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Approved 4/22/2014 OC Board of Adjustment – 11/11/2013 Page 44 of 123 property. The property owners had made those improvements at an earlier time prior to my clients taking over 1 the property under lease arrangements so it didn’t happen on my client’s watch but we will be happy to, as part of 2 getting the special use permit and purchase the property, happy to get those remedied within all departments 3 involvement. 4 5 Michael Harvey: In Attachment 3, we have several letters and detailed correspondence from Orange County 6 Environmental Health establishing the process and procedures they would have to go through in order to address 7 these problems. Health department is no issue with the permit being issued as long as the applicant makes good 8 on their continued work to address the concerns you have articulated. In fact one of the conditions we are 9 recommending is that has to be done within a specific period of time as part of this approval. 10 11 Larry Wright: Is there anybody to testify for the riding stable? 12 13 Robin Barefoot: I have no testimony to offer unless I can answer a question. Kim introduced me and Lara Katz, 14 we are long time volunteers, current board member, former board member. 15 16 Larry Wright: Jay Zaragoza. 17 18 Jay Zaragoza: 1870 Home Road, Hillsborough, N.C. I am a resident of Orange County for about 30 years or 19 more. I would like to use this as an aid. I own 185 acres including along this property line. I think their operation 20 which I have observed for the last several months is an excellent operation and they have never caused any 21 noise or any reason for complaint and I highly recommend the approval of the application. The Cases’ (the 22 current owner of the Nicks Road property) will continue (to live) on a 20 acre parcel if they don’t have access they 23 will be land-locking themselves if they don’t obtain some type of an access easement. 24 25 Michael Harvey: Mr. Zaragoza brought this to my attention and a week ago, we brought it to the attention of Ms. 26 Steffan. The applicant is willing to grant some form of easement so I will be recommending an additional 27 condition of the granting of this SUP if this board chooses that an appropriate easement location shall be 28 referenced on the site plan and Mr. Zaragoza and I have been neighbors and friends longer than we want to think 29 about going back to my freshman year of high school. 30 31 Mark Micol: Is he the largest property owner? 32 33 Jay Zaragoza: I probably am the largest property owner. There is a 10 acre tract here owned by a bank due to a 34 foreclosure and the property next to it is being sold. 35 36 Michael Harvey: Reviewed staff’s recommendations. 37 38 Michael Harvey: We have recommended approval subject to these nine conditions with the addition of Condition 39 10 indicating that an easement shall be provided allowing access to the Cases’ for their adjacent property. 40 41 MOTION made by David Blankfard to close the public hearing and go into closed session. Seconded by Jeff 42 Schmitt. 43 VOTE: Unanimous 44 45