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Draft 2/6/97 Planning Board Minutes 7 <br /> Belk reported that Commission heard a presentation by the graduate class <br /> from UNC Department on City and Regional Planning that is preparing a <br /> National Register Nomination for the Oaks Community. The final report <br /> will be presented to the HPC at its April meeting.Staff is also completing <br /> the work on the program report for the Landmark Designation Program. <br /> d. Ordinance Review Committee <br /> No meeting. <br /> e. Golf Course Amendment Review Task Force(Golf CART) <br /> No meeting. <br /> AGENDA ITEM#8: MATTERS HEARD AT PUBLIC HEARING(2/24/97) <br /> a. Zoning Ordinance Amendment <br /> (1) Special Use Permit-Historic Sites <br /> Presentation by Mary Willis. <br /> This item is to consider a proposed amendment which would allow the <br /> Board of commissioners to re-approve Special Use Permits for non- <br /> residential use of historic sites upon receipt of a report from the Planning <br /> Staff that the use has maintained compliance with the provisions of the <br /> Special Use Permit. ` <br /> On April 1, 1985,the Zoning Ordinance was amended to allow historic <br /> structures outside of activity nodes to be used for non-residential <br /> purposes. The use is allowed with approval of a Class A Special Use <br /> Permit in the Agricultural Residential(AR),Rural Residential(RI)and <br /> Rural Buffer(RB)zoning districts. A time limit of six years was <br /> included to provide for a periodic review to assure that the integrity of the <br /> historic site was maintained.Continuation of the use beyond six years <br /> requires submittal of a new application and preparation of public hearing <br /> agenda materials,as if it were a new use. <br /> There are four historic sites that currently have special use permits for <br /> non-residential uses and there have been no known instances of non- <br /> compliance or citizen.complaints concerning any of these uses. <br /> The proposed amendment would allow the Board of Commissioners to <br /> re-approve special use permits for non-residential use of historic sites at a <br /> regular meeting,upon receiving a compliance report from Planning Staff. <br /> If compliance has been maintained,then the permit would expire at the <br /> end of its 6-year limit. In that case,the applicant could submit a new <br /> application,as if it were a new use. Likewise,submittal of a new <br /> application would be required if modification of the original permit was <br /> proposed. <br /> The proposed amendment was presented for public hearing on February <br /> 24, 1997 and there were no citizen or Board comments. <br />