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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 24, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # C 5a <br /> SUBJECT: SUP(A) - 1- 97 THE INN AT BINGHAM SCHOOL <br /> (RENEWAL OF SUP-1-85) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING& INSPECTIONS PUBLIC HEARING: X_Yes No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED Yes—4—No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br /> Extension 2580 <br /> Site Plan <br /> Vicinity Map <br /> Special Use Permit TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Certificate of Mailing Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Planning Staff Recommended Findings Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227.2031 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on the renewal of the Class A Special Use <br /> Permit for the Inn at Bingham School to allow the site to continue as a bed <br /> and breakfast inn in accordance with Article 8.8.24 of the Zoning <br /> Ordinance, Historic Sites Non-Residential Reuse/Mixed Use. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Inn at Bingham School is an existing historic site located in western <br /> Bingham Township and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. <br /> On September 30, 1985, the Board of County Commissioners approved a <br /> Class A Special Use Permit for the site to be operated as a bed and breakfast <br /> inn. Article 8.8.24.2 of the Zoning Ordinance establishes a six-year time <br /> limit on this type of Special Use Permit. The owners who purchased the <br /> property in 1994 are now requesting renewal of the permit. <br /> The property is located at the northeast corner of the intersection of NC <br /> Highway 54 West and Mebane Oaks Road(SR 1007). The current zoning is <br /> Agricultural Residential and.Cane Creek Protected Watershed. The parcel <br /> contains 9.98 acres and is referenced as lot 19 on Tax Map 17. <br /> The inn remains in compliance with the conditions of the original Special <br /> Use Permit. A draft of the renewed permit is in the attachments and includes <br /> language to allow the owners to host outdoor receptions for guests staying <br /> at the inn. It also would allow an existing smokehouse to be converted to <br />