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i. Staff abstract and attachments, including the actual SUP application, Master Plan site plan, staff comments on the project, and copies of the UDO and Comprehensive Plan; ii. Staff testimony on the project and its compliance with various provisions of the UDO; iii. Applicant’s sworn testimony, including a submitted financial impact assessment completed by Mr. Everett V. Knight, providing additional information on the project’s compliance with the UDO; and iv. Comments from the BOCC, Planning Board, and the general public. • STEP THREE – PLANNING BOARD REVIEW: The Planning Board reviews the request and makes a recommendation on the project’s compliance with specific development standards (Section 5.8.4) and the general standards (Section 5.3.2 Special Uses) of the UDO. Staff prepares a script to aid the Board in making required findings and denoting the ‘evidence’ utilized in rendering a decision as contained in Attachment 3. STAFF COMMENT: This Planning Board review will begin at the July 1, 2015 regular meeting where the Board will be asked to make a recommendation. • STEP FOUR – DECISION: The BOCC will receive the Planning Board’s recommendation as well as any other written evidence, deliberate, certify the record, close the public hearing, and then render a final decision. BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the May 26, 2015 Quarterly Public Hearing where staff indicated the school began operations in 1984 offering educational opportunities, based on the State curriculum guidelines, for kindergarten through 12th grade students. Through this proposal the applicant is requesting to modify and expand the existing campus with the construction and location of new buildings and support facilities over the next 15-years. The plans are envisioned to support an increase in student population to approximately 350 students by 2030, which represents an overall increase in 91 students from current enrolment. Agenda materials from the Quarterly Public Hearing can be viewed at: http://www.orangecountync.gov/150526QPHKC.pdf. During the hearing, the following comments/questions were posed concerning the application: • A BOCC member asked if the applicant would be required to secure building and zoning permits prior to the commencement of construction: RESPONSE: The applicant will still be required to obtain all the necessary additional development permits (e.g. erosion control, stormwater, site plan(s), building, environmental health) prior to the commencement of land disturbing activities. The granting of this SUP will allow the required permit review process to move forward under the guidance of an approved SUP Master Plan. • A BOCC member asked what happens if the school does not get approval to expand the existing septic system. RESPONSE: If the existing septic system cannot be expanded then development would be curtailed to only those uses and impacts that could be supported with the existing septic system. The applicant understands and accepts the risk. 26