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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 26, 2015 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C -1 <br />SUBJECT: Class A Special Use Permit — Emerson Waldorf School <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Application Packet <br />2. Property and Vicinity Map <br />3. Staff Comments <br />4. Neighborhood Information Meeting <br />Comments <br />5. Notification Materials and Certification <br />Under Separate Cover — Full Scaled Copy <br />of Project Site Plan <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Patrick Mallett, Planner II (919) 245 -2577 <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner III (919) 245 -2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245 -2575 <br />PURPOSE: To hold a quasi-judicial public hearing and receive sworn testimony and evidence on a <br />Class A Special Use Permit application proposing the development/expansion of a private school <br />facility in accordance with the provisions of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). <br />A quasi-judicial hearing means that testimony is sworn and evidence must be competent and <br />substantial. Hearsay or unsubstantiated opinions are not sufficient testimony. Board members are <br />also prohibited from engaging in conversations with anyone on the merits of project outside of the <br />public hearing process. Such conversations, commonly referred to as `ex parte communications' are <br />prohibited. <br />BACKGROUND: On December 19, 2014 staff received an application proposing the <br />development/redevelopment of the existing Emerson Waldorf school campus located at the <br />intersection of New Jericho and Millhouse Roads. The request was originally slated for review at the <br />February 19, 2015 Quarterly Public Hearing but was removed from the agenda to allow the applicant <br />more time to address staff comments. <br />The basic facts of the application are as follows: <br />Applicant: Emerson Waldorf <br />6211 New Jericho Road <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27517 <br />Property Owners: Same <br />Agent(s)- Summit Engineering <br />