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HomeMy Public PortalAbout11.7.1995 Planning Board Minutes and AgendaTown of HS11nce 175 AGENDA PLANNING BOARD Tuesday, November 7, 1995 7:00 p.m. Town Barn ITEM #1: Consideration of additions to the agenda. ITEM #2: Comments from the Chair. * Committee Reports �'D©r"—.e 4 - ITEM #3: Approval of October 3 minutes and October 24 public hearing minutes. ITEM #4: Recommendations to Town Board regarding rezoning requests from October public hearing: a) Daniel Boone Companies to rezone 83.67 ac on both sides of South Churton St. from GC to HIC. This includes Daniel Boone Village, Boone Square, the ice rink, and the Pizza Hut/Steakhouse lots (TM 4.40.A.33,33a,33d and 4.38.E.6). b) Wildwood Corporation to rezone 58.18 ac on the west side of NC 86 from GC to HIC. This property has been referred to as Hampton Pointe (TM 4.45..4c). ITEM #5: Recommendations to Town Board regarding text amendments from October public hearing: a) Amend Section 25 to define the following uses: convenience store, motor vehicle fuel station, motor vehicle maintenance and service, motor vehicle repair, and personal vehicle sales. b) Amend Section 3.4 and 4 to permit the uses above in GC and HIC districts and to establish application requirements for conditional uses. C) Add Section 7.2.3 to establish a procedure for the Board of Adjustment to allow reductions in the interstate buffer. ITEM #6: Discussion of language contradiction in Section 9. ITEM #7: Discussion of permitting for wireless communication towers. ITEM #8: Adjourn. Please call the Planning Department if you cannot attend. 732-2104 extension 228 (this line is connected to voice mail) 101 East Orange Street a P.O. Box 429 0 Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 919-732-2104 • Fax. 919-644-2390 MINUTES PLANNING BOARD November 7, 1995 PRESENT: Wendy Olson (chair), Richard Bradford, Ed Gill, Louise Long, Chris Quinn, Jim Speed, Doreen Tuell, Quanda Turner PUBLIC: Jim Hopper, Margaret Hauth Olson called the meeting to order at 7:06 pm. ITEM #2: Hauth reported that the Board of Adjustment did not meet in October due to lack of a quorum. She said the Park committee has been appointed and will be meeting soon. She noted that a Planning Board representative is needed on the board. Olson said the Occoneechee Park Committee is working on building an overlook platform and will be giving tours on Saturday. ITEM #3: Gill moved to approve the October 3 and 24 minutes. Turner seconded. VOTE: Unanimous. ITEM #4a: Hauth introduced the Daniel Boone Company rezoning requests. She said her recommendation is for approval because it will correct a significant number of non- conforming situations. Olson asked about the adjacent properties zoned AR and R-10. Hauth said the properties are not currently developed and they back up to the lots in question rather than being next to or across the street from. MOTION: Gill moved to recommend approval of the rezoning to Town Board. Speed seconded. VOTE: Unanimous. ITEM #4b: Hauth introduced the Hampton Pointe rezoning request. She said the residents of Wildwood and those immediately south spoke against the proposal. She added that the railroad separates this property from Wildwood. She said that many of their complaints were related to traffic, which can be addressed in the site plan review phase. She also noted that the town and county are working together to add design requirements and use limitations to this corridor. Olson said that the proposal seems premature without a specific need. Hopper volunteered that there has been a lot of interest in the site from uses like Wal -mart, whose option has lapsed, and research/light industrial uses. Other members agreed that if further regulations are in the works, rezoning is not appropriate at this time.. MOTION: Gill moved to recommend denial of the rezoning to Town Board because it is premature. Tuell seconded. VOTE: 7-1 (Speed opposed) ITEM #5a: Hauth introduced the text amendments defining various automobile related uses. She added that the public hearing comments were from -Mr. Brown and were favorable. MOTION: Speed moved to recommend adoption of the amendments to Town Board. Turner seconded. VOTE: Unanimous. ITEM #5b: Hauth introduced the text amendments designating where the uses would be allowed and what information would be needed for a conditional use permit. The members agreed with the attorney's suggestions that the architectural standard be removed and that the driveway limitation be re -worded. The suggested wording is.'"lots with double frontage which desire PB 11/7/95, page 2 multiple driveways shall be limited to one cut on the higher classified street. Additional cut(s) shall be on streets of lower classification. Driveway permits shall be approved by NCDOT for access to state roads." MOTION: Tuell moved to recommendation adoption of the wording as modified at this meeting to Town Board. Turner seconded. VOTE: Unanimous. ITEM #5c: Hauth introduced the text amendment allowing the Board of Adjustment to reduce the interstate buffer in certain circumstances. She said the public comment was mixed and noted that the reduction is only available to developed lots which are currently intruding into the buffer. MOTION: Speed moved to recommend adoption of the amendment to Town Board. Tuell seconded. VOTE: Unanimous. ITEM #6: Hauth described an existing wording conflict in the non -conforming section of the Zoning Ordinance. She noted that one section requires all non -conforming situations to be corrected and another does not. She asked for direction to correct the conflict. Speed suggested that the section to could be re -worded somewhere in the middle to require those things which can reasonably be corrected be addressed before expansion. ITEM #7: Hauth introduced the topic of wireless communication towers and described the current ordinance limitations. She noted that the current wording effectively prohibits towers within the jurisdictions, but she is concerned that a legal challenge of the ordinance would go against the town. She added that Orange County is seeing increasing requests for towers just outside the town's jurisdiction. She described changes in technology which are lowering tower heights and the increase of towers this area can expect to accommodate the demand for service. Hauth said speed is needed because Southern Railway is modernizing their equipment and a new tower is needed to guide trains through Orange County. The members agreed the topic must be addressed. Suggestions were discussed about where towers could locate, how tall, and under what conditions. Hauth said she would bring the draft ordinance being considered by Orange County to the next meeting. Olson adjourned the meeting at 8:30 pm. Respectfully submitted, Mirgaret A. Hauth, Secretary