(A) Establishment. There shall be and is hereby created a Technical Review Committee appointed by the Board County Commissioners.
(B) Powers and duties. The Surry County Technical Review Committee shall have certain powers and duties to be carried out in accordance with this chapter which include the following:
(1) To review and make recommendations regarding subdivisions, site plans and development plans before they are approved.
(2) To review and advise the Planning Board, for properties subject to the approval of the Historic Preservation Commission, on requests for special use permits, petitions for the continuance of non-conforming uses and certificates of appropriateness meeting the requirements of § 154.006-22.
(C) Members may include:
(1) The District Highway Engineer as to proposed state streets, state highways and related drainage systems;
(2) The County Health Director or local public utility, as appropriate, as to proposed water or sewerage systems;
(3) The Director, NC Division of Environmental Management as to Development Standards in the Mitchell River Outstanding Resource Water Area for subdivisions proposed for that area;
(4) The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality;
(5) The Surry County Fire Marshal;
(6) The Development Services Director;
(7) The Public Works Director;
(8) The Chief Building Inspector; and
(9) Any other agency or official designated by the Board of Commissioners.
(D) Failure of the members to submit their comments and recommendations shall not delay action within the prescribed time limits for subdivision or site plan approval.
(E) Minutes. Pursuant to G.S. § 160D-308, the Technical Review Committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings.
(F) Conflicts of interest. No staff member serving on the Technical Review Committee shall make a final decision on an administrative decision required by G.S. Ch. 160D if the outcome of that decision would have a direct, substantial, and readily identifiable financial impact on the staff member or if the applicant or other person subject to that decision is a person with whom the staff member has a close familial, business, or other associational relationship.
(Ord. passed 4-17-2023)