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Home My Public Portal About9.7.1993 Planning Board Minutes and AgendaITEM #1: ITEM #2: ITEM #3: ITEM #4: ITEM #5: ITEM #6: ITEM #7: 01 own of Ntfllsboroug4 HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 AGENDA PLANNING BOARD Tuesday, September 7, 1993 6:30 p.m. Town Barn Consideration of additions to the agenda. Comments from the Chair. *Committee Reports 101 E. Orange Street P.O. Box 429 (919) 732-2104 Recommendation regarding Preliminary Plat for Elin Court subdivision, 6 single family houses on approximately 7.5 acres off Orange High School Road (4.6.C.9m). Review of revised watershed protection amendments to Zoning Ordinance (attachment). Review of possible text amendment relating to recombination of non -conforming lots (attachment). Review of draft performance standards and text amendments relating to commercial re- districting (attachments). Adjourn Please call the Planning Department if you cannot attend. 732-2104 or 406-8393 (voice mail, anytime, local call) There will be a special public hearing on Monday, September 13 at 7:00 pm to discuss the watershed amendments. Please make every effort to attend, we need a quorum present. MINUTES Hillsborough Planning Board September 7, 1993 Members Present: Bill Crowther, Wayne Tilley, Leif Deetjen, Pat Shannon, Quanda Turner, Louise Long, Wendy Olson, Ken McLeroy Public Present: Alois Callemyn, Joseph Briggs Staff Present: Margaret Hauth, Planning Director ITEM #1: There were no adjustments to the agenda ITEM #2: Chair asked for committee reports. ITEM #3: Hauth introduced the preliminary subdivision plan for Elin Court, six single family lots on a new public road off Orange High School Road. She noted the applicant and his surveyor were present. She added that the lots would be served with town water and individual septic tanks. Callemyn offered to answer questions. He noted that some sites were large enough to handle a well and might be developed without town water. He noted the applicant would be making a payment of fees in lieu of recreation dedication. MOTION: Deetjen moved to recommend approval of the preliminary plan to the Town Board. Tilley seconded. VOTE: Unanimous ITEM #4: Crowther introduced discussion of the revised watershed language. Hauth said that based on the feedback following the hearing, the draft now proposes actually zoning districts (rather than overlays) for the properties in the watershed. This will require many unrelated changes to the ordinance to recognize the two new districts. She noted that the permitted uses table allows a broader range of uses in these districts, but with stricter permit processing to address the suggestion by Commissioner Smith. She noted the text meets the state minimum and is now different than what Orange County proposed. She reminded the members that a special hearing was scheduled for September 13 to address this amendment to meet the mandate of October 1 implementation. She noted that there was no actual change to the maps, since watersheds are determined by topography, but based on the best available information, the maps were more understandable. MOTION: McLeroy moved to confirm the deletion of the following conditional uses: Agricultural Sales & Service, Farm Equipment sales, Laundry/Dry Cleaning, Research facility, Printing/lithography/ and Health Care facility. Olson seconded. VOTE: Unanimous. ITEM #5: Hauth noted that she had received a request for the town to consider a text amendment regarding nonconforming lots. She noted the ordinance requires two adjacent nonconforming lots in the same ownership to be combined, in hopes of eliminating the nonconformity. She said the request involves a case where one of the lots is built upon, but the adjoining lot is vacant. She said the draft language was based on a model ordinance by the town attorney. She asked the Planning Board whether they were willing to sponsor the amendment to hearing or whether the applicants should pay the filing fee. The members discussed the proposal and asked Hauth to put it on a future agenda with more information about its impact. No decision was made about sponsoring the amendment. ITEM #6: Crowther introduced the discussion of draft performance standards to go with the revised commercial districts. He noted that a letter was attached with comments from a local commercial developer. The members discussed the proposal. A suggestion was made to look more closely at section 5.6 to see if sidewalk or pedestrian access could be improved. ITEM #7: The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM. Respectfully submitted, Margaret A. Hauth, Secretary Unapproved minutes. Prepared 7/11/2011 by staff in attendance at the meeting and based on notes taken at the meeting.