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Approved 6/13/2011 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 3/14/11 Page 26 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 />39 <br />40 <br />Gene Poveromo: What is prohibiting this information to this board and before the board acts on this application? <br />Chad Abbott: I presented this to the best of my ability to this board. <br />Gene Poveromo: Let me re-phrase the question. What is preventing the applicant from providing this board with <br />an approved release water discharge permit from Orange County before they make a decision on this application? <br />Chad Abbott: Orange County will not issue anything until they receive a letter from the state saying it is an <br />approved system. I think Mr. West is going to spend anywhere from $4,000 to $6,000 to approve a septic system <br />not knowing if the board will approve it and if it is going to be made a condition of approval. Obviously he will <br />have to obtain that permit before disturbing land at the premises. <br />Gene Poveromo: Thank you. That helps. One more question. You talked about other options but then there <br />was a discussion about would there be tearing up of vegetation in the woods and you said no. Is that correct? <br />Chad Abbott: I am saying no mass clearing. It would be selective cleaning up to remove ground litter, rotten logs <br />that would prohibit the… <br />Gene Poveromo: Based on the possible options, you might come back with that might be approved; there would <br />be no mass clearing. Thank you for giving me that opportunity. I do have a PowerPoint presentation I would like <br />to show you now. <br />Michael Harvey: Mr. Chairman, may I suggest the board take a five minute recess. <br />Tom Brown: The board will recess for five minutes for technical issues. <br />Tom Brown: The board is in session. <br />Gene Poveromo: We will start with a photo of our two story farm house. We have lived here for almost 15 years. <br />This is the Elkins farm house. It was built in 1903 by Steve and Larry Elkins’ grandfather. It is a beautiful isolated <br />quiet setting. It is located at the end of a 1,000 foot long gravel road and Chuck and Delois’ house is down the <br />road. This is the driveway coming into our house. There is an area map to give you a better idea. In order for <br />you to fully appreciate tonight’s discussion, I think it would be helpful to identify our home and property on this <br />aerial photograph. Old Greensboro Road is off the page. Here is the gravel road heading north. Our property <br />starts at this point. The road continues south, if you go straight you are in our driveway. If you turn to the left you <br />are going down the edge of our property and then you come out here where Chuck and Delois’ house is. This is <br />where the kennel is proposed. I took an opportunity to take the site plan the applicant submitted and located our <br />house on that site plan so that gives you a sense of how close our house is to the access easement. It is about <br />30 feet away and it is about 50 feet from the existing driveway. My wife and I do have concerns and we want to <br />share those concerns with you. Again, we are not here to stop you from building your kennel. We are here to <br />share information, ask the board for help and just look for some clarity. Tonight, I will speak a little about property <br />values, access traffic, roadway construction, maintenance, wastewater, noise and vegetation buffers. I wanted to <br />talk about impacts on property values. <br />Nick Herman: Just because I have to for the record, I’ll object for the record because the statute requires expert <br />testimony on property value as well as traffic impact. I didn’t mean to interrupt. <br />Gene Poveromo: I will make some general comments and concerns that I have and feelings. We live in a house <br />that is situated on the historic Elkin’s family site. It is well over 100 years old. We have spent the last 10 years <br />remodeling, upgrading and restoring and fair to say saving this landmark home. Locating the kennel without dog <br />runs and inviting commercial traffic, employees, delivery trucks within 30 to 50 feet of our home, will alter the <br />historic setting of this home. As a property owner, as someone who owns a home, I don’t believe this kennel will