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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 1. 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item <br /> SUBJECT: SUP(A) - 1- 97 THE INN AT BINGHAM SCHOOL <br /> (RENEWAL OF SUP-1-85) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING&INSPECTIONS PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes�_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 Board Recommended Findings Durham 688-7331 <br /> 2/24/97 Public Hearing Minutes Mebane 227-2031 <br /> 3/6/97 Draft Planning Board Minutes Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of the renewal of a Class A Special Use Permit for the Inn at <br /> Bingham School to allow the site to continue as a bed and breakfast inn in <br /> accordance with Article 8.8.24 of the Zoning Ordinance, Historic Sites Non- <br /> ` 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 comer 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 /> new language to allow the owners to host outdoor receptions for guests <br /> staying at the inn. It also would allow an existing smokehouse to be <br />