Planning Commission Minutes for 01/06/2020

anuary meeting was held on the 6th at 7 P.M. at the Town of Clayton town hall. The meetingwas called to order by George Burnett. Cindy, Doug, LeaAnn, Nick, Rob, and Steve were inattendance. December minutes were read and approved for publication.GRW was here to give an update on the approved action of developing our UnifiedDevelopment Ordinance (UDO). Debbie Luzier shared that GRW is proceeding with step one.Dan has provided her with electronic copies of ordinances in PDF form. She is now in theprocess of converting the files to word documents so they can be modified or edited. Changeswill be highlighted with a red underline or a strike through so we will be able to quickly identifythose modifications. She will also update language to comply with new state statutes withregard to land use pages. She will create a new introduction page identifying this as the newUDO, as required by state law. She is also going to produce an application document to beincluded in the UDO so developers can use this form to apply for permits. Then she willdistribute the new UDO to the planning board for review. This will take about 2 months.George collected an updated list of current member emails so the update can be emailed outwhen it is complete.2020 agenda was discussed. UDO is a big part of the years agenda. Annexation is another bigpart of what we want to work on this year. The question was asked about getting water to thetown.Dan talked about sending out a letter to property owners that will be affected by the proposedannexation inviting them to an informal meeting about what the town wants. The meeting wasscheduled for the 21st of January at 7 P.M.Election of officers: George was elected to President, Rob was elected Vice President, andDoug was elected Secretary.Dan wanted to propose that we request from the Town Council to get fees from building permitsto go into a fund for the Planning and Zoning Board.Dan was going to give the new members, Nick and Rob, a copy of the comprehensive plan toreview and prepare for the board to update the plan.Meeting adjourned at 7:35