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Allen A. Lloyd
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August 29, 1983
To: Planning Board and News of Orange
From: Frank Sheffield
Agenda for September 1, 1983 Planning Board Meeting at the Town Hall. As you
know the first Thursday of each month the Planning Board has the regularly
scheduled meeting at 7:30 P.M. Since the rezoning Public Hearing is at 7:00 P.M.
on that evening, the Planning Board Meeting will be held immediately after the
Public Hearing.
Agenda:
Item 1: Mrs. Elizabeth Collins is requesting a minor subdivision for a two
acre lot to be subdivided from her property at the Southeastern corner of
Churton and 70 A.
Item 2: Faribault Rezoning Request (If the Planning Board feels that they
have all the necessary information and is ready to make a recommendation on
this item, then it can be discussed.)
Item 3: Lloyd Rezoning Request (Same as in Item 2)
Item 4: Request from Roosevelt Warner to change the Ordinance to allow a
non -conforming use to enlarge 35 percent.
Item 5: Report on Hicks MHP
HILLSBOROUGH PLANNING BOARD
Minutes of September 1, 1983 Meeting
Members present: Sheffield -Chairman, Goodwin, Martin, Brody, Oakley and Dorward
Others: Clarence Payne, Ben Lloyd, Sharon Freeland,, Roosevelt Warner, and Kay
Maltbie, Zoning Officer
Sheffield called the meeting to order and read a letter of resignation from Arthur Plambec
Martin made a motion that a copy of the letter go to the Orange County Commissioners
and to the Town Board Members. Oakley seconded the motion which passed unanimously.
Martin suggested that the Town Board .should hold an interview session prior to the
next Town Board meeting so that new Planning Board members could be appointed as
soon as possible.
Item 1- Planning Board review of Miss Elizabeth Collins' request for a minor sub-
division. The map was reviewed. The new lot will face 70-A and will have two
acres so that the zoning is satisfied.
Dorward moved that the Planning Board recommend approval to Orange County. Brody
seconded the motion which passed unanimously.
Item 2- The Faribault property was considered regarding the request for rezoning.
Brody questioned the parking. Oakley said that parking wouldn't be a problem there.
Martin asked about the distance from the road. He said that there was a question of
future use since another barbeque place could be a problem in terms of parking and
the right of way. It is located outside the Historic District.
The Board noted that the Town Board could be asked to give relief to the 100 foot
right of way which the NC DOT had turned over to the Town . The one acre lot should
be recorded as a subdivision if it was not already recorded.
Dorward said that he felt more comfortable with it since it would be zoned Neighbor-
hood Business.
Payne said he could not understand why the Board was concerned and afraid that.i.if one
lot was zoned general commercial, more commercial requests would be made. He said
that as the Town grew there would be a need for more commercial.
Martin made a motion that a recommendation be made to the Town Board for approval
of the petition for rezoning to Neighborhood Business by Mr. Far ibault subject to
the proper subdivision of the lot and subject to the Town Board's changing the
right of way from 100 feet to no more than 60 feet along Exchange Park Lane.
Brody seconded the motion which passed unanimously.
Item 3- Lloyd rezoning request. Brody suggested and made a motion that consideration
of the request be delayed until input from the Historic District Commission and Chairm.-x-n
could be obtained. Martin approved the motion and said that he could like to view
the property before he made a decision.
Dorward suggested acting in a reasonable time for Mr. Lloyd. Dorward seconded the
motion which passed unanimously.
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Payne said that the property has been used commercially for years. There is no
need for the Historic District Commission to be involved in the recommendation.
Martin said that it the right of each resident to enjoy the land. The neighbor
(Sharon Freeland) is opposed. I feel that I should view it.
Sheffield suggested combining the special session to consider the Lloyd rezoning
request with a work session on the proposed revisions to the Zoning Ordinance.
Lloyd asked if there was any information that he could get for the Board.
Brody asked how he could have gone to the Town Board about it being commercial.
Lloyd said that it had been commercial in 1948. He could not understand how the
property could ever have been zoned residential. He said that he was not notified.
He noted that the wall map in the zoning office had said that the property was
zoned commercial. The Zoning Officer said that the first time Mr. Lloyd had
come to check on the zoning, he had been informed that the official map said that
the property was zoned residential and that the wall map was in error and would
be corrected. The map in the barn was also checked at the same time. The note
on the property said "closed station." Mr. Lloyd was aware of that at the time.
Discussion of the date of a meeting to discuss the rezoning request was held.
There was not one evening convenient for all, but a meeting had to be called in
order to comply with the ordinance requirement that a recommendation be made
within thirty days.
Oakley made a motion that a special meeting be convened in 30 days with the
meeting to be called by the chairman and coupled with a work session. Dorward
seconded the motion which passed unanimously.
Item 4 Warner asked that the Planning Board consider a .revision to the Ordinance
allowing a nonconforming business to enlarge 35 percent in his written request.
At the meeting, Warner said that he needed to change that to allow the enlargement
of a business to 50 percent.
Sheffield said that virtually the entire ordinance is now under revision. This
request would apply to all nonconforming uses and would be a significant change.
He would send it to the subcommittee working on the nonconforming section.