HomeMy Public PortalAbout7.27.1999 Planning Board Agenda & MinutesAGENDA
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
HILLSBOROUGH TOWN BOARD and PLANNING BOARD
Tuesday, July 27, 1999
7:00 PM, Town Barn
ITEM #l: Call joint public hearing to order and comments from Mayor and Chair.
ITEM #2: Zoning Map Amendment
Request from Precision Autos to rezone 3.87 acres from General Commercial to
High Intensity Commercial at 250 S. Churton Street (Tax Map 4.40.A.29)
ITEM #3: Zoning Ordinance Amendment
Amend Section 21.3 to eliminate the two alternate seats on the Board of
Adjustment and establish a board size of seven members.
ITEM #4: Adjourn
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MINUTES
PUBLIC HEARING
July 27, 1999
PRESENT: Mayor Horace Johnson, Ken Chavious, Frances Dancy, Evelyn Lloyd, Catherine Martin,
Richard Simpson, John Taylor (PB chair), Richard Bradford, David Daniel, Ed Gill, Jim
Boericke, Cathy Carroll, Chris Quinn, Pam Blue -Thompson, Bryant Warren
PUBLIC: David Rhodes, approximately 10 residents, Eric Peterson, Margaret Hauth
Mayor Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. He passed the gavel to Planning
Board chair Taylor. Hauth asked to proceed with item 3, as the applicant for item 2 was not
yet present.
ITEM #3: Hauth introduced the text amendment to establish a Board of Adjustment size of seven
members. She noted this was part of the efforts the town was making to increase the
likelihood of having quorums present for its advisory board meetings. She noted that the
ordinance does not require alternate members of the Planning Board, so that change can be
handled at a regular Town Board meeting. She noted that the ordinance requires the Board
of Adjustment to have 4 members present and in agreement on any application, which is
difficult with 5 members. By making the alternate members full members, reaching the 4
member quorum and voting minimum will be easier. Boericke noted that the new text does
not reflect that the county will appoint three and the Town board will appoint three. Hauth
said she would make that correction.
ITEM #2: Hauth briefly described the Precision Auto rezoning request and reminded the members of the
zoning re -write that created 2 commercial districts and 2 levels of auto sales. Brinkley asked
whether Orange Grove Road qualifies as an arterial street and Hauth confirmed that it does.
Martin questioned the impact of this site on the Eno River. Mayor Johnson followed up with
a question regarding site contamination. Hauth noted the Board of Adjustment would review
any significant change to the building. Rhodes described his proposed operation. He noted
his intent to preserve the majority of the existing landscaping and display cars on gravel along
the Churton Street and Orange Grove Road portions of the site. He noted some overflow
cars would get parked in the rear gravel lot. He said the current owners are working to get
a final determination from EPA stating that "no further (clean-up) action" is necessary. Some
of the contamination is from diesel fuel, which Duke Power did not keep on site. Rhodes
added that he would likely lease office space to other uses, as he does not need the whole
building. Simpson asked whether cars are serviced on site. Rhodes said no, only clean up
work, he is simply a salesman. He noted that the site has 22 parking spaces and a 3,600
square foot building. He responded to Chavious's questions about enlarging the building and
indicated plans to only build a structure to the rear to allow for car detailing. Blue -Thompson
noted that she lives up the street and asked about traffic impact, impact on the neighbors from
lights, and impact on the park. Rhodes said he does intend to install some additional lighting
to add security to the site when closed. He also intends to work with the park to see if a
shared arrangement can be worked out to improve the current situation. Rhodes noted that
he has four to five employees, about 40 cars displayed and has about 10 customers a day; he
said he wished he would generate a traffic problem in the neighborhood. He noted his hours
of operation would be 9-5:30 Monday -Friday, 9-4 on Saturday and closed on Sunday.
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Hauth addressed the citizens present briefly. She confirmed that the item they were interested
in, a text amendment to allow duplexes on septic tanks was not on the agenda and had been
withdrawn by the applicant. She said she would also be addressing their stormwater concerns
as soon as she could fully study the engineering drawings and determine what could be done.
She thanked them for coming and for their patience.
John Taylor closed the public hearing and returned the gavel to Mayor Johnson who called
for a brief recess. Johnson asked Hauth to provide an update on the Hillsborough Place
development. Hauth said that the Planning Board would be reviewing revised plans at their
August meeting. A joint meeting with the county commissioners, school board, and both
planning boards will be held on September 8 at the courthouse, with a town public hearing
to follow on September 28, also at the courthouse. Hauth added the regular September
Planning Board meeting will be canceled. Johnson noted that the town would be convening
the joint meeting and that the meeting will not become a public hearing; it is for information
sharing to bring everyone to the same level of knowledge about the development. He added
that the developer or staff would address questions.
The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 7:40 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Margaret . Hauth, Sikj/
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