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Approved 11/8/2010 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/11/2010 Page 4 of 35 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />CASE NUMBER A-03-10 REVIEW of an INTERPRETATION made by the Orange County Current Planning <br />Supervisor concerning the operation of a Camp/Retreat Center at 3111 Dairyland Road (TMBL 6.13..10D / PIN <br />9851-50-8691) <br /> <br />GENERAL INFORMATION: 5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br /> <br />APPLICANT: Maple View Farms LLC <br /> 3111 Dairyland Road <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> <br />STATUS OF APPLICANT: The applicant is the owner of the aforementioned property located at 3111 <br />Dairyland Road. <br /> <br />PROPERTY INFORMATION: 1. The property is located within the Bingham Township <br />2. TMBL 6.13..10D / PIN 9851-50-8691 <br /> 3. The property is twenty (20) acres in area, <br /> 4. The property is zoned RB Rural Buffer and University Lake Protected <br />Watershed, <br />5. On April 14, 2008 the Orange County Board of Adjustment approved a Class B <br />Special Use Permit application allowing for the development of a Camp/Retreat <br />Center on the property. The permit allowed for the development of a facility <br />providing educational seminars and classes focusing on farming activities and <br />practices Hereafter ‘the property’ <br /> <br />REQUESTED ACTION: The applicant appeals the Zoning Officer’s determination, contained within a <br />Courtesy Notice dated June 22, 2010 indicating that the applicant has modified the <br />permitted uses a the aforementioned property in violation of the provisions of the <br />Orange County Zoning Ordinance. <br /> <br />PURPOSE OF REQUEST: The application requests that the Board of Adjustment overturn the decision of the <br />Current Planning Supervisor as detailed within the June 22, 2010 courtesy notice. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: On April 14, 2008 the Orange County Board of Adjustment issued a Class B Special <br />Use Permit (hereafter ‘SUP’) in accordance with Article Eight (8) Special Uses of the <br />Orange County Zoning Ordinance (hereafter ‘the Ordinance’) allowing for the <br />development of a Camp/Retreat Center on the property to include the following: <br /> <br />1. The development of an educational facility providing the following program elements: <br />o Seminars/Classes providing ‘hands on experience’ for learning about the ‘natural world in the context <br />of seasonal farm activities’, <br />o Program focus would be on elementary school students that are designed to help ‘teachers meet <br />objectives that are found in the North Carolina Standards Course of Study’, <br />o Hands on activities including planting/transplanting crops, harvesting, spinning/weaving, milk and <br />dairy production, canning and preserving, and composting, <br />o Educational seminars on the ‘science’ of farming including soil types and properties, fertilization, <br />rotation of crops, weather issues, and other similar issues, <br />o Animal observation, <br />o Farm tours for seminar/class attendees (i.e. hayrides)