HomeMy Public PortalAbout11.7.1985 Planning Board Agenda and Minutest
Mayor
Frank H. Sheffield, Jr.
Commissioners
Lynwood J. Brown
Horace H. Johnson
Allen A. Lloyd
Remus J. Smith
Rachel H. Stevens
01 own of IfiffishoroucA
HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278
To: Planning Board and News Media
From: Myron Martin, Chairman
Re: Agenda for Meeting of the Planning Board to be held at 7:30 P.M. on
November 7, 1985 at the Town Hall.
Date: November 4, 1985
Town Clerk
Agatha Johnson
Supt. Water Works
James Pendergraph
Street Supt.
1. D. Wagoner
Chief of Police
Arnold W. Hamlett
Fire Chief
John Forrest
Item 1: Approval of minutes for meetings held on - nd October 17, 1985
Item 2: Announcement of Planning Board Workshop sponsored by Triangle J Council
of Governments to be held in Apex on November 20.
Item 3: Presentation of the Raleigh Greenways Program, by Chuck Flink, Planner
with the City of Raleigh.
Item 4: Courtesy Review of Scotswood planned development rezoning and special
use permit. Property is located at the intersection of St. Mary's Rd. (SR 1002)
and US 70 Bypass, just north of Carolina Ave. Applicant is requesting a Planned
Development -Housing Residential -2 for 290.03 acres; a Planned Development -Housing
Residential -5 for 29.50 acres; and a Planned Development General Commercial IV for
10.43 acres.
Item 5: Courtesy review of rezoning application for Timbers Phases V and VI,
a residential mobile home development. Request is to rezone 13.18 acres to
Planned Development -Housing Residential -8 to place 82 units on the site.
Property is located off of Orange Grove Rd. (SR -1006), just southwest of the
intersection of I-85 and Orange Grove Rd. Tax Map reference is 38A, Lot 1 in
Hillsborough Township.
Item 6: Review of West Hillsborough Redevelopment Plan.
Item 7: Review of recommendation by the Board of Adjustment to change the
sideyard setback requirement for R-10 districts.
Item 8: Zoning ,V1oda�_toiTs Report.
Item 9: Review of Gates Building Associate's proposal to develop lot behind
building located at 228 S. Churton St. Referenced Lot 18, Tax Map,36,.Block.E
has been rezoned to Office -Institutional. Further information to be provided
at the next meeting.
NOTE TO BOARD MEMBERS: To ensure that a quorum will be present, please notify the
Town Hall (732-2104) if you will be unable to attend this meeting.
MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 7, 1985
PLANNING BOARD MEETING
Members present: Myron Martin, Chairman; Evelyn Poole -Kober, Hilda Brody, Bob Rose,
Tarleton Davis, Jim Culbreth and Barbara Page
Others present: McKibben Lane, David Van Galen, Charlene Pilkey, Laura Hill, Zoning
Officer and Kathy Babbitt, News of Orange.
The Chairman asked if there were any additions to the Agenda.
Culbreth asked to add selling of Christmas trees by the Jaycees. It was added
at Item 10.
Poole -Kober asked to add an item concerning the purchasing of maps: -from --Triangle
J Council of Governments. It was added as Item 11.
Brody asked to discuss the passing of the ordinance and to have a full time planner.
It was added as Item 12.
Item 1- Approval of the October 17th minutes. Page made a motion to approve the
minutes, Brody seconded it. The motion was carried.
Item 2- Announcement of Planning Board Workshop sponsored by Triange J Council
of Governments to be held in Apex on November 20. All the members of Planning
Board will be attending the workshop except Davis, Culbreth and Martin.
Item 3- Presentation of the Raleigh Greenways Program, by Chuck Flink, Planner
with the City of Raleigh. The Zoning Officer reported that this item had been
cancelled and that Mr. Flink will be at next month's meeting.
Poole -Kober gave a report on the Greenway's Committee.
Poole -Kober attended the Triangle J Greenway's Task Force Meeting. Brody and Hill
also attended. She reported that there were representatives from.the different
areas in the Triangle J region reporting on activities in greenways projects.
The Recreational Director from Alamance County reported how their greenways were
developed after setting up their task force. Their greenway plan is ready for
submittal to their Commissioners. Their trails were tied in with historic sites
in the County. He was interested in having Hillsborough tie in with one of the
trails in Alamance County. Brody pointed out some areas where his would be
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possible. The Chatham County Representative reported on the River.
A Boy Scout from Durham reported on work he was doing with the Eagle Scouts in the
area of Duke Forest and the old Couch Farm located in the southwest Durham area.
One of the roads mentioned in his report runs into Orange County. He presented
a slide presentation on the greenways and trails they had built through the Duke
Forest area.
The Zoning Officer talked with someone from the Orange County Recreation Dept.
and indicated that the Planning Board was interested in starting a Greenways
Program as well as meeting with the Recreation Dept. and having their input
on the project.
Poole -Kober would like for the Greenways Committee to have a map of Orange County
and Hillsborough.
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November 7, 1985
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Item 7- Review of recommendation by the Board of Adjustment to change the
sideyard setback requirement for R-10 districts.
The Zoning Officer reported that the issue came up at the last Board of Adjustment
meeting and the Zoning Officer was aware of it earlier since a number of variances
from the sideyard setback requirements for mobile homes are being granted. The
problem is that a large number of lots in the R-20 district are 100' wide and 200'
in depth, and mobile homes are now 70' long, making it impossible to meet the
sideyard setback requirement when placed across the width of the property (1001).
A 60' mobile home can meet the requirement if placed correctly on the lot. The
Zoning Officer is of the opinion taht if there is a problem of meeting this
requirement that the setback requirement should be changed. If there is a problem
whereby a zoning standard is not being met and the situation is wide spread, then
the zoning ordinance should be amended, rather than variances granted from that
standard.
Culbreth asked if the ordinance was being enforced;.had anyone been asked to move
their mobile home.
The Zoning Officer said there is a situation now where one is having to be moved
to the center of the lot.
Brody suggested that the mobile home dealers inform the buyers that the ordinance
must be followed when purchasing their mobile home.
The Zoning Officer said the problem is that most of the new mobile homes are 70'
long. In order to meet the setback requirement mobile homes must be placed on the
lot length wise. Adjacent property owners don't want front doors facing the side
but rather the driveways. She said that legally the variances should not be granted,
but that the ordinance should be amended to address this problem.
Poole -Kober agreed that the variances should not be granted, that the ordinance
should be enforced, and that the setbacks should be left as they are. She suggested
that the mobile homes be placed correctly on the lot so that the setbacks would be
met, and that the owners landscape around the ;nobile home to leave a buffer between
the adjacent property owners.
Rose commented that if you change the sideyard requirement then a permanent structure
could be put within 15', if a 5' variance was granted. He said he thought the
oridnance should be enforced and if there is a hardship then it should be investigated
before hand.
Rose made a motion that 1) the Planning Board send a letter to the oar. of
Adjustment to state their concerns about variances being granted for mobile
homes which infringe upon the normal setbacks, and that thev look carefully at the
variances in this area. 2) Send a letter of notification to the local mobile home
dealers requesting that they make it known to those people wishing to locate in
Hillsborough's jurisdiction that sideyard setbacks be taken into consideration prior
to the purchase of the home and that the buyers contact the Zoning Officer in
Hillsborough if there are any problems with meeting the requirements of the zoning
ordinance, and 3) that the issue of landscaping their mobile home should be
suggested by the Zoning Officer. Page seconded the motion. The motion was
carried.
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November 7, 1985
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Item 8- Zoning Violations Report
a) Pizza Construction Co. has replaced the lighting with a light approved by the
Historic District Commission.
b) Collins and Benton has a partially skirted mobile home and a junked car out front.
c) Mary Wilson Heirs - Unsafe building
d) Eno & Bellvue - Unsafe building, Martin said one of the buildings had been
boarded up.
e) FCX - Mayor Sheffield said they were going to tear the building down in 90 days
and take out the tanks. This has not been done yet.
f) Terrell's Tires - The Zoning Officer talked with Ms. Lloyd. She indicated that
Terrell had taken a_couple of -loads out W -k-4 the instruction of DEM, and for her
to call Tony Laws again and get him get DEM on the matter again. The Zoning Officer
talked with someone in Solid and Hazard Waste again and was told there is still no
money for solid waste.
g) There is a mobile home on Harper St. that does not have a zoning permit.
h) There is a burnt mobile home off of Harper St. which must be removed.
i) Off Virginia Cates Road there is a trailer that is not skirted.
j) Daniel Boone Complex there is a mobile home next to Food Lion that CCB and Southern
Leisure Homes installed.
k) Mobile home on the corner of King and Nash needs to be skirted. They have been
notified.
1) Wesley Woods - storage of material in the alleyway. The Zoning Officer went and
talked with one of the Commissionrs who said to write a letter of violation.
m) Daniel Boone Complex - One mobile home setup, but Zoning Officer is not sure
if it is in the correct place.
n) Crawford Mobile Home Park there is no new information and no action has been
taken. The Chairman instructed the Zoning Officer that when the new attorney
has been appointed to inform him of this situation.
o) Mayor Sheffield said that on Lakeshore Dr. trash is being dumped.
