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HomeMy Public PortalAbout6.2.1983 Planning Baord Agenda and MinutesMayor Lucius M. Cheshire Jr. Commissioners Allen A. Lloyd W. Paul Martin Remus J. Smith Rachel H. Stevens Lynwood J. Brown May 27, 1983 Jiv m,�jitvtt at tUohvrvr* Town Clerk Agatha Johnson HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 Supt. Water Works C. E. Rosemond �SBORO� s c� Street Supt. / �G L. D. Wagoner 4 1 Chief of Police 0 \ e RrlT Arnold W. Hamlett h C ^a0 To: Planning Board and News of Orange From: Frank Sheffield Agenda for Planning Board Meeting, June 2, 1983, 7:30 P.M. at the Town Hall Item 1- Subdivision Courtesy Review of Bessie Crabtree property subdividing off one lot at the Southeast corner of East Drive, off of Boundary. Drive (off Terrell Road). The road and turnaround are the main issues. Item 2- Ben Lloyd questions the correct zoning of the service station at the Southwest corner of Corbin and Churton Streets. The maps record the zoning at R-20. Lloyd says that it has always been used commercially so the maps must be in error. Item 3- Rezoning of West Hillsborough: question of property zoned R-10 at the corner of WEst Hill and Piney Lane Item 4- Request to drop the 150 foot width lot requirement for duplexes in the Conditional Use Requirements of the Ordinance. Item 5- Committee Reports Item 6- Review of Sections 13 and 14 for preparation for Public Hearing HILLSBOROUGH PLANNING BOARD MINUTES June 2, 1983 Meeting Members present: Myron Martin -Vice Chairman (presiding), Hilda Brody, Judy Cox, Rick Cannity, Nancy Goodwin and Josephine Holman. Others present: Steve Yuhasz, Sue Jones, James Rae Freeland, Evelyn Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Ashley and Zoning Officer. Martin called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. He described the first item on the agenda, the subdivision courtesy review of a subdivision of one lot from the Bessie Crabtree property. The lot to be created would be at the southeast corner of East Drive, off of Boundary Drive. Maltbie noted that the Town Board would be reviewing the subdivision also since Orange County Planning Department wanted a statement that the Town would accept East Drive as a public road. The Town is currently maintaining East Drive which has only a 16 foot right of way for the road. Yuhasz said that most often when a Town maintains a street, they are willing to accept it as a public street. Maltbie noted that 16 feet was needed for pavement or roadbed and additional footage Baas needed for side ditches. Mr. Smith said that six or eight feet of additional right of way might be required on the west aide of the new segment of East Drive. In order for the Town to use Powell Bill funds on maintenance of the East Drive, the side ditches would have to be acquired. Yuhasz suggested waiting and letting the Town acquire the extra right of way that it wanted. Cannity noted that in the future, the Town would have to pay for the street right of way on East Drive, so the right of way should be obtained now for the segment of East Drive involved in the subdivision. He stated that the Ralph Neighbors lot doesn't now have public road access which it would have after the subdivision. The rectangular turnaround would be an improvement since there is no turnaround currently. Brody questioned notification of adjoining property owners and what the other owners felt about the subdivision. Yuhasz said that the owners had been informed and had not objected. Cannity made a motion that the Planning Board recommend approval of the subdivision with the condition that an additional eight feet of right of way be dedicated along the eastern boundary of lot number one. Cox seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Item 2 was considered. Ben Lloyd said the maps were in error on his service station at the corner of Corbin and Churton since the use had always been commercial. His statements were relayed to the Planning Board by the Zoning Officer as part of the agenda. Since Mr. Lloyd was not present, the next item was considered. The next item had been added to the agenda. Mr. Freeland and Mrs. Jones were interested in an interpretation of the Ordinance regarding lots without Town sewer lines. Cannity suggested that the proper procedure would be for the Zoning Officer to make a written interpretation and that interpretation could be appealed to the Board of Adjustment if the property owner or representative disagreed with the interpretation. Page two, Planning Board Minutes, June 2, 1983 Cox said that she believed that at the time of the ordinance.preparation, Section 2 was intended to require both water and sewer systems in order to allow building on a 20,000 square foot lot. The revisions to the ordinance will make this section of the ordinance clearer. Martin noted that the Zoning Officer's ruling could be appealed to the Board of Adjustment if the applicant disagreed. Item 3 was considered next. The rezoning of West Hillsborough and possible map errors were discussed. C. Ashley said that some of the land in West Hillsborough should have been upgraded one and one-half years ago. One parcel of land in parti- cular could be rezoned to R-15 from R-10; the Ashleys and Evelyn Hicks thought the land was rezoned during the West Hillsborough rezoning. Martin said that other people in West Hillsborough thought there were some areas that were supposed to have been rezoned at that time.. Cox said that if the majority of lots in a block were too small to be upgraded, the block would be left R-10. It would have been unfair to people with smaller lots to penalize them. Holman questioned why this was being brought up and if someone was starting to put something in that would be undesirable. Hicks said that the neighbors did not know that the lot in question (34-Q-1) was zoned R-10 until a variance on adjacent property was requested recently. The neighbors are concerned about someone putting a mobile home on the lot and renting it. The lot is now for sale. The recommendation was made that the neighbors ask the property owner if she wants to request a rezoning. Since the Town Board adopted the Zoning Map as shown after public hearings and Planning Board recommendation, the only method of change of that map would be through the rezoning process. Item 2 was considered next. The service station at the Southwest corner of Corbin and Churton Streets was a closed station at the time that the 1979 Zoning Ordinance was adopted. Cox said that it was not an error that the station property was zoned residential. Martin said that Frank Sheffield had told him that he would prefer that Mr. Lloyd wait until Section 8 was completed. Also non -conforming uses were to be studied by a graduate student and recommendations were to be made on all of the non -conforming uses. Mr. Lloyd could wait for the non -conforming uses to be considered by the Planning Board or he could request a rezoning. The service station operators are wanting to use their location to sell furniture in addition to their current business. They did sell furniture on the weekends until they found out that they could not do that with their non -conforming status. Goodwin said that under Section 8 revisions, some non -conforming uses will have to have a conditional use permit and will have a year to come into compliance. Holman pointed out the need for something to be done about loud noise' Martin agreed and suggested that the Planning Board recommend that the*Town Board adopt a noise ordinance. Cox suggested getting some model noise ordinances; particularly from Carrboro. Item 4 was referred to the Multi -family Committee. Zoning Officer requested one additional month for the Payne MHPs, which was granted. V. Page three, Planning Board Minutes, June 2, 1983 Brody suggested adding two goals for the coming year to the Planning Board's agenda: 1- Upgrading and including the mill village in the Historic District. (This is the area Southwest of King and Nash Streets.) 2- Public Meeting of the Planning Board and the Historic District Commission with a presentation by Archives and History Department of State government. Sections 13 and 14 were sent to the .Institute of Government for comments. The meeting was adjourned.