HomeMy Public PortalAbout8.19.1982 Planning Board MinutesPLANNING BOARD MINUTES
August 19, 1982
Members present: Coy*. Cannity, Brody, Holman, Goodwin, Page, Plambeck, and Sheffield.
Others: John Dorward, Manly Palmer, Alois Calkmmyn and Cy Hogue.
Meeting convened at 7:30 PM
Frank Sheffield read a letter which he proposed that the Planning Board sign
thanking Rick Haug for his service as Zoning Officer. The Board approved..
Item 1- Consideration of proposed subdivision of Dynasty Corporation. Cyrus
Houge representing Mr. James Freeland was to provide answers to questions raised
at the last planning board meeting, as well as answers to the points raised by the
Orange County Planning Department in the memo of July 27, 1982. Mr. Houge said he
could not say how much of the area would be paved since the prospective buyer,
Foodtown, had not formalized their plans. Drainage from the area goes into a
ditch on the west side of the service road and runs down to a concrete drain at
the triangle of the service road and Rebecca Drive. "We would have no objection
to providing a drainage easement," stated Mr. Houge. One area questioned, a bank,
is on state property. Mr. Callamyn noted that there is a shallow ditch on the
east side of the service road. Mr. Cannity pointed out that it would be better
to settle the drainage questions prior to the transfer of the property.
Mr. Sheffield questioned the status of Rebecca Drive and the Service Road in
terms of paving and "public" versus "private." Mr. Cannity noted that the private
road is maintained by the property owners who use it, while the public road is
dedicated to the State of North Carolina and built to the State's secondary road
standards. A public road could be offered to the Town of Hillsborough and built
to some standards specified by the Town.. It was never the intent of the Orange
County Subdivision Regulations to allow private roads to service commercial property,
according to Mr. Cannity. Commercial use means heavier traffic so a road serving
a commercial area would need to be properly maintainedand constructed to a safe
standard to allow for police, fire, delivery trucks and customer traffic. On a
public road, the police would enforce the traffic laws. Private road standards
are 20 foot wide road with a 60 foot right of way and a 4 inch surface. The
secondary road standards. would require 6 inches of crushed stone and 2 inches of
asphalt, which would make it less subject to washouts. Currently Rebecca Drive
is suitable for a residential street, but needs more paving for commercial traffic.
Mr. Houge said that Mr. Freeland is not inclined to upgrade the roads, which would
need more asphalt and possibly more gravel base. A maintenance agreement could
be drawn up so that the stores using the road, Rebecca Drive, could agree to maintain
the road and let the Town enforce the agreement, according to Mr. Houge, who also
felt that the stores would maintain the road without having to be forced to do so.
Mr. Cannity suggested that the Town Board be consulted regarding the road issue.
If the Town Board feels that a private road is acceptable in this case, the County
Planning Staff would agree. If the road were to be a private road, a road maintenance
agreement needs to be drawn up and approved by the county attorney, which is a time-
consuming process.
Mr. Houge noted that there is a fire hydrant within 500 feet. Mr. Callamyn noted that
there would be no pressure problem, since the hydrant is uphill. Mr. Houge noted that
the sprinkler requirements would depend on the type of building and the building codes.
Mr. Houge noted that the speed limit was too fast at that point on Churton Street and
would need to be lowered with the additional traffic generated by additional development.
If old 86 were widened by NC DOT the service road might be consumed by the process, but
it would not affect the access to the property under discussion, according to Mr. Houge.
Mr. Sheffield asked if Dynasty expected to have an access from the service road to this
property. Mr. Houge said they did not.
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Mr. Sheffield recommended that the power lines on the property be put underground.
Mr. Houge agreed that this was desirable and that the Town might want to amend the
Zoning Ordinance in the future to allow for this.
Mr. Sheffield also noted that although the Zoning.Ordinance does not include a
requirement for landscaping, he wanted to recommend to Mr. Houge that landscaping
be undertaken so that the area would be something more than building and asphalt.
Ms. Cox noted that a study needed to be made of the need for a third lane and a
traffic light on Churton near Duke Power. NC DOT should be asked for the study.
Mr. Sheffield suggested that this topic be added to the Work Session with the
Town Board on August 26, 1982, in order to finalize comments and move ahead with
it expeditiously.
Mr. Sheffield called on Nancy Goodwin for her committee report. The Section 8
*committee was interested in creating a new multi -family district. .rection IU
Committee was leaving multi -family in R-10. Ms. Goodwin requested comments.
Discussion ensued regarding spot zoning, conditional use process for multi -family
housing and limitation of the number of units allowed in any one development.
Discussion of possible sending of conditional use permits with town -wide impact
potential to the Town Board for final approval if after discussion with Town
Board Members this method would be satisfactory. Further discussion at Planning
Board and Board of Adjustment Meetings is planned.
General agreement on limiting the number of units of multi -family housing in
one development to 40 on 5 acres at 8 units per acre as a proposed part of the
possible changes to the Zoning Ordinance was noted. Screening of multi -family
units from surrounding residential areas was discussed. 60 feet from the side
lot lines was noted as desirable.
The meeting was adjourned at 10;10.
Amendments to the August 19, 1982 minutes of the Planning Board were made on
October 7, 1982 and include correction of the spelling of names in the first
part under members present and others as well as an additional sentence to
be added to the paragraph on the Section 8 Committee report: *Consensus on
creating a new multi -family district was expressed by the Planning Board.