TOWN OF CARY

PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
MINUTES

Monday, May 20, 2002, 7:30 PM

Town Hall, Building A, Auditorium
316 N. Academy St., Cary, N.C.

Web Site: http://www.townofcary.org

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ITEMS

  

ACTION

Item 1

Call to Order:

Board members present: Carla Sadtler, June Schmidt, Edward Yerha, Mike Zaccardo, Paul Broderick, Ervin Portman, Don Hyatt, Wally Dawson and Steven Goodridge.

Board members absent: Christy Perrin

Staff present: Jeff Ulma, Ricky Barker, JW Shearin, Chris Simpson, Suzanne Prince, Chad Meadows, Bob Benfield, Scott Phares, Steve Brown, Dick Moore, Tammy Spivey and Joanne Gunther.

 

Mr. Yerha

Item 2

Approval of the minutes of the April 15, 2002 meeting.

Ms. Schmidt made a motion to approve the minutes, which was seconded by Mr. Broderick, and the Board voted (9-0).

Item 3

Town Council Report

Town Council meetings of April 24, 2002 and May 9, 2002

Presented by Mr. Barker

Item 4

Rezoning(s) for Action:

02-REZ-02 - 109 Woodwinds Industrial - Application by Mike Bell of Apex Heating & Air Conditioning, for the property owner, K&M Air Conditioning & Heating, LLC, to rezone the parcel from Residential-30 (R-30) to Light Industrial (I-1). The property contains approximately 1.00 acre and is located at 109 Woodwinds Industrial Court.

Mr. Hyatt made a motion to forward to Council for approval at their June 13, 2002 meeting, which was seconded by Mr. Portman, and the Board voted (9-0).

Item 5

Ordinances:

 

 

PL02-034c - Sign Ordinance Amendment - Consideration of Amendments to the Town of Cary Sign Ordinance with Respect to Signage Attributes like Colors and Materials.

Mr. Broderick made a motion to forward to Council for approval at their June 13, 2002 meeting, which was seconded by Mr. Zaccardo, and the Board voted (6-3) with Mr. Hyatt, Mr. Dawson and Mr. Portman having the dissenting votes.

PL02-043c–Tree Clearing Certificate; Regulating Clear Cutting - Consideration of UDO amendments to protect perimeter and riparian buffer vegetation on undeveloped sites and new regulations for removal of vegetation on developed sites.

Mr. Dawson made a motion to forward to Council for approval at their June 13, 2002 meeting, with a condition for staff to amend the language exempting some residentially-used properties and a waiver to amend Section 14.1.15 (a), Paragraph (2), referencing the procedure that will help ease the burden on homeowner’s having to deal with natural disasters, which was seconded by Ms. Sadtler, and the Board voted (9-0).

Item 6

New/Old Business:

01-SP-173 – The Peaks of Cary

Mr. Broderick made a motion to remove this item from the table, which was seconded by Mr. Hyatt, and the Board voted (9-0).

Mr. Broderick made a motion to forward to Council for approval at their June 13, 2002 meeting with the following conditions: that the street front area along Cary Glen Boulevard be planted to an opaque standard, that all required shrubs be initially installed at a minimum height of 24" and that an intermittent evergreen landscape screen be installed along the low side of all retaining walls over 5' in height, which was seconded by Ms. Sadtler, and the Board voted (7-2) with Mr. Zaccardo and Ms. Schmidt having the dissenting votes.

Item 7

Adjournment:

Mr. Yerha adjourned the meeting at 9.27 p.m.