HomeMy Public PortalAbout5.1.1986 Agenda & Minutes Planning BoardHILLSBOROUGH PLANNING BOARD
MINUTES
May 1, 1986
Members present: Evelyn Poole -Kober, Chairman; Calvin Ashley, Barbara Page,
Hilda Brody, Bob Rose, Margaret Moore, Jim Culbreth and Dr. Robert Murphy.
Others: A. W. Kenion, Marianne Black and Laura Hill, Zoning Officer.
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by the Chairman.
Item 1: Approval of minutes from April 3, 1986. Brody stated that under
Item 3, Page 1, it should read Class C road instead of classy road. Page made
a motion for approval, Rose,:seconded it. The motion was carried.
Poole -Kober asked that a discussion of the By-laws for the. Planning Board
be added as Item 12.
Item 3: Review of Conditional Use Permit submitted by Orange County Parks
and Recreation. Since this is a CU1, the Planning Board must review the
proposal and send a recommendation to the Board of Adjustment. The Planning
Department's analysis will be presented on May 1.
The proposal for the park called the North Fairview Park is approximately 41.75
acres. The Planning Board will review the proposal and make their recommendation
which will be forwarded to the Board of Adjustment for their May 28th meeting.
The Zoning Officer felt the proposal met all the 4 findings listed in the
ordinance, and felt that the 3rd finding -that it is a public necessity for the
Town of Hillsborough- was important since numerous citizens have stated the
need for a park in this area. They are preserving a lot of open spaces and
green areas on the site. The Zoning Officer felt that they did meet all
applicable standards and dimensional requirements listed for a public park.
An overall plan was included showing where the site is located in relationship
to the surrounding land uses. A site analysis was provided showing contour lines and
drainage patterns. The flood prone area is not actually shown to be a flood way
or flood plain on the flood insurance rate maps, however; the area was marshy, but
has been drained. Also included was a plan showing the open space area, the location
of the tot lot and ball fields. As required in the Conditional Use Permit
section, elevation levels for each of the facilities was provided. Also submitted
was a sign proposal and a planting schedule. The soccer field will be located
on the northern part of the track. The area is now zoned Office -Institutional.
No side or rear yard setbacks are required, but there is a 35' front setback
requirement. There is a requirement for type 2 screening with intermittent trees
15' high. Trees are totally surrounding the site so there is already natural
screening provided. There will be a total of 92 parking spaces provided, handi-
capped parking will be available. There will be a sheltered area with restroom
facilities;& picnic area. Access will be off Edward St. and it meets the driveway
requirement of 20' wide. The islands in the parking lot will be grass with trees.
The applicant has been informed that if any changes or modifications should be
made to the site plan that she would be required to come back before the Board
for approval and there could be a possibility that conditions could be placed
on the Conditional Use Permit. The County will maintain the park. The Board then
went through the 4 findings which are required under Section 4 Conditional Use
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Brody made a motion to recommend approval of Finding A - that the use will not
materially endanger the public health, safety and general welfare, if located
where proposed and developed and operated accroding to the plan as submitted.
Ashley seconded it. Page made a motion to accept Finding B - The use, which is
listed as a Conditional Use in the district in which it is proposed to be located,
complies with all applicable regulations and standards, including the provisions
of Section 3.5 and Section 5 of this Ordinance, unless greater or different
regulatons are contained in the individual standards for the specific Conditional
Use. Ashley seconded it. Moore made a motion for approval of Finding C -
The use will not substantially injure the value of contiguous property, or the
use is a public necessity. Brody seconded it. Ashley made a motion
for approval of Finding D - The use is in compliance with the general plans for
the physical development of the Town as embodied in these regulations or in the
Comprehensive Plan, or portion thereof, adopted by the Town Board of Commissioners.
Rose seconded it. Rose made a motion to recommend approval, Brody seconded it.
Page recommended to send the proposal to the County for their review and comments
since it is in their preview. The motion was carried.
