ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD

 

QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

7:30 P.M.

CENTRAL ORANGE SENIOR CENTER

103 MEADOWLANDS DRIVE

(ADJACENT TO THE TRIANGLE SPORTSPLEX)

HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA

 

NOTE: INFORMATION IS

 AVAILABLE IN THE PLANNING

 DEPARTMENT OR THE

 CLERK’S OFFICE

 

 

 

 

NOTICE TO PEOPLE WITH IMPAIRED HEARING: Audio amplification equipment is available on request.  If you need this assistance, please call the County Clerk’s Office at 732-8181 or 967-9251.

Time

 

 

7:30

 

A.     OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

7:35

 

B.    PUBLIC CHARGE

The Board of Commissioners pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect.  The Board asks its citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens.  At any time should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control.   Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed.  All electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers, and computers should please be turned off or set to silent/vibrate.

 

 

 

C.    PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS

 

7:40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:20

 

 

1.      Zoning Ordinance and Atlas Amendment:  To receive public comment on creation of a new Zoning Overlay District entitled Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) incorporating the County’s existing Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance within the Orange County Zoning Ordinance as well as amending the official Zoning Atlas map to delineate the SFHA on properties within the County encumbered by flood zones as delineated on the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM).

 

2.      Zoning Ordinance Amendment:  To receive public comment on proposed amendments to Article 2, Sections 2.2.14.3 through 2.2.14.9, of the Zoning Ordinance clarifying the procedures and requirements for amendments to the adopted Comprehensive Plan.

 

3.      Zoning Atlas Amendment – 214 Phelps Road.  To receive public comment on the proposed following actions: 

a.      Rezone a portion of the property from Agricultural Residential (AR) to Existing Commercial Five (EC-5), specifically the area of the property currently utilized to support a commercial landscape operation, and

b.      Rezone the existing EC-5 zoned portion of the subject property to AR.

 

4.  Zoning Ordinance Amendment:  To receive public comment on proposed amendments to Article 6 of the Zoning Ordinance to establish regulations for drive-thru facilities.

 

10:00

 

D.  ADJOURNMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING