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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 21, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item 4A"— <br />SUBJECT: PD -1 -98 CAROLINA FRIENDS SCHOOL <br />(MODIFICATION OF PD -1 -97) <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING & INSPECTIONS PUBLIC HEARING: X _Yes No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Site Plan <br />Application <br />Vicinity Map <br />Narrative <br />Special Use Permit <br />Letter from DEHNR <br />Letter from Certified Real Estate Appraiser <br />Planning Board Recommended Findings <br />2/23/98 Public Hearing Minutes <br />4/l/98 Draft Planning Board Minutes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br />Extension 2580 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />Mebane <br />227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill <br />967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: Consideration of a proposed modification to the Special Use Permit for Carolina <br />Friends School to accommodate a ten -year masterplan for expansion of the <br />existing private school approved as a planned development in 1990 and modified in <br />1992, 1996, and 1997. <br />BACKGROUND: Carolina Friends School is an existing private school located on the west side of <br />Friends School Road (SR 1719). The property contains 38.62 acres and is zoned <br />PD -RB, Planned Development - Rural Buffer. <br />In August of 1990 a Class A Special Use Permit was issued for Carolina Friends <br />School to allow the use of the school's wastewater disposal system in the Rural <br />Buffer. Article 6.20.1 of the Zoning Ordinance states that a large ground <br />absorption system with a design capacity over 3000 gallons per day may be <br />allowed in the RB district only through approval of a planned development. A <br />planned development is also required where there are multiple principal structures <br />on a non - residential lot greater than two acres in size. <br />