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Excerpt of Graft Minutes is 1 Planned Development (PD)/ 2 Special Use Permit (SUP) Approval 3 •Start construction within (12) months, 4 •If construction is not within the stated time frame permit becomes null and void, 5 •Request possible for a single six-month extension from the Board of County Commissioners, 6 •Time extension approval; Based on evidence 7 Permits have been pursued in a timely manner, 8 Factors beyond the control of the applicant 9 10 STAFF ANALYSIS: 11 •Large scale `master planned' and multi-phased projects will have problems adhering to the 12 twelve (12) month requirement 13 •Local, State, and Federal permits. 14 -Infrastructure, Roads, Utilities, Environmental processes are more lengthy. 15 •North Carolina Department of Transportation and Interstate Federal government permits 16 •Water and Sewer; Design, Permitting and Easements. 17 •NO standards; extension approval or denial decision. 18 •NO processes review extension requests 19 •NO clear definition on what constitutes construction 20 21 PROPOSAL: 22 Staff is proposing to amend Section 7.2.8 as follows 23 •Differentiate single-use and multi-use planned development projects, 24 •Maintain single-use site specific projects to twelve (12) month construction, 25 •Start multi-use projects approved under a master plan with a master plan within forty-eight (48) 26 months pursuant to a Infrastructure /Construction Progress Plan 27 •Secure permits from multiple local, State, and Federal agencies 28 •Demonstrate progress with report, annual basis 29 •Detail Standards to be utilized to determine the approvability of an extension request for 30 single use Special Use Permits 31 •Continue to allow for a six (6) month extension for single-use site planned projects 32 Staff Recommendations: 33 •Receive the staff initiated zoning text amendment proposal including staffs report and 34 presentation materials, 35 •Conduct the Public Hearing and accept comments from all interested parties, 36 •Refer the matter to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned in time for the 37 August 18, 2009 BOCC meeting, 38 •Adjourn the Public Hearing until August 18, 2009 in order to receive the Planning Board's 39 recommendation. 40 41 42 Commissioner Hemminger asked how 48 months was selected and it was answered that 43 permits would have to be obtained from NCDOT and easements would also have to be 44 obtained. This is a reasonable amount of time for these things.