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HomeMy Public PortalAbout5.5.1988 Agenda & Minutes Planning BoardITEM #1 ITEM #2: �vwn of Tiflisborou#4 HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 AGNDA PLANNI. G BOARD MAY j., 1988 6: 3t PM Consideration of additions to the agenda. Matters for Public Hearing of May 26, 1988: ITEM #2A'' Rezoning requests #R83 and #R84 of Warren Summey and Lorene Turner (adjacent property owners) to rezone 2 lots on the south side of Hwv 70 from R-20 to GC. ITEM #2B: Amendment to reduce the notification requirements for Conditional Use Permits and amendments to the zoning map. ITEM #2C: Amendment proposal of Cyrus Hogue to reduce the stream buffer requirements (attachments) ITEM #2D: Amendment to delete Section 5.22 regarding development on Eno Mountain (attachments) ITEM #2E: Amendment to revise section 5.19.2.E and section 5.20.2.c to change the requirement that Fire Chief give approval. to projects to the Fire Chief give a recommendation to projects. ITEM #2F: To add a new section 5.23 to require evaluation and requiremen-s of fire hydrants for projects (attachments) ITEM #3: Update on the complaint of Daniel Wagner on conditions on on the Rex Drive area. Please visit area if possible. (to be distributed at meeting) ITEM #4: Changes to the proposed amendment to add additional buffer standards along the interstate highways per Orange County's request. (attachments) ITEM #5: Land Use Outline discussion. 4�61 NIS TAC M1ec+,nq If you cannot attend this meeting, please notify Janet Rigsbee at 732-2104 as soon as possible. MINUTES PLANNING BOARD MAY 5, 1988 MEMBERS Bob Rose (Chair), Barbara Page, Ida Louise Evans, Calvin Ashley, PRESENT: Margaret Moore, Cheshire Cole, David Cates, Jim Culbreth MEMBERS Dr. Robert Murphy, Tarleton Davis, Robin Coleman (illness sin ABSENT: OTHERS: Daniel and Barbara Wagner, Carl Hill, Hervey McIver, Cyrus Hogue, Janet Rigsbee ITEM #3: Rigsbee read her prepared Review and Recommendations (attached) to the Board regarding the Rex Dr. complaints. Rose said that he would talk with Tony Laws. Daniel Wagner thinks there has been no improvment since 1980 as a matter of fact he thinks it is worse. Barbara Wagner said that most of the junk at the Keeter mobile home park is near the railroad track and you can't see it from the road. She showed photos. Ashley recommended that as long as the Rex Dr. matter is already on the Town Board agenda that Wagner should attend that meeting and explain the problem. The other members agreed. ITEM #2A: The Summey rezoning had been explained last meeting but there was a new piece of information in that the Elizabeth Brady Rd. Extension as shown on the adopted Thoroughfare Plan cuts across the northeast corner of the property. ITEM 2B: The Turner rezoning had been explained last meeting and there were no comments or questions. ITEM 2C: Cyrus Hogue explained his proposal for the reduction of the stream buffers as distributed in the agenda. Moore asked if the buffer could not be measured from the edge of the river rather than the middle. Rose had a Supreme Court handout regarding flood plain legislation and he said that development can be limited even if the regulation devalues the property and this does not constitute a taking. Page said that the Upper Neuse area has been declared a nutrient -sensitive area and that a buffer is needed to sift out impurities like fertilizer. Hervey McIver, a citizen, said that he was in favor of a stream buffer. Hogue said that he felt like the Town needs a buffer and he would rather see a reasonable width buffer than one that impacts hard on property owners as the current requirement does. May 5, 1988 Page 2 ITEM #2D: Rigsbee reviewed the ordinance amendment to delete the section 5.22 that says that no structure shall exceed the height of the Eno Mountain ridge. She said that Piedmont Communications made this request because they want to put a communications tower on the Cates property on Occoneechee Mountain. Rose said that the intent of the section was to preserve the view from Hillsborough. However, he said, that there was already a fire tower and a microwave relay station on Occoneechee Mountain. Ashley wondered if Piedmont Communications had checked to see if Orange County would allow a communications tower at the Lookout Tower. Culbreth said that there would be other ways to accomplish erecting a tower