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067 <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 23, 1998 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item# C 4 (a <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): INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br /> Extension 2580 <br /> Site Plan <br /> Application <br /> Vicinity Map TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Narrative <br /> Special Use Permit Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Letter from DEHNR Durham 688-7331 <br /> Letter from Certified Real Estate Appraiser Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Planning Board Recommended Findings Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed modification to the Special Use Permit <br /> for Carolina Friends School to accommodate a ten-year masterplan for expansion <br /> of the existing private school approved as a planned development in 1990 and <br /> modified in 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 /> The Board of Directors of Carolina Friends School adopted a five-year-master <br /> plan in 1991 for development of the school. In 1992 the Special Use Permit was <br />