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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 21, 2012 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. -] - a <br />SUBJECT: Conditional Use Rezoning and Class A Special Use Permit - Carolina Friends <br />School <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) 0 <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Revised Site Plan (Under Separate Cover) <br />2. Revised Solid Waste Management Plan <br />3. Copy of Legal Advertisement <br />4. Draft Minutes from the November 21, 2011 <br />Quarterly Public Hearing <br />5. Draft Minutes from the January 4, 2012 <br />Planning Board Meeting <br />6. Applicant's Written Response to <br />Questions/Comments <br />7. Additional Correspondence <br />8. Ordinance of Rezoning Approval <br />9. Ordinance of Rezoning Denial <br />10. Special Use Permit Findings of Fact - <br />Recommendation from Planning <br />Board <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner II1, 245-2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Director, 245-2575 <br />PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board recommendation, close the public hearing, and <br />make a decision on the Conditional Use (CU) and Class A Special Use Permit (SUP) <br />application(s) proposing the expansion of the Carolina Friends School. <br />BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the November 21, 2011 Quarterly Public Hearing <br />where the following comments/questions were posed: <br />a. An adjoining property owner expressed concern over the proximity of the proposed <br />baseball field and parking lot to her property. A BOCC member suggested that the ball <br />field be rotated or moved to address this concem. <br />Staff Comment. The ball field has been moved to address the adjacent property owner's <br />concerns. The applicant is also proposing the development of an earthen berm with <br />additional landscaping to shield the field from view. <br />Please refer to the revised site plan and Attachment 6 for additional detail. <br />b. An adjoining property owner expressed concern over the possibility of Carolina Friends <br />School being allowed to rent out athletic fields for use by outside entities. <br />Staff Comment Please refer to Attachment 6 for the applicanYs response to this matter. <br />