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Approved 12/8/2014 OC Board of Adjustment – 10/13/2014 Page 4 of 17 1 Larry Wright: And also an Attachment on page 23. 2 3 MOTION: Samantha Cabe made a motion to amend Attachment 5 and enter that amended attachment into the 4 record to include the provision that the use will comply with the relevant section of the Comprehensive Plan as 5 referenced by Mr. Harvey. David Blankfard seconded. 6 7 VOTE: Unanimous 8 9 Michael Harvey: As you will note on page 3 we have a proposed camp/retreat center and I will reiterate that is how 10 the Unified Development Ordinance defines it and labels it. One comment staff has to address is the concern from 11 an adjacent property owner that this will become a summer camp where children will be staying overnight and there 12 will be overnight camping and accommodations. We have stipulated that there is not going to be a camp; there are 13 not going to be cabins for children staying overnight. That addressed Ms. Cox’s concern that this will be a summer 14 camp. We have a breakdown of the programs in our abstract the applicant will offer. The Triangle Land 15 Conservancy has also provided on pages 3, 4 and 5, a breakdown of the project’s complaince with applicable 16 standards. I will remind the board that on the bottom of page 3, 4 and the top of page 5, we have provided a 17 breakdown of what we believe is in the application, contained in Attachment 1, on how the project complies with the 18 various submittal and review requirements. For example, we have site plan denoting all the required elements such 19 as buildings, storage areas, fencing, etc. We have in Attachment 1 a detailed narrative and description of the facility 20 plan, its capacity and operational parameters. We have a phasing plan that has been proposed beginning on page 21 54, Attachment 1. We have documentation in the abstract detailing staff’s evaluation of the project. We have 22 documentation in the form of a memorandum from the Orange County Health Department within Attachment 3 23 indicating the waste water disposal system was found to be acceptable. The site plan, I will stipulate, shows the 24 distance of the nearest residential structure. Private recreation facilities are not being proposed and compliance with 25 subsection 2B is not required. The site plan provides all necessary documentation dealing with off street parking. 26 We have various staff comments in Attachment 4. We have not had a negative finding by any staff on this project. 27 As you will remember, the staff does not make recommendation with respect to the projects compliance with the 28 provisions of Section 5.3.2 (A) 2 specifically that the use will maintain and promote the public health, safety, and 29 general welfare if located where proposed, number two that the use will maintain or enhance the value of contiguous 30 property and number 3 that the location and character of the use will be developed according to the plan submitted, 31 will be in harmony with the area in which it is to be located and the use is in compliance with the plan for physical 32 development in the county. Staff has provided on page 5, number 3, several goals and policies that support the 33 issuance of this permit with respect to its compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. The applicant has also provided 34 such information in Attachment 1. We have not received any public comment expressions any concerns except the 35 question asked by Ms. Cox. This is a quasi-juridical hearing where decisions are based on sworn testimony and 36 evidence. Mr. Chairman, unless there are any questions for me, I would like to defer to the applicant to make their 37 presentation. 38 39 Larry Wright: On page 65, there is an email from Jason Shepard who speaks on behalf of the EMS and I have no 40 attribution as to who he is. 41 42 Michael Harvey: Jason Shepard is the Orange County Fire Marshal with Orange County Emergency Management. 43 44 T.C. Morphis: I am an attorney with the Brough Law Firm in Chapel Hill. I’m going to be speaking some this evening 45 addressing the owners along with my colleagues. Before we speak we wanted to have representatives from Triangle 46 Land Conservancy tell you about the project. I have with me Ms. Katherine Baer and Mr. Walt Tysinger. You may 47 already be aware of this. The somewhat unusual feature of the Urban Conservation Center is that it is an ongoing 48 use. It has been in operation five years and that was the knowledge and understanding of the county planning staff 49 who told us that we would be able to come in and seek a special use permit which we are happy to do so when you 50