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11 t The following three people were sworn in by Clerk to the Board Beverly A. z Blythe: Craig Benedict, Tina Moon and Betty Davidson. 3 Planner Tina Moon made the presentation. The purpose of this item is to a receive evidence and public comment regarding the application for a class A special use s permit to allow the existing structure, to be used as the Olive Branch Inn Bed and 6 Breakfast. She said that bed and breakfast establishments are permitted upon approval of ~ the class A special use permit by the Board of County Commissioners under use category a 554, Historic Sites, Non-residential, Mixed Use in article $ of the zoning ordinance. She 9 made reference to the property on the County map stating that it is located on NC 57 in to Caldwell. The zoning is rural residential, or R1 and it is in the Little River Protected tt Watershed. The surrounding adjacent property use is essentially R1, rural residential and tz agricultural residential, AR. The property contains 47.17 acres. The applicant is 13 requesting the use of three rooms with restroom facilities and a common dining room area. la No changes to the house are proposed as part of this application. Per section 2.2$ of the is Orange Gounty Environmental Impact Ordinance, the applicant was required to submit an t6 environmental assessment since the property was identified in an inventory of sites of t~ cultural, historic, recreational, biological, and geological sign~cance in the unincorporated t s portions of the County. This house has been placed on the National Register of Historic 19 Places. The Planning staff has forwarded the EA and supplemental materials to the North 20 Carolina State Clearinghouse and is awaiting comments. Subject to the comments from 2t the state clearinghouse, the application appears to meet the County requirements at this 22 point. Therefore, the Planning Department is recommending approval of the class A z3 special use permit subject to the eight conditions. The administration is recommending 2a that the Board refer the class A special use permit to the Historic Preservation Commission 2s to determine whether the proposed use maintains the historic character of the house and 26 property as required in the Orange County zoning ordinance and then to the Planning z~ Board for a recommendation on the SUP to be returned to the County Commissioners no za sooner than August 21, 2001. 29 Commissioner Carey asked about the significance of condition #7, which is the 3o requirement to dedicate the property within the right-of--way and the small portion on the 3l eastern side Of the right-of--way to NCDOT or Orange County prior to commencing 3z operation. Craig Benedict said that when the applicant submitted the application the deed 33 included the entire roadway. There had not been any right-Of--way easements acquired by 3a NCDOT. With any new proposal that comes in, that is the time to acquire the right-of--way. 3s Commissioner Brown asked about a piece of property down the road from her 36 where the people own the property across the intersection and they do not pay taxes.on 37 that portion. Craig Benedict will get an answer to this question. 38 Commissioner Jacobs asked if it was standard for special use permits to be valid 39 for six years. Geoffrey Gledhill said that Orange County's ordinance limits the period of a ao special use permit to six years. a t Commissioner Jacobs asked about landscaping as mentioned on pages 42 to az 45 and asked for an explanation of the partial landscape waiver for a visibility corridor. 43 Craig Benedict said that the purpose of a partial landscape waiver for the frontage is so as that the historical view of the house can still be maintained. There will also be a place for a a5 conservative sign and the sign will not obstruct the view of the house. a6 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to condition #4 and said that he is aware a~ of at least three instances where the Fire Marshall was not included in the process of as approval in a timely fashion so that people had to redo things and had to do things that a9 were counter to policies that we were pursuing. He would like to be sure that there is so better coordination between the Fire Marshall and the County's Inspection staff.