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�l 1 <br /> ORANGE C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 5, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # X—o <br /> SUBJECT: SUP(A) -1-95 REBA AND ROSES, INC. <br /> CLASS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _X_ No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Hinkley <br /> X2584 <br /> Findings of Fact <br /> Application TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Site Maps <br /> Public Hearing Minutes 11-29-95 Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Planning Board Minutes 12-18-95 Durham - 688-7331 <br /> General Information Memorandum Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a Special Use Permit Application for <br /> non-residential use of a historic structure . <br /> BACKGROUND: This Special Use Permit Application is submitted <br /> by Laura Baldwin to continue the operation of Reba <br /> and Roses gift and garden shop/greenhouse at 112 <br /> Baldwin Road. The business is located in a former <br /> farm building on a historic property known as <br /> Sunnyside. The non-residential use of the <br /> property is currently in violation of the Zoning <br /> Ordinance. However, non-residential use of <br /> historic structures is allowed with approval of a <br /> Special Use Permit . <br /> The Baldwin property is located on the northwest <br /> corner of St . Mary' s Road and Baldwin Road. It <br /> consists of two parcels (5 .14 . .21 & 21A) totalling <br /> 56 .24 acres . Reba and Roses is located on a five- <br /> acre portion of lot 21 . The property is zoned <br /> Agricultural Residential . Other features of the <br /> property include the historic residence and <br /> smokehouse, and a chestnut tree orchard. Beef <br /> cattle are also raised on the property. <br />