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Approved 11/14/2011 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 6/13/2011 Page 20 of 44 <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />8 <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 />49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />52 <br />Further, staff has determined that the proposed additional uses are consistent with the operational characteristics of a <br />Camp/Retreat Center as currently defined and permitted within the County. <br /> <br />Staff cannot comment on the projects compliance with the general standards detailed within Section 5.3.2 (A) (2) of the <br />Unified Development Ordinance, specifically: <br /> <br />a. The use will maintain or promote the public health, safety and general welfare, if located where proposed and 7 <br />developed and operated according to the plan as submitted. <br />b. The use will maintain or enhance the value of contiguous property (unless the use is a public necessity, in which 9 <br />case the use need not maintain or enhance the value of contiguous property). <br />c. The location and character of the use, if developed according to the plan submitted, will be in harmony with the <br />area in which it is to be located and the use is in compliance with the plan for the physical development of the <br />County as embodied in these regulations or in the Comprehensive Plan, or portion thereof, adopted by the Board of <br />County Commissioners. <br /> <br />These items are acted upon by the Board based on the testimony and evidence entered into the public record during the <br />hearing. <br /> <br />If the Board of Adjustment finds in the affirmative on the specific and general standards, the Board could make a positive <br />finding on this application. In the event that the Board of Adjustment makes the determination that the permit can be issued, <br />Planning Staff would suggest the Board consider the attachment of the following conditions to the revised Special Use <br />Permit: <br /> <br />1. That the applicant complete and submit a formal application to the Orange County Health Department <br />requesting a change of use for the Camp/Retreat center. Specifically, the applicant shall request that the <br />Health Department re-issue the operations permit authorizing the use of the property as a Camp/Retreat <br />center incorporating the new uses as approved by the Board of Adjustment. The application, including all <br />applicable fees, shall be submitted within one hundred eighty (180) days from the approval of the Special <br />Use Permit. Any and all required modifications to the existing system required to accommodate the new <br />uses shall be completed in accordance with Orange County Health Department policy. <br />2. That the applicant complete and submit a formal application to the Orange County Inspections <br />Department requesting a change of use for the Camp/Retreat center. Specifically the applicant shall <br />request that the Building Inspections division of Orange County re-issue a Certificate of Occupancy (CO) <br />for the Agricultural Center incorporating the additional land uses as approved by the Board of Adjustment. <br />The application, including all applicable fees, shall be submitted within one hundred eighty (180) days <br />from the approval of the Special Use Permit. <br />3. That the applicant shall cause the existing Special Use Permit to be modified incorporating the new land <br />uses, as approved by the Board of Adjustment, and that all existing conditions, as denoted on the original <br />permit shall remain in full force and effect. The revised Special Use Permit shall be recorded in the <br />Orange County Registrar of Deeds within one hundred eighty (180) days from the approval of the Special <br />Use Permit. <br /> <br />David Blankfard: If we grant this special use permit, is there anything that would prohibit the applicant from having an outdo or <br />event that would exceed the sewer provided that there was outdoor port-o-potties? <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: No sir. The reason why is this special use permit obligates this applicant to comply with the provisions of the <br />issued permit of the health department. They would actually have to amend that permit. <br /> <br />David Blankfard: So they couldn’t have it. <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: That is going to be my answer because the existing permit as contained in the abstract mandates what has <br />to happen with respect to occupancy loads for the septic system. If you are asking me can they amend that application, the