Item 4- Courtesy Review of Scotswood planned development rezoning and special
use permit. Property is located at the intersection of St. Mary's Rd. (SR 1002)
and US 70 Bypass, just north of Carolina Ave. Applicant is requesting a Planned
Development -Housing Residential -2 for 290.03 acres; a Planned Development -Housing
Residential -5 for 29.50 acres; and a Planned Development General Commercial IV for
10.43 acres.
The Zoning Officer is currently working on an area study for the Scotswood Dev. and
presented a map of the existing landuses within the study area. Land uses were
broken down by density of development. Population and traffic projections will
also be done in the study area and will be presented for review at the February 186
public hearing. The Scotswood development will go to public hearing on November 25, 1985.
The Scotswood development consists of the following:
.423 single family lots, 1 unit per lot
.20,000 sq. ft. per acre.
.216 Townhouse units and a commercial shopping center
.For the population projection (1700) the Zoning Officer used a multiplier of 2.66
(average person for dwelling unit based on 1980 census).
.Comments on (provision of) water and sewer have not been made by the Town yet, but
it has been reviewed preliminarily by Horace Johnson who will make his comments to
the Town Board at Monday night's meeting (November 11).
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November 7, 1985
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The Scotswood area is located within the 10 year transistion area as designated by
the Orange County land use plan. It is currently zoned as Residential 1 (minimum
lot size 40,000 sq. ft). Proposal is to rezone as a planned development:
(a) Planned development for housing is R-2 which will be single family -2 units to
the acre or 20,000 sq. ft. minimum lot size; (b) R-5 -5 units to the acre
Proposed roads include Baldwin Road, Woodlawn Dr. and Scotswood Blvd.
Scotswood Blvd. will come out on US 70 and will be private. It is to be a 4 lane road
with a median. Another main collector will be Graham Dr. which will serve the
residential sections and connect onto Woodlawn Dr.
The residential lots which are along Carolina Ave. do not front on the Ave. All lots
will front onto the roads serving the development. The developers planned this project
to be a private development separate from Eastwood.
Phase I of the single family development will be at the southeast corner of the project.
Phase IIA is the northeast section of the single family development.
The multifamily section is to be developed next followed by the commercial area.
Lift stations will be at the southeast corner and northeast corner of the project.
The force main will come down St. Mary's Rd. One comment was whether or not the
people in Eastwood could hook into the force main. The pump station will be
available to them, but another collector system would have to be installed for
others to tap onto.
The Zoning Officer said approximately 6 acres of open space have been dedicated for
the single-family residential development.
Questions from the Planning Board members were as follows:
Page said that she would like to request that the setbacks be 20', not 15' for the
single family site.
Page commented that about 6 places have 4" water lines and it was stated that all
lines are to be 6". She said you can't hook a fire hydrant onto a 4" line.
The Zoning Officer said that hydrants are supposed to be installed every 500ft.
Page said there were no mention of fire walls in multi -family. The Zoning Officer
said this will be addressed under the building code requirements.
Page also asked about handicapped access, sidewalks, street lights and curb and
guttering.
Brody stated that all utilities have to be buried. She asked how close they are
to the Eno River. The Zoning Officer said approximately 1400 to 2000 ft.
Rose commented that the sewer pipes in the area of the creek will be un
,,,,e, pressure.
He does not think they should run that close to the crrek and that gar flow
lines are not that well protected. He stated that he thought the lines need to be
relocated away from the creek. They cross the creek in at least 2 places. The lines
need to be protected that are close to the water. Maybe have dual lines.
Page asked about garbage service, Rose said it was by private pick-up.
Rose said he thought the tax base should be increased, and that the lift stations
,Should be of sufficient size to accept the other residences along Highway 70. The
pump station will only be large enough for the proposed development.
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The Zoning Officer said her understanding was that the pump station would be available
for others to hook onto and that the Town would only need to provide a collector.
Page asked what kind of buffers will be provided. The Zoning Officer said they were
supposed to be a 100'.
Poole -Kober asked if there were any studies that showed that there is a higher
crire_xate with multi -use of property. She wanted to know who would provide police
protection. The Zoning Officer said the County will.
Rose asked about the open space recreation area being designated in one area.
He would like for it to be distributed throughout the residential development.
Conditions of Approval recommended by the Planning Board:
.Provision of street lights
.Sidewalks provided for both sides
.Ask that the sewer lines be more than a 100'
.That additional protective measures be added
creek
.That the sewer line be laid on a 6" sand base
.Mention of imprevious surface ratio
.Install lift station at the southeast section
size to serve others along St. Mary's Rd.
.Concerns about possible increase in crime and
from the creek
for the pipe line that goes next to the
of the site that it is of sufficient
tax services
.Mercury lights could be used for protective measures.
.Recommendation that the recreational space be divided up in the single-family area
and that more space be provided
.Traffic light installed
.Asked that jogging trails be provided along the creek
Culbreth made a motion to send the Planning Board recommendations to the County
Board, it was seconded by Poole -Kober. The motion was carried.
