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HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA (919) 732-2104
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AGENDA
PLANNING BOARD
Tuesday, March 2, 1993
6:30 p.m.
Town Barn
ITEM #1: Consideration of additions to the agenda.
ITEM #2: Comments from . the Chair.
*Committee Reports
ITEM #3: Report on Public Hearing items (attachment).
ITEM #4: Continued discussion of commercial zoning categories (attachment).
ITEM #5: Discussion of mandated text amendment (attachment).
ITEM #6: Discussion of Orange County's proposed Economic Development Districts (attachment).
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ITEM #7: Distribution of text amendments and 1992 annual report.
ITEM #8: Adjournment.
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MINUTES
Hillsborough Planning Board
March 2, 1993
Members Present: Bill Crowther, Cheshire Cole, Kendall Abernathy, Wendy Olsen, Sam
Jones, and Louise Evans
Staff Present: Margaret Hauth, Planning Director
ITEM #1: no additions or changes
ITEM #2: Chair asked for committee reports.
ITEM #3: Hauth provided updates on the actions taken by the Town Board for the items
heard at the January public hearing. She noted the rezoning in the Meadowlands
was approved and the Skateland rezoning request was denied. She noted the
Woods of Oakdale Rezoning was continued to the April hearing with the
applicant's assurance that the property wouldn't be developed for its current use
before the April hearing date. She added that the text amendments regarding site
plan review changes, excavation, and street setback reductions were all approved,
but the proposed setback reductions for non -conforming uses were denied. She
added that the town formally accepted the invitation to join the Urban Area
covered by the Metropolitan Planning Organization for transportation matters.
ITEM 94: Crowther opened the floor for further discussion of the permitted uses in the
commercial zoning districts. Hauth noted that the lists in the packet had some
items asterisked which the members may want to consider removing. She asked
them to consider the compatibility of the marked uses with residential which is
often adjacent to commercial as well as the impact to adjacent residential from the
marked uses as part of the discussion.
After discussion, the members agreed to the following list changes:
For Central Commercial, General Commercial I, and General Commercial II:
• keep Health Care as a permitted use
• delete doctors and dentists from the definition of personal services since
they are health care
• keep Laundry/Dry cleaning as a permitted use
• make Community center a by right use (rather than Conditional)
• make parks by right uses (rather than Conditional)
• Delete fill site as a permitted or conditional use
• Divide the uses of night club and bar/pub into 2 uses
The members agreed to the other deletions shown on the lists. Hauth said she
would make the adjustments and bring a revised draft back for discussion.
ITEM #5: Hauth introduced an important text amendment that needed to be processed
separate from the standard calendar. She noted the ordinance was unclear as to
whether ETJ Board of Adjustment representatives could vote on in town matters
and vice versa. She said the requested amendment clarified that all members
could vote equally on all matters. She noted a special hearing was called for April
1, so the Town Board could act on the amendment quickly and resolve the
confusion.
MOTION: Olsen moved to send the mandated text amendment to special public hearing on
April 1, 1993. Evans seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #6: Hauth provided some information about Orange County's proposed Economic
Development Districts as information for the members. She noted that a district
was proposed at the intersection of Old NC 86 and I-40 just south of town. She
noted the concept was to pre -zone property for non-residential uses to help
streamline the development process.
ITEM #7: Hauth distributed copies of the annual department activity report for 1992 and
update packets for recent text amendments.
ITEM #8: The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
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Margard A. Hauth, Secretary
Unapproved minutes.
Prepared 7/11/2011 by staff in attendance at the meeting and based on notes taken at the meeting.