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• 210 <br /> • <br /> COLEMAN, BERNHOLZ, DICKERSON, <br /> BERNHOLZ, GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> P.O. DRAWER 1529 <br /> 129 E. TRYON Si. <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. 27278 rPr7P1/7t <br /> 919-732-2196 <br /> 919-942-8000 <br /> CHAPEL HILL OFFICE May 18, 1988 <br /> t"1/4-6 <br /> SUITE 20,FRANKLIN BUILDING <br /> 137 E.FRANKLIN STREET <br /> CHAPEL HILL.N.C.27514 <br /> 919-929-7151 <br /> At.ONZO B.COLEMAN,JR. <br /> STEVEN A.BERNH02 <br /> DONALD R.DICKERSON <br /> ROGER B.BERNH012 <br /> GEOFFREY E.GLEDHILL Mr. Marvin Collins <br /> DOUGLAS HARGRAVE <br /> G.NICHOLAS HERMAN Director <br /> KIM K.STEFFAN <br /> NATHANIEL E.CLEMENT' Orange County Planning Department <br /> MARILYN E.'TOMEI 306F Revere Road <br /> Of Counsel Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> BONNER D.SAWYER <br /> (1902-1972) <br /> Re: Flowers Mobile Home Park <br /> Dear Marvin: <br /> This letter is in response to your March 16, <br /> 1988 letter concerning the special use permit and a <br /> request for an extension of time to proceed with <br /> construction pursuant to the special use permit for <br /> Flowers Mobile Home Park. In your letter you ask two <br /> questions. The first is as follows: <br /> • Can the Planning Board delay action <br /> on the request pending receipt of <br /> the results of the Alternative <br /> Systems Study requested by the Board <br /> of Commissioners? <br /> There are no standards contained in Section 7.2 .8 to <br /> guide the Planning Board in its recommendation or the <br /> Board of County Commissioners in its decision whether <br /> to grant an extension of the requirement that <br /> construction start and proceed at a reasonable rate <br /> within 12 months of the approval of the permit. There <br /> are, likewise, no time tables contained in the <br /> ordinance for action on a request for an extension. It <br /> does seem to me, however, that a request submitted <br /> after February 1, 1988—for an extension of a permit <br /> which will expire on July 6, 1988 should be acted on <br /> within a reasonable time of February 1, 1988 . I do not <br /> think delaying action on the request to a point at or <br /> beyond the expiration date of the permit is reasonable. <br /> Your second question is as follows: <br />