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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 #-r 5h <br /> SUBJECT: SUP (A)-2-97 THE OLD PLACE - SPECIAL USE PERMIT RENEWAL <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: _x—Yes No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes _x—No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Emily Cameron <br /> Vicinity Map Extension 2580 <br /> Site Plan <br /> Special Use Permit TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Findings of Fact Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Certificate of Mailing Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on the renewal of a Class A Special Use Permit for <br /> The Old Place, a Bed and Breakfast establishment. <br /> BACKGROUND: On October 17, 1989,the Board of County Commissioners issued a Class A <br /> Special Use Permit to Joseph and Avis Rice to operate a Bed and Breakfast in a <br /> historic log cabin. The Table of Permitted Uses identifies this use as"Historic <br /> Sites Non-Residential Mixed Use." Article 8.8.24.2 of the Zoning Ordinance <br /> limits this type of permit to a six-year period. The R.ices requested renewal of <br /> their permit in December 1996. <br /> The property is located in Cheeks Township, on the west side of Saddle Club <br /> Road. A log cabin is located on the property which is listed on the National <br /> Register of Historic Places as the Paisley-Rice Log House. The house is located <br /> on an 11.83 acre parcel. <br /> The facility provides food and lodging for up to four guests at any given time. <br /> Site conditions and operation of the bed and breakfast remain the same as when <br /> the Special Use Permit was approved in 1989. <br />