on the mountain without deleting that section of the ordinance. For example, the section could say no building _ a_ -a -Vowed. That way, a structure like a communications tower could be permitted. Rose said that Brad Torgan, Orange County Planning, said that Eno Mountain has been selected as a top priority area to preserve. ITEM #2E Rigsbee reviewed the amendments to revise the sections of the & 2F: ordinance regarding Fire Chief approval of plans. Rather the Fire Chief's recommendation should be sought. No comments. ITEM #2F: Rigsbee reviewed the addition to the ordinance regarding fire hydrant standards. ITEM #4: Rigsbee reviewed the changes that were made to the ordinance amendment regarding buffers along the interstate. These changes were made at the Orange County Planning Board's and staff's request. No comments. ITEM Culbreth is spearheading the updating of the Hillsborough Land Use Plan. He said that he would like to divide the project -into 3 phases. The first phase is the descriptive land use phase and he would like to divide Hillsborough into three sections and have three Board members ride over each section and describe the activities on the land. At the second phase the Town Board will be approached as to future land uses. And the third phase will involve the updating of the figures and the rewriting of much of the text. The members all signed up for areas to conduct a windshield survey of the Town and Rigsbee will send them each a packet of inoforma- tion which will include the text from the 1977 Land Use Plan of the area in which they are surveying. The Board agreed to meet a 6:30PM before the Joint Public Hearing to compare notes on the survey and to ask questions regarding the survey. a t V. Rigsb—ee,,yecretary REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR REGARDING THE PROBLEMS ON REX DRIVE Daniel Wagner and Barbara Wagner spoke at the April 7, 1988 meeting of the Planning Board and raised complaints about 5 of their neighboring property owners. Since the meeting, I have visited the neighborhood, read the files with past history, and talked with Don Powell (Orange County Planning) and Tony Laws (Orange County Health). This is my analysis and recommendations: LIMITATIONS: Rex Drive is not in the corporate limits. Therefore, the only ordinance which we can enforce is the Zoning Ordinance. Orange County does not have a litter control or rat control ordinance. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS: The rat problem is not unique to this area and only advise can be given. The litter problem cannot be addressed by this office. The Mountain View Mobile Home Park has greatly improved since the 1980's when the violations were first worked on. Junk cars could be addressed by this office but as of this date, this section of the ordinance has not been enforced anywhere else in Hillsborough. SPECIFIC CONCERNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: 4.39.B.20 Property of Herbert Keeter. Mr. Herbert Keeter was issued a Zoning Permit for his new mobile home but has not underpinned it. Write to Mr. Keeter informing him of the zoning regulations regarding underpinning. 4.39.A.11 Property of Priscilla Keeter. A Zoning Permit was obtained to convert a school bus into a storage unit and this was done - no further work needed. A Zoning Permit was obtained to put a roof on (and by inference to put siding on) the 2nd mobile home in the park. This was done but it appears that the addition is larger than 10' x 18'. Write to Ms. Keeter and inform her that a -revision and review is needed on that permit. As far as Mr. Wagner's complaint regarding two families living in the mobile home with the addition: the Zoning Ordinance is vague about the definition of Family and it appears that the Keeter home #2 may be in compliance. In the past, the Planning Department has not investigated the number of persons living in a dwelling unit and I recommend that I do not start with this family. 4.39.A.7 Property of Priscilla Keeter. There is a camper on this lot and I was unable to ascertain whether it was being used as a residence. Recommend that we write to Ms. Keeter and inform her that a camper may not be used as a residence. I further recommend that the Rex Drive item be deleted from the Town Board, May 8th agenda until the proper letters have been written. At this point the Town Board does not need to become involved.