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Approved 11/14/2011 OC Board of Adjustment – 6/13/2011 Page 2 of 44 Individuals sworn in: 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 39 40 41 42 Meredith Berry David Pearsall Mike Parker Allison Nichols Scott Oglesby Sabrina Hanson Mary Messinger David Laudicina Edmund Wise Nancy Oglesby Lynne Jaffe Ross Poore John Soehner Bonnie Hauser Marilee McTigue Susan Walser Bob Hartford Lue Simopoulos Susan Nichols Deborah Pearson-Moyers Tom Bush David Rooks, Attorney for Maple View Farms, HOA Jodi Bakst Lori Kroothoep Dolly Hunter 5. A-1-11 - Camp/Retreat Center - Modification of existing Special Use Permit submitted by Maple View Agricultural Center LLC In accordance with the provisions of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), Maple View Farms LLC has submitted a request to modify an existing Class B Special Use Permit allowing for the operation of a Camp/Retreat center at the Maple View Agricultural Center at 3111 Dairyland Road (PIN 9851-50-8691). Specifically the applicant is seeking to modify the existing permit to allow for the following additional uses permitted to operate from the property: a. The renting out of the facility for meetings and/or conferences without an educational farm component b. The holding of special events and fundraisers on the property without an educational farm component, c. The rental of the facility for family reunions, wedding receptions, holiday parties, etc. On April 14, 2008 the Orange County Board of Adjustment approved a Class B Special Use Permit application allowing for the development of a Camp/Retreat Center on the property. The permit allowed for the development of a facility providing educational seminars and classes focusing on farming activities and practices. Through this submittal, Maple View Farm LLC is seeking to expand the allowable uses permitted to operate on the property in accordance with the provisions of the UDO and the definition of a Camp/Retreat Center. Tom Brown: Mr. Harvey, does staff wish to provide input on the case at this time? Michael Harvey: Very briefly since there are several people wishing to speak tonight and I don’t feel like rehashing the eloquent job you have already done… I will ask the board to enter into the record, our abstract, which includes an Attachment A, the original special use permit as approved by this body in 2008, Attachment B which is the applicant proposing the modification which you are reviewing this evening, Attachment C which is the minutes from the April 14, 2008 Board of Adjustment meeting, Attachment D which is the minutes from the October 11, 2010 Board of Adjustment meeting reviewing their appeal concerning the Maple View Farm Agricultural Center, Attachment E is a map of adjacent properties , Attachment F which is staff correspondence including the approved septic permit authorized and the operation of the Maple View Farm Ag Center, Attachment G which is the Findings of Fact we will review later and the attached site plan. Tom Brown: Please enter those into the record. Michael Harvey: I would suggest the applicant come forward to present their case. Mike Parker: Allison Nichols is here, who is the director of the center, has materials. I would like to be brief. Most of what we would like to do is present these materials so they can be entered into the record. Let me begin with a couple of opinions we have. The real estate appraiser, Scott Dorsett, a certified real estate appraiser here in Hillsborough... his opinion, to