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10 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Bruce Heflin, Director of Public Works <br /> FROM: Roger Waldon, Planning Director �..-- <br /> SUBJECT: Regulatory Considerations Regarding the Neville Property (Chapel Hill Township <br /> Tax Map # 18, Parcel 22) <br /> DATE: November 7, 1994 <br /> You asked for information about the above named property, and about regulatory restrictions <br /> related to its use for supplying fill dirt. <br /> Current zoning for this property is Residential-1, one of our low-density residential districts. <br /> Permitted uses include single-family dwellings and a series of low-intensity non-residential uses <br /> as follows: day care facility, place of worship, public cultural facility, public use facility, <br /> school, and non-profit recreation facility. <br /> You described the possibility of use of this property to provide fill dirt for another parcel. Our <br /> Development Ordinance contains the following definition, which I believe fits the use you <br /> describe: <br /> Extraction of Earth Products: The process of removal of natural deposits of <br /> mineral ores, soils, or other solid matter from their original location, not <br /> including any processing of such material beyond incidental mechanical <br /> consolidation or sorting to facilitate transportation off-site. <br /> This use is permitted only in our Rural Transition zoning district, and only pursuant to Council <br /> approval of a Special Use Permit. <br /> The process for obtaining a rezoning and subsequent Special Use Permit could occur in two <br /> ways: either an application for rezoning, followed by an application for a Special Use Permit; <br /> or simultaneous consideration of applications for both. <br /> Both types of applications involve review by staff and the Planning Board, a Public Hearing <br /> before the Town Council, and subsequent action by the Town Council. I normally advise <br /> applicants seeking such approvals to count on a six-month process from submittal to action by <br /> the Town Council (rough estimation; can be shorter for a non-controversial application, and <br /> occasionally is longer). The period of preparing and approving final plans following Council <br /> approval of a Special Use Permit usually takes about two months. <br /> Let me know if there is more information that would be helpful. <br />