Orange County Approved BOA Minutes 21 01 11

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Approved 8/9/2021 1 Mr. Nordwall thanked the Board and informed the Board we would not be here this evening unless Mr. Patil had applied 2 for a special use permit when this first started 5 years ago. Mr. Nordwall then read a statement into the record (the 3 statement is contained in the packet of information supplied to the Board): 4 5 In Proposed Use (PU) claims no more than 40 cars per game on weekends, which is consistent with the Operational 6 Characteristics (OC) mention of average anticipated 30- 40 cars. It also stated that the parking area will easily 7 accommodate 71 cars or more. 8 9 The site plan is showing a parking lot for 21 cars and it occupies roughly 51% of the frontage to Old Greensboro RD. I 10 fail to understand how the "parking area"can accommodate 71 cars or more using even the grass overflow suggested 11 in the site plan. 12 13 Furthermore, the site plan indicates that the parking lot apron is 169. 7'from Holly Creek Lane, while in the OC it states 14 that it will be 250'from Holly Creek Lane. This needs to be clarified. 15 16 The PU states that the expectation is 40 cars per game what happens with overflow when/if there is practice at the 17 same time? 18 19 When the position of the parking lot has been resolved, we would like to request that the porta John be placed in a less 20 conspicuous place and be shielded properly from plain view. 21 22 The PU highlights that it will not be a professional league of any kind as defined as a league with compensation and 23 prize money. It states that there will be teams playing for the joy of the game. My request for clarification is "are these 24 teams part of the Triangle Cricket League". If so isn't this indeed league play and not just playing for the joy of the 25 game. 26 27 The PU is referencing the informational call held on October 31, 2020, and it claims that none of the participants had 28 any objections. The Zoom call was the first time anyone saw the site plan and it was hard to see any details. Had the 29 call been accurately positioned with information circulated ahead of time so we could have reviewed the information 30 properly I think the response would have been different. In this case it was positioned as an informational call, so it was 31 not strange that there were no objections. Had I got information before the call, 1 for one would have had objections. 32 After subsequent call it is still not clear what plants would be used to shield the field? 33 34 The attached site plan calls for a field that is 311.4'in diameter which is a lot less than what a regular field Is which can 35 be anywhere from 450-500' in diameter. When the league play was taking place earlier the field border was marked 36 with cones and was all the way up to Holly Creek Lane. There was no off set of the 50' from the ROW. How can we 37 make sure that the buffer will be in place and respected? 38 39 Mr. Nordwall said the applicant should be required to submit a new site plan that is clear and understandable. Mr. 40 Nordwall said there was no evidence in the record indicating the proposed cricket field would not have a negative 41 impact on local property values. As a result it should be denied. 42 43 Mr. Nordwall rejected Mr. Mufuka's assertion that the fields had been there for a long time and there have not been 44 problems. The issue arises because now there is going to be a parking lot constructed and porta-johns placed on the 45 property that local residents will have to look at and will create an impact on the values of neighboring property. Mr. 46 Nordwall said residents will have to drive through this area and continuously see these issues. 47 48 Mr. Mufuka rejected concerns the comparable properties noted in the applicant's impact analysis are not germane 49 indicating the review looks at recreational facilities, some with more amenities than are proposed by Mr. Patil, impact on 50 residential property values. Mr. Mufuka reminded the Board the proposed cricket field will not be accessing Holly Creek 22