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Chair Dalrymple closed the public hearing. C. Public Hearing for a Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment to Article 4 Permitted Use Matrix The Board next held a public hearing for consideration of a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance, Article 4 Permitted Use Matrix, to remove "Boarding Houses/Room Renting" as a permitted land use in all zoning district. Planning and Community Development Director Marshall Downey stated that the Planning Department is trying to prevent nuisance issues from occurring by eliminating boarding houses. All text amendments go before the Joint Planning Commission for approval. No one spoke in favor or in opposition of the proposed amendment. Chair Dalrymple closed the public hearing. D. Public Hearing for a Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment Updating Article 11 Sign Regulations The Board next held a public hearing for consideration of a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance, Article 11 Sign Regulations, as a major update, which is a result of a U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding sign regulations. Planning and Community Development Director provided that a 2015 landmark Supreme Court case (Town of Gilbert Arizona vs. Reid) resulted in a ruling that all content based sign regulations are no longer valid. Where this affected the community the most is related to smaller signs such as political, real estate, sales signs etc. One exception relates to political signs due to the fact that the State of North Carolina Board of Elections provides restrictions regarding political signs. Off premise signs will no longer be permitted. Chair Dalrymple opened the public hearing for comments. No one spoke in favor of the proposed amendment. The following people spoke in opposition of the proposed amendment: - Commissioner Robert Reives, 827 Primrose Lane, Sanford, NC - Steve Malloy, 2615 Bellair Drive, Sanford, NC Chair Dalrymple closed the public hearing. Commissioner Reives requested the addition of a map for discussion. Commissioner Dalrymple stated that would be added to New Business. IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS Pursuant to General Statute § 152A-52.1, Chair Dalrymple opened the floor for Public Comments. No one spoke during the public comments section of the meeting. V. NEW BUSINESS A. Proclamation Recognizing the Public Service of John L. Cameron — Moved to the Consent Agenda Page 3 16