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O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 27 , 1995 <br /> Action Ag�nda <br /> Item # C-3-ate <br /> SUBJECT: SUP(A)-1-95 REBA AND ROSES, INC. <br /> CLASS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING X Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Hinkley <br /> X2584 <br /> Application <br /> Vicinity Maps TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Certificate of Mailing <br /> Staff Findings Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a Class A Special <br /> Use Permit Application for non-residential use of <br /> a historic structure. <br /> BACKGROUND: This Special Use Permit Application is submitted <br /> by Laura Baldwin to be allowed to continue the <br /> operation of Reba and Roses gift and garden <br /> shop/greenhouse at 112 Baldwin Road. The business <br /> is located in a former farm building on a historic <br /> property known as Sunnyside. The non-residential <br /> use of the property is currently in violation of <br /> the Zoning Ordinance. However, non-residential <br /> use of historic structures is allowed with <br /> approval of a 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. There are <br /> also beef cattle raised on the property. <br />