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Home My Public Portal About7.11.1991 Agenda & Minutes Planning BoardITEM #1: ITEM #2: Down of liiltshor nq4 HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA AGENDA PLANNING BOARD THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1991 6:30 PM TOWN BARN Consideration of additions to the agenda. Comments from the Chair. C 101 E. Orange Street P.O. Box 429 (919) 732-2104 ITEM #3: Approval of the minutes of the June 6, 1991 meeting. ITEM #4: Recommendation to send to Public Hearing the Rezoning Request of Jack Payne to change Tax Map 4.10.A.7 (second-_ lot from the end on the south side of Rencher Street) from R-10 (Residential) to MHP (Mobile Home Park) (Attachment). ITEM #5: Recommendation to send to Public Hearing a Text Amendment sponsored by Vietri, Inc. to allow limited retail sales in GI (General Industrial) Districts (Attachment). ITEM #6: Recommendation to send to Public Hearing a Text Amendment to bring the Zoning Ordinance into compliance with NCGS 160A-385.1, Vested Rights. ITEM #7: Information on Town Board adoption of the Vision 2010 Comprehensive Plan. ITEM #8: Discussion of reactivation of the Parks and Recreation Task Force. ITEM #9: Discussion of the request by the Orange Community Housing Corporation to submit comments concerning affordable housing in Hillsborough. ITEM #10: Distribution of Zoning Ordinance Updates. ITEM #11: Distribution of 6 Month Planning Activities Report. Please contact the Planning Department at 732-2104 if you cannot attend this meeting. .919 IICn )2: V►p0PrTC 00 G�'Z CHPl-0a�i ) < -V\. V- D�S C- d� �t i 2 �� I C E�9-d✓C,-+c MINUTES PLANNING BOARD JULY 11,1991 MEMBERS Sam Jones (Chair), Wayne Tilley (Vice -Chair), Bill Crowther, PRESENT: Leif Deetjen, Ida Louise Evans, Margaret Moore, Richard Simpson. MEMBERS Ken Chavious, Cheshire Cole, Stephen Jones, Wendy Olson ABSENT: (Alternate), Jim Culbreth (Alternate) OTHERS Will Anderson, Jack Payne, Wesley Hyatt, Joff Coe, Margaret PRESENT: Hauth. Jones called the meeting to order at 6:35 PM. ITEM #1: Coe asked to add ITEM #12, an update on cooperative zoning and Simpson asked to add ITEM #13 and the Board agreed. ITEM #2: Jones asked if the public hearing advertisment was a misprint since the Board would be considering the same issues tonight. Coe stated that these items were before the Board for information. ITEM #3: There were no amendments to the minutes of the June 6, 1991 meeting. MOTION: Crowther moved to approve the minutes of the June 6, 1991 meeting as written. Deetjen seconded. .--.JTE: Unanimous. ITEM #4: The Rezoning request of Jack Payne to change Tax Map 4.10.A.7 from R-10 to MHP was presented by Coe. Deetjen asked for clarification of the different mobile home classes and Coe explained. Deetjen asked how many mobile homes could be placed on the lot in question and Coe responed that due to the setback and other requirements, only one mobile home would be allowed. Moore asked for clarification about the changing conditions as stated by the applicant. Payne and Coe stated that this lot is next door to one that had been rezoned to neighborhood business and that this property was for rental housing not a business. ITEM #5: The text amendment to allow limited retail sales in general industrial zone at the initiation of Vietri, Inc. was presented by Coe. Moore asked whether the days available for retail sales was specifically set and Coe stated that it was not. ITEM #6: The text amendment concerning vested rights as proposed by the Town Attorney to bring the ordinance into compliance with the NC General Statutes was presented by Coe. Discussion about the sponsorship of this amendment continued to decide whether a vote was necessary. It was decided that the state and the Town Attorney were agencies initiating the amendment. ITEM #7: Coe announced that the Town Board had approved the final draft of the Vision 2010 Comprehensive Plan at its June 10 meeting. He stated that Susan Suggs was working on a "user .friendly" version PLANNING BOARD JULY 11, 1991 PAGE 2 and asked if the Board would want to investigate some manner of printing other than the Town's copy machine. Deetjen asked if this would have to go into next year's budget. Coe said it was possible to find an economical means of printing and that the Planning Department budget might be able to cover this cost. Crowther asked about current demand for copies of the Plan. Coe said that in-house copying could cover demand. Crowther also asked about the guide, who should review it and when it would be available. Deetjen added that the 2010 Committee should review the guide to insure the correct interpretation. Coe stated that Susan would be working on the guide over the summer and that -the Board would review it at a minimum. Consensus of the Board was reached that current methods of copying the Plan should be continued until demand increased and/or the guide was reviewed. They requested review of the guide before its printing. ITEM #8: Hauth requested the re -activation of the Park and Recreation Task Force to draft a Master Parks and Recreation Plan. She would act as staff for the Task Force and use the Plan as a requirement for her Masters Degree in planning. Crowther asked if the request should not go to Town Board instead as it was their responsibility as listed in the 2010 Plan and the the original PRTF had been disbanded. Discussion about the actual status of the first committee concluded that it had been disbanded and the creation of a new committee would require Town Board action. MOTION: Simpson moved to recommend the creation of a Parks and Recreation Task Force with the same membership as before by the Town Board. Crowther seconded. VOTE: Unanimous. ITEM #9: Coe asked the Board for any suggestions, opinions, feelings, etc. they have about affordable housing in Hillsborough which he would forward to the Orange County Community Housing Corporation. He briefly explained .the work that is being discussed by staff of Chapel Hill, Orange County, and Hillsborough Planning and other departments. Evans stated her -full support for such a project based on her work with the Church and Legal Aid. She noted the strong need for affordable housing in the County and the Town. She also thought it was sad that the presence of a weathy community within the county could limit the eligibility of a needy community .from such a program. PLANNING BOARD JULY 11, 1991 PAGE 3 Crowther asked if this group had any public meetings in this area. Coe noted that the work was only at a staff level and public input had not yet been sought. Jones also indicated his support for such a program. Simpson said he felt much of this process, meetings, and seeking of input was just another example of red tape. ITEM #10: Coe brought the zoning ordinance amendments that were in member packets to the attention of the Board members. He asked that they update their ordinances and contact the Planning Department if they were missing any previous updates. ITEM #11: Coe brought the 6 month activities report to the members attention. He stated that he could not determine any significant trends during the period. Coe also noted that he intends to modify the report format in the future to provide more analytic capability. ITEM #12: Coe brought the members up to date on the current status of the cooperative planning/zoning jurisdiction discussions with Orange County. He noted that there were two areas on minor disagreement in terms of zoning jurisdiction at the intersection of US 70 and 70A and the area south of Interstate 40. Crowther asked when the Planning Board would be included in the process. Coe stated he did not think they would be formally invited since he obtained the letter describing the current status was not addressed to the Planning Department or Planning Board. ITEM #13: Simpson asked what could be done to speed up planning processes. He said he didn't understand why the rezoning process should take a minimum of 3 months. Deetjen suggested having public hearings more often but also asked about the urgency. He noted that there were three applications in the activities report that required public hearing. He asked if additional staff and board time to have more public hearings would be worth speeding three applications through the process. Crowther and Simpson both noted that if it saves someone some time, then its worth the time of the public servants. Evans noted that there are alot of citizens who don't understand the processes or even that the processes exist. She requested a workshop or initiation process for Board members to explain and familiarize them with the terms and processes in the zoning ordinance. Jones adjourned the meeting at 8:00 p.m. Respectively submitted, Margar A. Hauth, Secretary