Item 6: Recommendation on John Wright rezoning request. Page made a motion
to deny the rezoning request to General Commercial, Moore seconded it. The
Board's decision was based on the following findings:
1. Does not meet the criteria of being adjacent to commercial zoning as
stated in Section 2.8.
2. This would open up this area to more commercial development and
destroy the neighborhood area.
3. This is a potential traffic hazzard, requiring substantial grading
to construct a driveway which would be on -grade.
4. Concern about drainage problem on the west side of the property.
5. This would be "spot zoning" and would set a precedent for similar
cases.
The Board also stressed that. Hwy. 70 acts as a natural divider between the
commercial area along the north side and residential to the south.
All members who were present at the public hearing voted unanimously to deny
the rezoning request.
Item 4: Courtesy review of Wayside Subdivision. The Zoning Officer asked that
this item be deleted from the agenda since no new information was received.
She asked that the Odie Street subdivision be reviewed at this time.
The area is now zoned R-10 and meets the minimum lot size requirement of 10,000-.0 11)'
ft. There is an existing mobile home on the ..lot now which is only 15' from the
lot line, but the mobile home is existing. The new lot line will be a distance
of 25.5 ft. from the mobile home. Setbacks on the plan are 25' from the front,
and 20' from the side and rear. Water is available to the area, but the Zoning
Officer was not certain if sewer was available. Rose made a motion to.'recommend
for disapproval based on the informaiton provided due to a discrepancy as to
whether sewer lines are available to this property at this time, Murphy seconded
it. The motion passed unanimously.
Item 8: -equest by James Rae Freeland for rezoning of property at the southwest
quadrant of I-85 and new NC 86. This is a request to go to Public Hearing on May 19.
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The Zoning Officer reported that the property has already been rezoned to
PD - GC4, PDI -I2. A small section which is partly zoned R -I was added
to the area, but was not rezoned. The Zoning Officer stated her understanding
is that the petition for rezoning will be decided on the 12th; it has already
gone to public hearing. The proposal is to rezone to General Commercial.
The property is proposed for satellite annexation.
Item 2: Sub -committee reports.
The map committee had no report at this time. Poole -Kober asked the committee
to check out the areas that were said to be non -conforming.
Brody reported that the greenways committee had checked with Marianne Black
with the Orange County Parks and Recreation Department. Black will, supply
a copy of their study.
Cemetery committee - Moore reported that they had located 8 cemeteries and the
marker for the regulators. She said there is an inventory of all cemeteries in
the County at the Register of Deeds. The Zoning Officer stated that she would
like to identify the cemeteries on the tax map.
Brody reported that the Historic District Commission had presented their first
Certificate of Appreciation to Clinton Lindley.
t Page reported that the Board of Adjustment had denied 2 variance requests and
granted a Conditional Use Permit to Tom Roberts for the Parks -Richmond house.
The Zoning Officer reported that that the Town Board requested that the Town
Attorney write language allowing certain signs to be placed on Churton St.
Item 5: Recommendation--on-ordinance amendments presented at the Public Hearing
held on April 21. Culbreth made a motion to adopt Michael Brough's
recommendations as they are stated, Page seconded it. The motion was carried.
Item 7: Recommendation on Pantry Area Study. This is going to Public Hearing
on May 27th. The Zoning Officer presented maps showing the existing land uses
in the Town's planning jurisdicttion, current land use plan for Orange County,
map showing plan devised by the Hillsborough Township Advisory Council, and
2 alternate plans for the Pantry Area Study. Culbreth made a motion to accept
Alternate A with further information provided on the resources conservation area,
Ashley seconded it. The motion was carried.
Item 10: Review of budget proposal submitted for the Planning Department.
Page made a motion for recommendation of approval of the budget proposal as
read, Ashley seconded it. The motion was carried.
Item 11: Zoning Violations report. the Zoning Officer reported that her
hours will now be from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 A M. She reported that the parking
plan for Mary Davis has not at this time been worked out.
Item 12: By-laws will be added to a later agenda.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 p.m.
Minutes reported by Janet Cole.