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Orange County Planning Board (PB)
Meetings
- 7 p.m.
- 1st Wednesday of every month
- West Campus Office Building
300 West Tyron Street (second floor)
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Agendas & Minutes
Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.
View Most Recent Agendas and Minutes
Contact the Planning Board
Members of the public may send email to the Planning Board at planningboard@orangecountync.gov
All emails are displayed on a Google Groups page for Planning Board members to view. In accordance with public record laws, the Google Groups page is viewable by anyone.
Calendar
View the meeting schedule calendar.
Members
- David Blankfard
Term expires: March 31, 2023
Special Representative: Hillsborough Township - Adam Beeman, Chair
Term expires: March 31, 2025
Special Representative: Cedar Grove Township - Statler Gilfillen
Term expires: March 31, 2025
Special Representative: Eno Township - Steven Kaufmann
Term expires: March 31, 2024
Special Representative: Bingham Township - Susan Hunter
Term expires: March 31, 2023
Special Representative: Chapel Hill Township - Delores Bailey
Term expires: March 31, 2023
Special Representative: At-Large
- Randy Marshall
Term expires: March 31, 2023
Special Representative: At-Large - Whitney Watson
Term expires: March 31, 2025
Special Representative: At-Large - Elizabeth Bronson
Term expires: March 31, 2025
Special Representative: At-Large - Melissa Poole
Term expires: March 31, 2024
Special Representative: Little River Township - Lamar Proctor, Vice-Chair
Term expires: March 31, 2024
Special Representative: Cheeks Township - Charity Kirk
Term expires: March 31, 2024
Special Representative: At-Large - Perdita Holtz, Contact Person
Phone: 919-245-2578
Email
Board Overview
The Orange County Planning Board consists of 12 members. Each member of the Planning Board is a resident of Orange County and each Township within the County is represented in the membership of the Planning Board.
As authorized in Chapter 160D-301 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and adopted in Section 1.6.3 of the Unified Development Ordinance, the Planning Board shall have the following powers and duties:
- Prepare, review, maintain, monitor, and periodically update and recommend to the Board of County Commissioners a Comprehensive Plan, and other such plans as deemed appropriate, and conduct ongoing related research, data collection, mapping, and analysis;
- Develop and recommend policies, ordinances, development regulations, administrative procedures and other means for carrying out plans in a coordinated and efficient manner;
- Advise the Board of County Commissioners concerning the implementation of plans, including, but not limited to, review and comment on all zoning text and map amendments as required by NCGS 160D-604;
- Exercise such functions in the administration and enforcement of various means for carrying out plans that the Board of Commissioners may direct;
- Perform other related duties that the Board of County Commissioners may direct.
Rules of Procedure
Applying for this Board
Apply for this board using the application page.