JACKSON COUNTY: PLANNING BOARD.  MINUTES  Date: September 9, 2021 Time Begin: 6:00 p.m. Time End: 6:21 p.m.  Location: Department on Aging, Heritage Room  Members Emily Moss Sandy Davis Brian Barwatt Kirk Shufelt Staff Present:  Present Absent X X X X  Present Absent X X X  Present Absent X X  Tamera Crisp Brad Waldrop Mark Letson Ollin Dunford  Joyce Cooper X Thomas Taulbee X Tommy White  Michael Poston- Planning Director John Jeleniewski- Senior Planner Heather Baker- County Attorney Allison Kelley- Administrative Assistant Anna Harkins- PlannerI Call to Order and Quorum Check  Chairman Mark Letson called thei meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and a quorum was present.  Public Comment There were no public comments. Approval of the Agenda carried unanimously. Approval of the Minutes carried unanimously. New Business  Ollin Dunford made a motion to approve the agenda as written. Joyce Cooper seconded the motion, andi it  Ollin Dunford made ai motion to approve. August 12th minutes. Kirk Shufelt seconded the motion, and it  a) Public Hearing: Text Amendment related to NC G.S. Chapter 160D to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and other associated amendments to the UDO Mike Poston presented the 160D changes to the board. He stated the state has modified the enabling statutes that are the rules that give counties and cities the ability to institute zoning regulatory frameworks. In addition, he stated these statutes were located in two separate chapters and the state has consolidated those into one chapter 160D. Mr. Poston stated that both the 441 Gateway Community Planning Council and Cullowhee Planning Council held their public hearings for these amendments and approved the changes with no additional comment. The Cashiers community is growing, and they have concerns with growth and development pressures. He stated some of those conversations has led into the UDO and 160D. Staff has amended the ordinance to reflect the state mandatory changes as well as clean up some of the sections within the ordinance. The county put 22 ordinances in one consolidated ordinance called the UDO and there were a few unintended mistakes. In addition, he stated staff is recommending consolidating  Chairman Mark. Letson opened the public hearing al 6:03 p.m.    boards and that the planning board take over the function of watershed review board and the board of adjustment. He stated both of these boards have a narrow scope and do not meet as frequently and staff believes assigning those duties to the planning board would be an extension oft the work they are currently doing. In addition, once these amendments have been adopted staff will continue discussing reducing the caseload the board has in regards to subdivisions. Mr. Poston stated some of the concerns in Cashiers were not translated well, one was a graphic that has a misplaced maximum building size which did not previously exist. This error had been discussed when a large development was under consideration but is no longer in consideration, and the community is still having conversations surrounding this issue. Mr. Poston stated staff's position has been that it is incorrect, and it is problematic to have in the ordinance. Another concern the Cashiers Planning Council had was a general statement in Section I that staff are proposing to put back in the ordinance (that was requested by the Planning Board) that the illustrations or the graphics in the document are for illustrative purposes only. Mr. Poston stated not correcting this error is a liability, and the Cashiers community is discussing if they want to consider a maximum building size, and their recommendation was to not do anything but the 160D changes. However, the other councils have recommended adopting the amendments in full. Tommy White made a motion to recommend. the presented UDO 160D. amendments and other associated. amendments by staffand the consistency. statement. Tamera Crisp seconded the  Chairman Mark. Letson closed the public hearing at 6:19p.m.  motion, and it carried unanimously.  Adjournment  With: no further business, Tamera Crisp made a motion to adjourn. Thomas Taulbee seconded the motion  and the meeting adjourned at 6:21 p.m.  Submitted by:  Approved by: M Mark. Letson Planning Board Chairman  Allison Kelley  Taliy  Administrative Assistant- - Planning  2