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e®eeee Cabarrus County Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes December 16, 1993- 7'00 P.M. PUBLIC MEETING Dr. Nancy H. Randall, Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Members in addition to the Chair were Mr. Alan Allison, Mr. Robert Amos, Mr. Lewis Brownlow, Mr. Jerry Jordan, Mr. Edward Moose, Mr. Gerald Nichols, Mr. Robert Smith, and Ms. Katherine Stafford. Attending from the Planning, ZOning, and Building Inspection Department were Mr. Gerald A. Newton, Director, Mr. Jonathan B. Marshall, Planner II, Mr. Joseph Untz~ Zoning Inspector, Mr. Jay Lowe, Zoning Technician, and Ms. Phyllis C. Carr. Also attending;Was Mr. William G. Hamby, Jr., Attorney for the Planning and Zoning Commission. There being no ~corrections to the November 18, 1993 Minutes, Mr. Smith MOTIONED, seconded by Mr. Moose to'approve the .minutes as mailed. The vote~ was unanimous. New Business The Chair stated to the citizens that the first items on the agenda fall under the purview of our Board of Adjustment Functions. She said this board serves in a number of capacities. As a board of adjustment, we serve in a quasi-judicial capacity and in the two particular cases this evening, the board will be evaluating request for conditional use permits. The Chair then explained to the citizens what a conditional use is stating a conditional use is one that is generally permitted in a use district, in a zoning classification. It is not an outfight permitted use, but it is one that if all of the conditions specified in our ordinanCe are met, then we as a board are obligated to approve it as a conditional use. The Chair also specified that in order to approve a conditional use permit, the board must approve it by 80 percent of members present and that is a vote of at least 8 in the affirmative. Planning and Zoning Department P.O. Box 707 * Concord, NC 28026-0707 · Planning' (704) 788-8141 ~ Zoning: (704) 788-8137