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832 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS MADELINE CURL, a White Cross resident with property adjoining and S Sporting Goods, spoke in opposition to this request. A copy of her comments are in the Permanent Agenda File in the Clerks Office. GREG SHEPHARD, a representative of P. and S Sporting, spoke,im support of this request. He indicated that all of the Planning regulations and requirements have been met. A motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by commissioner Gordon, to refer this item to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board of County Commissioners no sooner than August 3, 1992. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. PD-1-92 CAROLINA FRIENDS SCHOOL ..Beverly Blythe, Clerk,to the Board, swore.in Planner Emily Cameron who presented this item.- It was presented for the purpose of receiving citizen comments on a proposed modification to the Special Use Permit for Carolina Friends School which would allow expansion of the existing private school approved as a planned development in 1990. Carolina Friends School is an existing private school located on the north side of Mt. Sinai Road (SR 1718) and west of Friends School Road (SR 1719). The property contains 32.94 acres and is zoned PD-RB, Planned Development -Rural Buffer. In August of 1990 a Class A Special Use Permit was issued for Carolina Friends School to allow construction of a wastewater disposal system in the Rural Buffer. Article 6.20.1 of the Zoning Ordinance states that a large ground absoption system with a design capacity over 3000 gallons per day ma-''. be allowed in the RB district only through approval of a planned development'_ The Board of Directors of Carolina Friends School adopted a five-year master plan in 1991 for development of the school. The plan calls for expansion of the facility with a 9500 square foot resource center adjacent to the upper School, a 200 square foot office addition, four 120 square foot storage sheds, handicapped accessible bathrooms, and road widening with additional parking. Student enrollment is projected to increase by twenty students. The proposed construction constitutes a major modification to the Special Use Permit issued in 1990. Article 8.7.3 of the Zoning Ordinance requires that such a change be considered by _the Board of Commissioners following a public hearing. The proposed expansion of the school complies with most of the findings required by the Zoning Ordinance that are attached to the current Special Use Permit. Conditions have been included in the Planning Staff's recommendation to address deviations from the approved findings and to insure compliance with' all State and local regulations. The existing sewage disposal system has a capacity of 4000 gallons per day and is regulated by the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management. Based on the State's standards, the potential system flow is 10 gallons per day per student. Current daily flow is about 2400 gallons for 368 students, or 6.5 gallons per student per day. Projected enrollment at Carolina Friends School will not exceed 394 students. The resulting potential for a 3940 gpd flow through the system is still within the 4000 gallon capacity permitted by DEM. THERE WERE NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. PLANNING BOARD OR CITIZENS. A motion was made by commissioner Insko, second by commissioner