
the Board could approve the application with conditions instead of
denying it and Stephen Jones agreed saying questions about the
road and the fire safety issue would be examined by the Board of
Adjustment at the Conditional Use Permit stage. Deetjen and
Crowther agreed and Olson's motion died for lack of a second.
Deetjen moved to recommend approval of the request with the
condition the developer extend the lot lines by 35' so adjacent
land owners would not be penalized by the setback requirements
from the propane storage tanks.
Stephen Jones seconded the motion.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #5: Coe reviewed the text amendment to delete Section 5.6 of the
Zoning Ordinance "Minimum Setbacks for Churches". Crowther asked
if the proposed facility was really a church or a social club.
Chavious asked if the Board should question the validity of a
church and Deetjen noted there was a problem with the definition
of "church". Coe added the term church was not defined in the
Zoning Ordinance. Simpson said the Board should accept the
application as written in that the applicant had defined the
facility as a church.
Olson said she had a problem with the size of the parking lots
on church property. She noted one half of the setback could be
used for parking, creating many churches with very large parking
lots which were unsightly in residential areas and caused problems
with congestion, runoff, dust and heat. She suggested approving
the setback requirement but placing conditions of the amount of
parking allowed in the setback.
Chavious said he was concerned about creating unconformities with
the new regulation and Simpson said we were about to regulate it
(the town) right off the map. Simpson said the Board should not
prolong people's progress and progress could not be held back.
Crowther suggested examining the parking lot issue at a later
meeting or Public Hearing.
VOTE:
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Chavious asked if the deletion would be beneficial for churches
and Olson said yes because in effect churches would now require a
lesser setback and many churches in Town would now be conforming.
Tilley then asked for clarification saying it was his
understanding churches would now have to meet the same setbacks as
other structures in the same zoning district and the members
agreed.
Tilley moved to recommend deletion of Section 5.6 of the Zoning
Ordinance and to recommend churches comply with the setback
requirements of the zoning district in which they are located.
Simpson seconded the motion.
Unanimous.
Jones added that any place could be a church because it was just a
place to congregate where religion could be exercised. Coe
reminded members to update their Zoning Ordinances with the
handouts distributed at the meeting. Olson said she was concerned
with future church parking requirements and standards and
suggested church parking lots have an increased vegetative buffer.
Crowther adjourned the meeting at 8:00 PM.
Joff Coe, Secretary