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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06291992 671 HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SPECIAL MEETING, JUNE 29, 1992 (Public Hearing on Zoning Ordinance) PURPOSE OF MEETING MEETING MOVED TO COURTHOUSE RECONVENED PUBLIC BEARING CLOSED PUBLIC HEARINGS POSTPONED ADJOURNMENT The Harnett County Board of Commissioners met in special session on Monday, June 29, 1992, in the Commissioners' Meeting Room, County Office Building, Lillington, North Carolina, with the following members present: Beatrice Bailey Hill, Walt Titchener, Mack Reid Hudson, Bill Shaw, and Chairman Lloyd G. Stewart presiding. Others present were Dallas H. Pope, County Manager; W. Glenn Johnson, County Attorney; Vanessa W. Young, Finance Officer and Clerk to the Board; and Kay S. Blanchard, Recording Secretary. Chairman Stewart called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. and Commissioner Hill led the invocation. Chairman Stewart called on Dallas H. Pope, County Manager, who explained that the purpose of the special meeting was to conduct a public hearing on proposed repeal of existing Harnett County Zoning Ordinance and a public hearing on proposed Harnett County Zoning Ordinance having county-wide application. Approximately 450 citizens were in attendance and 156 signed up to speak at the public hearings. Commissioner Titchener made a motion that the meeting be moved to the Superior Courtroom at the Courthouse due to the size of the crowd. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion and it passed with a unanimous vote. Chairman Stewart recessed the meeting to reconvene in the Superior Courtroom. At 7:50 p.m., Chairman Stewart reconvened the special meeting in the Superior Courtroom at the Courthouse and called to order a public hearing concerning proposed repeal of existing Harnett County Zoning Ordinance. Due to the size of the crowd making it impossible to hold the public hearing in the Superior Courtroom, Commissioner Hudson moved that the public hearing be closed. Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion and it passed with a unanimous vote. Chairman Stewart called to order a public hearing concerning a proposed Harnett County Zoning Ordinance having county-wide application. Due to the size of the crowd making it impossible to hold the public hearing in the Superior Courtroom, Commissioner Hudson moved that the public hearing be closed. Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion and it passed with a unanimous vote. Chairman Stewart called on W. Glenn Johnson, County Attorney, who announced to the group that the Board of Commissioners, in order to ensure that each individual wishing to speak concerning the published Harnett County Zoning Ordinance public hearings has a fair and equal opportunity to speak, is postponing the public hearings until a future date which will be announced and that the date, time, and place will be advertised in the local paper. There being no further business, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners special meeting, June 29, 1992, duly adjourned at 8:30 p.m. 'tAl. Vanessa W. Young, K~/J. ~d Kay S Blanchard, Secretary