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9833-93-5222; and 9842-49-7233) along Camp Chestnut Ridge Road, west side Chestnut Ridge 1 Church Road, and east of Mt. Willing Road. 2 3 Planner II Patrick Mallett briefly walked through the abstract and gave a basic overview of the case. The abstract4 packet consists of 400 pages which includes the abstract on the first few pages and includes six attachments which 5 contains 3 (A) (B) and (C), the notifications materials for the case. Mr. Mallet mentioned entering the entire packet with 6 the notices for this hearing into the record. He began on page 34 of the abstract and pointed out site information, 7 notes, site data, and the basic overview involving Chestnut Ridge. He then moved to page 27 of the packet to discuss 8 that Chestnut Ridge had several PINs involving 376 acres and that the collection of tracts is an Agricultural Residential 9 (AR) parcel of land with two watersheds; the Upper Eno and Cane Creek.10 11 Chair Samantha Cabe asked that it be noted into the record that her children attend camp at Chestnut Ridge. She 12 asked the public if there was anyone involved as an interested party who objected to her participation in the hearing.13 14 Patrick Mallett continued with his presentation of the abstract and mentioned that he would be happy to answer specific 15 questions regarding the abstract and its attachments. He began to review the packet attachments which included: 16 Attachment #1, the site assessment located on page 34; Attachment #2, the application package located on page 35; 17 Attachment #3 (A)(B) and (C), the identification materials for both the Public Hearing and Neighborhood Information 18 meeting which are required by the UDO located on pages 323-367; Attachment #4, staff comments located on pages 19 368-387; Attachment #5, findings of fact located on page 358; copies of two previous special use permits that were 20 recorded prior to this application; and a site plan. Mr. Mallett then reviewed the site assessment and described its 21 contents as a basic overview of the property. He explained that the site had 375 acres and was located between Mount 22 Willing Road and Chestnut Road along the east with one parcel located on Chestnut Ridge Church Road but noted that 23 the majority of the camps location could be found on Chestnut Ridge Road. A large pond located in the center of the 24 property was identified as the camp’s main feature. A collection of buildings and camp structures can be found along 25 the eastern edge of the pond which includes the dinning hall, identified as the largest of the structures; rustic cabins 26 counsel cabins; retreat areas; and pavilions. Mr. Mallett identified the blue areas as stream buffers running through the 27 site. He commented that the staff report also noted several jurisdictional wetlands located on the site along with 28 pointing out the conservation easement located to the north of the site map and identified the Camp’s community farm, 29 garden, and 4-H programming area. He asked that another item to be noted was that several dozen environmental 30 health septic systems which supported a variety of structures on the property could be located on a field found on the 31 site plan. He described the largest one as a state-approved low-pressure system going out into the field and 32 mentioned that it was reviewed four times as year by private consultants followed by the county and then the state. The 33 applicant has submitted all the required information customary for a camp-retreat facility except for the evaluation 34 materials to be submitted into the record. He invited any questions from the public or board.35 36 Samantha Cabe mentioned that Mr. Mallett had been sworn in prior to speaking to the board and public. The board will 37 accept the abstract and attachments into the record. 38 39 McAdams’s Company Principal Planner Charlie Yokley informed the public and board that he is a consultant with Camp 40 Chestnut Ridge on the subject Class (B) Special Use Permit. He explained that the purpose of the permit is to allow for 41 the expansion of capacity services and increase of offerings within the camp such as; enclosing equestrian areas, 42 dining, including a spray ground for onsite camp recreation, increasing day camp capacity yearly from 130 campers to 43 225 campers and night campers during a 9-week period over the summer from 100 to 225. Mr. Yokley mentioned that 44 the camp has been at existence at this location since 1959 and is at a point where capacity and approval wise any new 45 building triggers a new special use permit, so the camp figured while they were requesting the special use permit, why 46 not place on paper all future site desires which is currently what you are seeing before you. He stated that the site plan 47 that you see was included as part of the application and is not something that will occur overnight. While the facilities 48 on the site will increase, the site of the camp will remain mostly undisturbed and undeveloped. 49 50 4