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Approved 6/13/2011 OC Board of Adjustment – 3/14/11 Page 23 of 59 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 permits, appeals, variances, and zoning enforcement. Basically, I have spent my profession conducting impact analysis on land use issues, recommended conditions, working with applicants, neighbors and boards, so if you were a member of a Board of Adjustment in Chapel Hill, I would be Michael Harvey. Tonight, I appear before you as a concerned neighbor but I do bring a perspective of a professional land use planner. I intend to outline my concerns and share some additional conditions for the board’s consideration. I will speak about some impacts that I don’t believe were discussed in the applicant’s materials. I will share my observations on topics I believe the Impact Analysis does not address. I will state some questions that I think need to be answered before the board acts on this application and I will offer some possible options for the board and applicant to consider. That is my introduction. If the board is okay I would like to ask some questions and I would like to start by asking Mr. Knight a question. Tom Brown: Mr. Knight if you would just come forward and we will … Gene Poveromo: You mentioned something about the distance between Whispering Pines and Sunny Acres. Could you repeat how close they are to each other? Vic Knight: The closest point is about 300 feet or so. Gene Poveromo: Could you describe what exactly is at the 300 foot point? Vic Knight: The northeast corner of Whispering Pines. Gene Poveromo: Could you tell us approximately what the closest residence is? Is that the 300 feet? Vic Knight: The property line. Gene Poveromo: How close, in Whispering Pine, is the closest residence to Sunny Acres? Vic Knight: Maybe another 50 to 65 feet. Gene Poveromo: In your discussion, you mentioned another adjacent neighborhood when you were talking about Whispering Pines and making comparison about property values. What did you mean by the word adjacent? Vic Knight: I was looking at another neighborhood adjacent to Whispering Pines. Gene Poveromo: I did review your analysis and I found the information to be somewhat interesting but I was a little confused about what area you were actually talking about. For example, your report talks about the neighborhood, the general neighborhood, the immediate neighborhood, immediate surrounding neighborhood, the surrounding neighborhood, the entire neighborhood area, the area, the general area, the nearby area, the surrounding properties, the immediate surrounding properties and developments nearby. My question to you is could you define that geographic area for me? I described 13 different geographic locations and I was having a hard time determining where you were talking about. Vic Knight: You have taken all those out of context so I don’t know which … Gene Poveromo: That is fair. I would like the opportunities to ask Mr. Knight a question when I am done with my presentation. I do have a few questions for Michael. The questions I have, there was discussion about the initial phase of 16 to 30 dog runs. It is funny how it is 16, 30 maximum. Would that require another permit or would this permit allow the 30 runs. Michael Harvey: That is a good question and I will answer as the site plan, there is to be 16 dogs. The applicant’s testimony is that the original site plan that was submitted to this board for review back in December showed an initial construction of 16 runs. Subsequent to the public hearing being scheduled, the applicant