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♦ o <br /> 1 � <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 24. 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item #–C 5d <br /> SUBJECT: PD-1-97 CAROLINA FRIENDS SCHOOL <br /> (MODIFICATION OF PD-1-96) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING& INSPECTIONS PUBLIC HEARING: _x—Yes No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes_x—No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Emily Cameron <br /> Site Plan Extension 2580 <br /> Application <br /> Vicinity Map TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Special Use Permit Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> 1/31/97 Letter from dEHNR Durham 688-7331 <br /> Planning Staff Recommended Findings Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Certificate of Mailing Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed modification to the Special Use Permit <br /> for Carolina Friends School which would allow the school to swap acreage with <br /> Duke University and modify the boundaries of the school site. <br /> BACKGROUND: Carolina Friends school is an existing private school located on the north side of <br /> Mt. Sinai Road(SR 1718) and west of Friends School Road(SR 1719). The <br /> property contains 33.94 acres and is zoned PD-RB, Planned Development- Rural <br /> 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 package treatment <br /> plant with a design capacity over 3000 gallons per day may be allowed in the RB <br /> district only through approval of a planned development. Article 6.3.2.2 of the <br /> Zoning Ordinance also requires a planned development approval where there are <br /> multiple principal structures on a non-residential lot greater than two acres in size. <br />