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AGENDA
PLANNING BOARD
Tuesday, June 4, 2002
6:30 PM, Town Barn
ITEM #1: Consideration of additions to the agenda.
ITEM #2: Committee Reports
ITEM #3: Continued discussion of prevention of demolition by neglect ordinance
ITEM #4: Continued discussion of special residential housing district
ITEM #5: Discussion of cul-de-sacs
ITEM #6: Discussion of home occupations and yard sales
ITEM #7: Adjourn
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MINUTES
PLANNING BOARD
June 4, 2002
PRESENT: David Daniel (Chair), Jim Boericke, Joel Brinkley, Matthew Farrelly, Kelly Hopper,
Bryant Warren
PUBLIC: John Hamak, Margaret Hauth
Daniel called the meeting to order at 6:34 PM. Hauth noted that Newton and Quinn
had both said they would not be at the meeting.
ITEM #2: Hauth said the Board of Adjustment did not meet in May. She said the Park Board is
continuing to work on a neighborhood park and a skate park. She noted that there is
a seat on the Park Board reserved for a Planning Board member. She asked the
members whether they wanted to hold their regular July meeting. The members
agreed to skip the meeting unless it became necessary later. Hauth said the Town
Board had scheduled some meetings to discuss the Strategic Plan and Waterstone.
June 11 was scheduled for the Strategic Plan, June 25 as a work session on
Waterstone, and July 9 as a special public hearing on Waterstone. She said she
would email the meeting times. She asked for confirmation that a quorum would be
available for the July 9 hearing, the only required meeting of the group. Farrelly
noted he would not be available for either July 2 or July 9.
ITEM #3: Hauth introduced the continued discussion of the prevention of demolition by neglect
ordinance. She said, unfortunately, the suggestion to hold the hardship hearing in
closed session does not meet state law requirements. Since the owner is saying
he/she has the hardship, the burden of proof falls to the owner and that claim must be
made in a public meeting. Hauth said the second page is a staff proposal to clarify
and amend the procedure to notify to owner sooner, specifically, give the owner more
opportunities to make the charges go away and other changes. Brinkley said he
discussed the ordinance with friends who are re -doing a house in a Raleigh historic
district. He said they are overwhelmingly in favor of these types of ordinances and
didn't see them as harassing. The members discussed the topic at length. They
discussed whether a new hearing was needed. Hauth said the draft was not stricter,
so one wasn't necessary, but could be held.
MOTION: Brinkley moved to recommend approval of the amendment with the changes
proposed at this meeting. Warren seconded.
VOTE: 5-1 (Hopper opposed)
ITEM #4: Hauth introduced the continued discussion of the special residential district. She
noted that the changes are shown using the italics/strikethrough method. She said the
buffers are not specified, nor are any other performance standards the members may
want. The members discussed buffers and agreed that this type of development has
different uses within it, which should be subj ect to different buffers depending on the
neighboring use. With buffers ranging from 25' to 100', the members asked Hauth to
prepare a matrix based on uses adjacent to one another.
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MOTION: Warren moved to send the proposed amendment to public hearing. Boericke
seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #5: Hauth introduced the discussion about cul-de-sacs. She said she did not see
significant differences between Hillsborough and Carrboro's language. She said she
would work with the attorney (who also works for Carrboro) to see how they can be
made more similar, since the ordinances are arranged differently. The members
discussed some of the pros and cons about prohibiting cul-de-sacs. Hauth noted that
sometimes the choice is between stream crossings and connected streets. Hopper
asked if interconnected streets didn't lead to more traffic. Daniel said they provide
more options for drivers, so there is less congestion. Farrelly added that the trips get
distributed over the whole network. The members agreed to look at this again after
some recommendations by the attorney.
ITEM #6: Hauth introduced a new concern pending about home occupations and yard sales.
She noted the lack of clarity on when a permit was required, a requirement that the
business owner be a resident of the house, and specific prohibitions for some
occupations. The members agreed with the office policy Hauth had been employing
and asked her to draft appropriate amendments for further consideration. She noted
that perpetual yard sales were being called in as home occupation complaints, but
owners were indicating the activity as a yard sale rather than a business. She added
that the ordinance is silent on yard sales. The members agreed that this also needed
additional work and suggested Durham's regulations as an example. They also
suggested that 3 consecutive days and once per quarter would be reasonable
standards. Hauth thanked the members for their help.
Daniel adjourned the meeting at 8:15 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
rgaret A. Hauth, Secretary