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HomeMy Public PortalAbout8.4.1986 Agenda & Minutes Planning BoardMayor Frank H. Sheffield, Jr. Commissioners Myron L. Martin Horace H. Johnson Allen A. Lloyd Remus J. Smith Rachel H. Stevens c�uwn of R111sharou#4 HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 Town Clerk Agatha Johnson Supt. Water Works James Pendergraph Street Supt. L.D. Wagoner Chief of Police Arnold W. Hamlett Fire Chief John Forrest To: Planning Board and News Media From: Evelyn Poole -Kober, Chairman Re: Agenda for Planning Board Meeting scheduled for August 7, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. at the Town ball Date: August 4, 1986 Item 1: Approval of Minutes from the June 5 and July 1, 1986 meetings. Item 2: Recommendation on Gates' rezoning request. Item 3: Recommendation on Freeland rezoning request. Item 4: Committee Reports PLANNING BOARD MINUTES August 7, 1986 Members present: Evelyn Poole -Kober, Chairman; Bob Rose, Hilda Brody, Tarleton Davis, Barbara Page, Dr. Robert Murphy, Margaret Moore and Jim Culbreth. Others: Randy Moore and Warren Gates The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by the Chairman. Item 1: Approval of Minutes from the June 5 and July 1, 1986 meetings. A correction should be made to the June 5 minutes correcting Calvin -Davis' name to Calvin Ashley. Rose made a motion for approval of the June 5 -,.minutes as corrected, Davis seconded it. The motion,was.carried. ..Rose !made a motion for approval of the July 1 minutes, Moore -seconded it. The motion was carried. The Chairman asked if there were any additions to the agenda. Brody asked that Walker's property on Tryon Street be added. Poole -Kober asked that a furniture refinishing business at Hassell St. and Margaret Lane be added. Item 2: Recommendation on Gates' Rezoning request. This request went to Public Hearing on July 21. Rose made a motion that the rezoning request from R-20 to R-10 be denied, Brody seconded it. The Chairman reported that she had met with Joe Haynes and Dwight Kel.ly_.with the Department of Transportation for their recommendation concerning this proposed development. She reported that their findings showed that the site distance would be impared due to the hills and curves of the road. They recommended that a left turn lane with a 450 foot taper and a right turn lane with a 150 foot taper would be required to ensure safety. Mr. Kelly stated that in the near future that Oakdale would be a 5 lane road and recommended that a 40' road frontage right-of-way would be required. Gates responded that a 50' buffer has already been proposed for the development. THe Chairman also said that Mr. Kelly said that the entrance to the development should be located as far west on the property as possible due to the lay out of the road. Rose stated that based on the report from the Town engineer that a sewer pumping station would be required since there was not a gravity sewer service available at this time and that jockey pumps would have to be installed in the booster pumping station to provide adequate water service that the request be denied. Page said that she would welcome the applicants to return with a cluster type development (after talking with Marvin Collins) and after the availability of water to serve the development is better known. Planning Board Minutes Page 2 August 7, 1986 Poole -Kober stated that she would like to see some recreational, _facilities included in the development. :Brody stated that in the past the Board had not.liked to change the zoning: All members who were present at the public hearing voted in favor of Rose's motion. The recommendation to deny the rezoning request will be forwarded to the Town Board. Item 3: Recommendation on Freeland rezoning request. This request went to public hearing on July 21. Page made a motion to deny the rezoning request from Office -Institutional to General Commercial, Rose seconded it. Goodwin who was not present at the meeting but was present at the public hearing forwarded her recommendation to the Chairman'saying that she was not in favor of rezoning -to General Commercial but was in favor of Neighborhood Business. Ashley who also was not present at the meeting but at the public hearing stated that.he felt Office -Institutional acted as a buffer between residential and commercial. The applicant had first asked that the property be rezoned to Neighborhood Business but it did not meet the criteria of the ordinance. Applicant then asked that it be rezoned to General Commercial. The Town Attorney stated that a public hearing would not be required for this change since Neighborhood Business was a more restrictive zoning. At the Public Hearing the applicant stated that she wished to have either a beauty parlor or a public relations business in her home and she could not do this being zoned Office -Institutional. The Board felt that a public relations business could be a permitted use in an Office -Institutional zoning under the ordinance requirements. The Board also felt that this was a similar situation fora rezoning request which was denied for property on Highway 70 stating that Highway,70 acted as a buffer between residential and commercial. The members felt that Corbin Street acts as a buffer between commercial and residential. The motion made by Page and seconded by Rose was carried unanimously. Item 4: Committee Reports Brody reported that the Historic District Commission had denied a request for renovations to the Turner -Strudwick office and asked that a site plan be submitted. Brody reported for"the Greenways Committee that Trailways in Durham has dedicated a section of land running from 70 to Mt. Sinai Rd. Brody talked with Marianne Black who will be meeting with Ken -Thompson concerning developments in this area. They will be asking that any developer who builds in this area be required to donate 1/35 of an acre for each house built. Planning Board Minutes Page 3 Page reported that at the County ordinance review meeting that changes were being made to their mobile home ordinance. Page reported that the Board of Adjustment had granted -a -281--variance at Burnside and a 12' variance on Revere Road.. Page reported that she had attended an affordable housing.program and ghe material is on file in the Planning Department. Moore presented a list of the cemeteries in the town to the members. The Board is to designate on the map the location of the cemeteries. The'Board discussed how cemeteries should be zoned. The -Town Attorndy has been asked if a separate zoning was needed for cemeteries. Poole -Kober talked with Richard Ducker who said that the use was more important than the owner, explaining that allowing an office -institutional zoning in the middle of a residential zoning could allow for an expansion of the 0-1 use, making the cemetery an.accessory use and the expansion the use. The members felt that burial sites should be zoned.the same •as their surrounding zonings. The members were concerned with the vacant lot on Tryon Street belonging to Alan Walker being filled with crusher run since there is a creek on this property. Page said she would contact Warren Faircloth, Erosion Control Officer to check this matter out. The Chairman reported that there is a furniture refinishing business being conducted from a garage located at Hassell Street and Margaret Lane. This matter was tabled until the next meeting to see if permits were granted. The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m. Minutes reported by Janet Cole.