Camden County Planning Board
Record of Proceedings
July 19, 2006
7:00 PM
Camden County Historic Courthouse
Chairman James Burnham called to order the regular meeting of the Camden
County Planning Board with the following members present:
Chairman James Burnham
Vice-Chairman Rodney Needham
Members Michael Etheridge, Terri Griffin, Robert Woodrow and Ray
Albertson
Also present were David Parks, Permit Officer, Dan Porter, Planning
Director, and Lori Tuss, Clerk to the Board
Board members absent were: Calvin Leary
Consideration to the Agenda
Staff recommended adding a special request by Blackwater USA under New
Business V. #1 Blackwater USA is requesting a change to the Special Use
Permit for the purpose of extending the hours of operation and an increase
to the limit of people allowed on site at any given time.
Staff requests that the board hear the recommendation by David Burgess
to reconsider the portion of the Moratorium concerning Parent to Child
exemptions. Item was put under Old Business #3.
Staff wished to make a correction under Item VIII. -Dates of Interest.
The agenda lists a Commissioners meetings dated August 7, 2006 Regular
Meeting as an error. There is no meeting scheduled for that date for
the Board of Commissioners.
Hearing no other changes to the agenda, Michael Etheridge made a motion
to approve the July 19, 2006 agenda as amended. Ray Albertson seconded
the motion. The motion passed 6-0.
Consideration of the Minutes
Chairman Burnham noted a clerical error on line 52. A correction to
change the name Burgess to Burnham was noted by the Clerk. Board member
Robert Woodrow asked why the structure and content of the minutes have
changed compared to previous minutes. The Clerk explained that the planning
department is creating a new format to provide the most accurate record
of items brought before the Board.
Hearing no further comments, Robert Woodrow made a motion to approve
the minutes of the June 21, 2006 Minutes as amended. Terri Griffin seconded
the motion. The motion passed 6-0.
Old Business
Item #1 – Ordinance Update
Following is a list of Ordinance Changes:
§ 151.145 Minimum Planting Heights
(A) Landscaping required by this subchapter, including
shading provisions listed in §§ 151.155 through 151.159,
shall be planted in accordance with the following minimum planting
heights:
(1) Large trees: four ten feet;
(2) Small trees: three five feet; and
(3) Shrubs: one two feet.
(B) The Administrator may allow a reduction in the planting heights
listed above along an adjoining vacant property line or where smaller
planting heights is deemed best in light of the plant materials chosen.
(Ordinance passed 12-15-97)
Michael Etheridge made a motion to approve the changes to minimum planting
heights. Robert Woodrow seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.
§151.232 Design Standards and Criteria
(C) Buffer Strips. Major Residential subdivisions
are required to provide a 50’ perpetually
maintained vegetative buffer along all property lines that are
located adjacent to existing agricultural uses. This buffer shall
be permanently set aside as open space. Ownership and maintenance of the
required open space shall be the responsibility of the developer and/or a
Homeowner’s Association. A 6:1 sloped ditch shall be located on the
property line adjacent to the buffer. The required buffer shall include a
minimum of two rows of trees and shall meet the following criteria:
(1) At least fifty (50) percent of the required trees shall be an evergreen
species.
(2) Each tree shall be a minimum ten (10) feet in height and shall have a minimum
caliper of two (2) inches (measured four feet above grade) at time of planting.
(3) Each tree shall be a species which can be expected to attain a minimum
height of Fifty(50)) feet and have a crown width of thirty (30) feet or greater
at maturity
(4) Minimum spacing in each row shall generally be no wider than fifty (50)
feet between tree trunks.
(5) There shall be a minimum distance of fifteen 25’ feet from the property
line adjacent to the agricultural use and the first row of trees.
Robert Woodrow made a motion to accept changes in the words and letters
in bold type. Terri Griffin seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.
§ 151.311 Residential Site Plan Requirements
The following are additional proposed minimum requirements for site
plans:
(7) Location and dimensions of driveway and type of surface material;
(8) Topographic/grading plan (shown in 1 foot intervals) shall be required
when changes in the existing grade/natural grade of the property are
proposed. At a minimum the plan shall indicate the location and depth
of the changes to the existing grade/natural grade and contain the following
certificate:
I, , owner/agent do hereby certify that I will develop
the property in accordance with the approved plans which will be constructed
or maintained so that surface waters from such development are not unreasonably
collected and channeled onto lower adjacent properties at such locations
or at such volumes as to cause substantial damage to such lower adjacent
properties. In addition, the development will be constructed or maintained
so that it will not unreasonably impede the natural flow of water from
higher adjacent properties across such development, thereby unreasonably
causing substantial damage to such higher adjacent properties.
Date:
Signature:
(9) All newly installed driveway culverts and the ditch section fronting
the property shall be certified as being on grade with the existing roadside
ditch as verified by upstream and downstream culvert inverts. When associated
with new construction, the certification shall be submitted prior to
the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy.
(7 10) Any additional information as required by the reviewing agents.
Robert Woodrow made a motion to accept the changes marked (7), (8),
(9), (10). Michael Etheridge seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.
Item #2 – Corridor Overlay
Staff recommends delaying discussions until all the Planning Board members
have had a chance to submit their input in the packets provided
at the June 21, 2006 regular meeting.
Item # 3 - At the June 21, 2006
Planning Board meeting, David and
Wanda Burgess at 126 Run Swamp Road, addressed the Board about
the current Moratorium set by the Board of Commissioners. The
new 2006 Moratorium placed additional restrictions that included
temporarily suspending the Parent to Child Exemption that allowed land
owners
to
transfer land to their children.
The Board and staff held lengthy discussions and will continue
to exam the implications of the concerns brought to them by
David and Wanda Burgess. No action was taken at this time.
New Business
#1 Blackwater USA – Request to modify Special Use Permit to
reflect the following: (Representing the applicant is Jim Dehart, Vice
President
of Facilities)
1) Blackwater requests the existing 10:00 PM limit of operation be
increased to 12:00 Midnight. Blackwater representative Jim Dehart justified
the need based on the fact that the location is positioned in the middle
of Hales Lake, and the closest residential area is approximately 4 miles
away. In addition, Mr. Dehart stated that the clientele needs the additional
evening hours to train properly.
Staff presented the Board with Chapter 91: Noise Regulations § 91.04
Maximum Permitted Sound Levels by Use Occupancy.
2) In addition, Blackwater requests the limit of 1000 people on site at any
given time to be increased to 2000 people on site at any given time. Blackwater
states that due to self–sufficiency in supporting customers with sleeping,
eating and training areas their facility has proven well managed and can
handle the increase in people on site.
The Board discussed and questioned Mr. Dehart at length to determine
the projected growth and what if any impact it would have on Camden.
After questions and answers between the applicant and the Board, Robert
Woodrow made a motion to approve the request to extend the operation
hours to 12:00PM based on current UDO standards for the use zone. Michael
Etheridge seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.
Consideration Date of the Next Meeting - August 16, 2006 in the Historic
Upper Courtroom in Camden County.
Adjournment
Rodney Needham made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Robert Woodrow
seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0. The meeting adjourned 9:30
PM
Approved: ________________________
____________________________
Chairman
James Burnham
Attest:
_________________________________
Lori Tuss, Clerk of the Board
