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PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director Administration 131 W. Margaret Lane (919) 245 -2575 Suite 201 (919) 644 -3002 (FAX) ORANGE COUNTY P. O. Box 8181 www.orangecountync.gov NORTH CAROLINA Hillsborough, NC 27278 March 2, 2018 NOTICE OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A CLASS B SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION (A -2 -18) PROPOSING AN EXPANDED CHILD CARE CENTER CALLED "SOUNDS AND COLORS" WITHIN THE HILLSBOROUGH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (HUCC) FACILITY 1"o Whom It May Concern: You are receiving this letter because you are listed as an owner of property within 1,000 feet of a 15.65 acre parcel of land at Davis Drive and NC Highway 86 South. The property is further identified by Orange County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 9862 -99 -7320. The property is zoned Rural Buffer (RB) and Rural Residential (R -1), within unprotected portions of the Lower Eno and Jordan Lake Watersheds, and located in the Chapel Hill Township of Orange County. The Hillsborough United Church of Christ (the current property owners) and the Sounds and Colors LLC (the current child care operators) are proposing to expand the leased child care facilities on this parcel. The expansion will include a 1,200 sq. ft. addition to an existing building for additional classroom, administration, and education space. It will also include site improvements to increase the child care capacity from 58 to 80 children. The Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Section 5.2 Table of Permitted Uses classifies the proposed use as "Child Care Facilities," which may be permitted in the RB and R -1 zoning districts so long as they are subject to the review, approval, and issuance of a Class B Special Use Permit (SUP) by the Orange County Board of Adjustment (BOA). UDO Section 2.7 requires that the BOA hold a public hearing in a quasi - judicial format, and that notices be sent to property owners within 1,000 feet of the subject property. The BOA will hold a public hearing to decide the Class B SUP request on March 12, 2018. The review of all SUP applications are carried out in a quasi- judicial format, meaning that decisions relating to the approval or denial of an application are based solely on the sworn testimony of all parties involved with the case, both those for and against an application, as well as the review of competent, material, and substantial evidence submitted during the public hearing. Quasi-judicial hearings and decisions require a `fair trial standard' including accepting only competent, material, and substantial evidence. Public comments in the form of sworn testimony meeting evidentiary standards can be accepted. Personal, anecdotal, or hearsay comments, however, shall not be accepted as they do not represent `competent, material, and substantial evidence.' 63