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