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Orange County · Planning Board
Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Regular meeting Appointments and personnelElections and districtsRezoningStormwater and floodingWater and sewer

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What was decided

  1. Approved 4Approval of Minutes Approved unanimously

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's planning board elects its chair and vice chair for 2026, then takes up a county-initiated zoning atlas amendment moving a watershed overlay boundary. The parcel is about 19.4 acres, unaddressed, off Dodson's Crossroads at Arden Estate Court in Bingham Township.

The amendment shifts the line between the Jordan Lake unprotected watershed overlay and the University Lake protected watershed overlay. Watershed protection overlays are part of the zoning atlas, so moving one takes a zoning atlas amendment and a full hearing.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The board elected Lamar Proctor chair and Chris Johnston vice chair for 2026, both unanimously. Proctor was absent, so Johnston ran the meeting. Members also approved the December 3, 2025 minutes and reviewed the February and March planning calendar, on which staff said a listed Board of Adjustment meeting had been canceled for lack of business.

The board recommended a county-initiated zoning atlas amendment to the county commissioners, unanimously. The amendment moves the boundary between the Jordan Lake unprotected and University Lake protected watershed overlays on an unaddressed 19.4-acre parcel off Dodson's Crossroads, correcting a boundary discrepancy the property owners' surveyor found in 2024. The recommendation goes next to the county commissioners for a public hearing. No members of the public attended or signed up to speak.

How the votes went

The chair and vice chair elections, the December 3 minutes, the zoning atlas amendment recommendation and the adjournment all passed unanimously.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (4)

Appointment · 1Staff or committee report · 1Minutes approval · 1Other · 1
  1. 2 Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2026
    Appointment Appointments and personnelElections and districts
    Lamar Proctor elected chair and Chris Johnston vice chair for 2026, both unanimously.
    Both elected unanimously
  2. 3 Informational Items
    Staff or committee report
    The planning calendar for February and March.
  3. 4 Approval of Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Minutes from the December 3, 2025 regular meeting.
    Approved unanimously
  4. 8 Zoning Atlas Amendment (Overlay District)
    Other RezoningStormwater and floodingWater and sewer
    A county-initiated amendment moving the boundary between the Jordan Lake unprotected watershed overlay district and the University Lake protected watershed overlay district across one unaddressed parcel of about 19.4 acres off Dodson's Crossroads at Arden Estate Court, a newly established private road, in Bingham Township. Watershed protection overlays sit in the zoning atlas, so changing one requires a zoning atlas amendment.
    Recommended to the county commissioners unanimously; adopted by them on April 7

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