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AGENDA
PLANNING BOARD
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
6:30 p.m. Town Barn
ITEM 41: Consideration of additions to the agenda.
ITEM #2: Comments from the Chair
• Committee Reports
ITEM #3: Recommendation to Town Board regarding public hearing items:
A. Request from M.L. Barnes to rezone 44,061 sf at the I-85/NC 86 interchange
B. Amendment to Section 4.13.2 of the Zoning Ordinance
C. Amendment to Section 25 of the Zoning Ordinance
D. Amendment to Section 4 of the Subdivision Regulations
ITEM #4: Review of subdivision plan to create 3 lots on a new private road off Daphine Drive.
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ITEM #5 Review of potential text amendments to fill gaps in the definition section.
ITEM #6. Presentation regarding Land Use Maps as a planning tool for guiding rezoning requests.
ITEM #7: Review of differences between Hillsborough and Orange County EDD regulations
(handout)
ITEM #8: Adjourn
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MINUTES
PLANNING BOARD
May 1, 2001
PRESENT: Ed Gill (Chair), Jim Boericke, Joel Brinkley, Brian Ketchem, Cannie Lloyd, Chris Quinn,
Bryant Warren
PUBLIC: JD Cecil, Mirah and William McPherson, Kevin Hopkins, Alois & Kim Callemyn, Aaron
Cain, Margaret Hauth
Gill called the meeting to order at 6:35 PM. Hauth asked to add the consideration of the
Preliminary Plan extension for Hart's Mill subdivision as item 4a and the members agreed.
ITEM #2: Lloyd reported that the Board of Adjustment approved the site plan for the community
policing center with the condition that additional parking be provided.
ITEM #3a: Hauth introduced the Barnes rezoning request to return the convenience store at the NC86/185
interchange to High Intensity Commercial rather than the Limited Office it was changed to
during the entranceway rezonings. Hauth noted that there are some possibilities for expansion
without rezoning that the board provided when the lots were rezoned.
MOTION: Boericke moved the recommend the Town Board deny the Barnes rezoning request to preserve
the intent of the entranceway rezonings. Quinn seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #3b: Hauth introduced the text amendment removing the requirement for day care lots to be twice
the minimum lot size. She noted the packet contained the lots sizes of the two parcels owned
by the applicant who may apply for conversion to a day care center if the amendment is
adopted.
MOTION: Warren moved to recommend approval of the text amendment to Section 4.13.2. Gill
seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #3c: Hauth introduced the text amendment to allow 9 pumps at a motor vehicle fuel station to
address the request from Cary Oil to add diesel at its location at NC86/US 70 Bypass. Lloyd
noted that her family operates the station and she would not be participating in the vote.
Brinkley suggested that 10 pumps be allowed, since most pumps serve 2 vehicles. He noted it
might save a future amendment request. The members agreed that keeping the vehicles
serviced at an even number made sense.
MOTION: Warren moved to recommend approval of the text amendment to Section 25, with the change
to 10 pumps. Gill seconded.
VOTE: 6-0 with Lloyd abstaining.
ITEM #3d: Hauth introduced the text amendments requiring sidewalks and walkways. The board
members indicated their enthusiasm for this amendment.
MOTION: Warren moved to recommend approval of the sidewalk text amendments. Quinn seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous
ITEM #4: Hauth introduced the McPherson subdivision request for three lots on a private road. She noted
the only outstanding concern in the plan is the creek crossing to ensure stormwater impacts in
the area are not worsened. The members asked whether a condition was sufficient to address
that and she said it was. M McPherson apologized for missing the last meeting due to ill
health. She added that the subdivision is important to her family because it allows her children
to build homes near her and her husband.
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MOTION: Brinkley moved to recommend approval of the subdivision with the conditions that a 12 -foot
width be maintained as clear along the road for emergency access and the drainage plans are
approved by the Town Engineer. Ketchem seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #4a: Hauth passed around the request from Eno Mountain Homes for an extension on their
Preliminary Plan approval. She added that the project has been delayed primarily due to
needing to coordinate with Pathways Elementary School for the off-site sewer improvements.
K Callemyn said the Town Engineer would not allow a pump station to serve this site, so a
significant off-site sewer extension is needed. Since it connects to a line running to Pathways,
its design needed to wait until the Pathways line was in place to be sure they met. She added
that an additional 45 days should be sufficient. Ketchem asked if she wouldn't prefer the
additional flexibility of a 90 -day extension to provide room for error. She said that was
acceptable and helpful.
MOTION: Lloyd moved to grant a 90 -day extension to the Preliminary Plan approval. Warren seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #5: Cain described how Land Use maps could be used to manage growth and impact rezoning
requests. He said many areas employ this option of designating generic types of uses for
different areas and requiring that rezoning requests be in compliance with the uses indicated on
the Land Use Map. Cain used the example of an area designated for residential uses on the
Land Use Map having to apply for a map amendment before being able to apply for a
commercial rezoning, since the commercial use would not be in compliance with the
residential designation on the Land Use Map. Cain said that this makes rezoning decisions
easier to make, but requires the Board's to plan ahead and determine what uses should be
located where. Hauth noted that the current map is too flexible to be of much use as this type
of tool, because nearly everything is designated as mixed use.
ITEM #6: Hauth introduced the list of uses in need of definitions and definitions proposed by staff.
Brinkley made some suggestions of wording changes. Lloyd asked that performing arts don't
appear in the permitted use list anywhere. The members agreed to review the list in more
detail before sending any amendments to public hearing.
ITEM #7: Hauth described the major differences between the EDD text adopted by the Town and the
County. She summarized the differences as follows: the County ordinance prohibits drive-
thru windows of all types, while the town permits them and the names of the districts are
different in that the Town does not use the EDD designation. She added that the Town still
uses the previous manual in Old Mill Business Park and surrounding properties because the
Town did not rezone parcels in that area to Limited Office or another designation.
Gill adjourned the meeting at 7:50 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
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Mar aret A. Hauth, Secretary