Martin asked the Zoning Officer that the recommendations be mailed to the County
Planning board members if not hand delivered to their homes.
Item 5- Courtesy review of rezoning application for Timbers Phases V and VI.
Page made a motion not to review the rezoning for Timbers Phases V and VI, because
Mr. Cates does not have his sewer engineering plans on file with DEM in Raleigh.
Poole -Kober seconded the motion. The motion was carried.
Item 9- Review of Gates Building Associate's proposal to develop lot behind building
located at 228 S. Churton St. Referenced Lot 18, Tax Map 36, Block E has been rezoned
to Office -Institutional.
Applicant is ice. Wring. The Zoning Officer said that when this was presented for the
rezoning that the applicant had said that the back lot was going to be used for
parking. As discussed at the public hearing Wang can develop the site for any
use permitted in 0-I zoning district. In the O.I. district there is a minimum
parking requirement of 1 parking space per 300 sq. gross floor area. Applicant is
proposing now that to either put a 2 story building or 1 building on the back lot.
The Zoning Officer indicated to the applicant that she should write to DOT indicating
that the area maybe developed as 3000 sq. ft. of office space, rather than the
1800 sq. ft. proposal earlier. Applicant will have to meet the setback requirements
for OI which are 30' from the front right-of-way and 20' for the side and rear
which must have a buffer to be approved by the Board of Adjustment since the property
abuts a residential zone.
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If the applicant meets these requirements he could build a 1700 sq. ft. building
with a width of only 15'. He could build a 2 story building behind the existing
building which faces Churton St. The Zoning Officer is going to send the development
proposal to DOT. Proposal will also have to go before the Historic District Commission
for their review. Applicant wants more than 1800 sq. ft—he wants 3000 sq. ft
orw• AftvpAa Cd ..-
Poole -Kober asked if the alleyway^could e opened up. There is a fence there now.
The applicant has been informed that the alleyway is closed.
Culbreth made a motion to recommend to the Town Board that the alleyway be opened up
for public use, Poole -Kober seconded it. The motion was carried.
Item 6- Review of West Hillsborough Redevelopment Plan.
Lane said that an application has been filed with the State which is a legal
requirement,.and they have secured a financial institution which will make the loan.
It has been noted specifically what the money will be used for. They have put in
2 1/2 million but their intent is to only use 2 million. The plan does not involve
the purchase of any land outside of the 42 acres that is included in the Mill
property for the Redevelopment.
The Zoning Officer said that the site plan shows a road going through; she would
like to know where it is located in the flood plain.
Van Galen said that deals with the ultimate development phase which is included
as an exhibit for information. There is a clause written into the plan which says
that any changes made in the preliminary site plan would have to come through the
redevelopment commission.
Poole -Kober suggested that they consider providing a day care facility to be shared
by the businesses that locate there.
Lane said that if there was a demand or a need then they would like to provide it.
Brody stated that she had received comments from residents on W. Hill Ave. concerning
the increase of traffic. She stated that she did not feel any trucks should be
permitted to go down W. Hill Ave. since it is a residential area.
Lane commented that he has no interest in bringing any traffic past the entrance
to the plant. Their concern is providing acess in and out of the plant for their
workers. He is to meet with Don Cox on Monday. They are aware that the amount
of traffic and the route used could be a problem and they will try to route it
so there will be no problems for downtown Hillsborough and the residents in the
area of the plant.
Mayor Sheffield stated that he thought the location of the road is something that
should be looked at carefully and that the construction of a rear entrance could
be a benefit to the downtown area.
Page made a motion for the adoption of the resolution recommending to the
Hillsborough Board of Commissioners that the redevelopment plan for the old
Cone Mills property be approved, Rose seconded it. The motion was carried.
Item 10- Culbreth asked the Planning Board for permission for the Jaycees to
sell Christmas trees from November 30th through December 12th at Don Lacefield's
Chevrolet parking lot. Advertisement will be through the paper. Rose made a motion
for approval, Brody seconded it. The motion was carried.
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Item 11- Poole -Kober asked that the money be taken from the budget to buy each
member of the Greenways Committee a map which shows the Triangle J area. The cost
of the map is $2.00. Rose said that he may be able to get a map for each of the
members. The Planning Board members said they would like to have one also.
Item 12- Brody suggested that a member of the Hillsborough Historical Society
be asked to attend the Planning Board meetings.
The Zoning Officer was instructed to send a letter from the Planning Board inviting
them.
Rose made a motion that the Town Board pass the new ordinance; that the Town
have a full time planner and a part time inspector, and that a computer be purchased
for the planning department. Brody seconded it. The motion was carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 P.M.
Minutes reported by Janet Cole.