Agenda - 09-05-2023; 8-a - Minutes

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13 1 3. The property owner shall conduct a Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) five (5) years after the 2 opening of the school and submit the TIA to Orange County Planning and Inspections 3 Department; 4 4. All handicapped parking spaces shall be installed with striped hashmarks to provide 5 additional separation between vehicles; 6 5. Subject to approval by the NCDOT, the property owner shall install a concrete median 7 along with additional striping on Lawrence Road at the intersection with Old NC 10 8 Highway prior to issuance of a certificate of compliance for the school; 9 6. Subject to approval by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the property 10 owner shall install school zone/35 m.p.h. speed limit signage on Lawrence Road and US 11 70A in the vicinity of the school; 12 7. Subject to approval by the Town of Hillsborough and the North Carolina Department of 13 Environmental Quality, in the event water service is provided to the school, the property 14 owner shall install fire hydrants at required intervals along US 70A prior to issuance of a 15 certificate of compliance for the school. 16 17 Following the Planning Board's formal recommendation of denial for this application at the May 18 3, 2023 regular meeting, the applicant amended the list of offered conditions to include the 19 following two (2) conditions: 20 21 1. There will be no cafeteria facilities if the site is served by an on-site septic system; and 22 2. For a minimum of six months after approval of this zoning atlas amendment, the applicant 23 shall not submit any site plan application for approximately 12 acres designated for a 24 school use within PIN 9883-19-4355, and during those six months the applicant shall grant 25 the Orange County School District an exclusive right to negotiate the purchase or lease of 26 approximately 12 acres for use as a K-8 school. 27 28 Development of the property shall be permitted only through the review and approval of a future 29 site plan application(s) in accordance with Section 2.5, 2.18, and 2.19, respectively, of the UDO. 30 This is so staff can verify all imposed conditions are adhered to and allow for final review by 31 members of the Development Advisory Committee (DAC) as detailed within Section 1.9 of the 32 LIDO. The applicant is proposing to serve the schools with water and sewer service from the Town 33 of Hillsborough, as the Town is required to reserve capacity for an approved school by NCGS 34 115C-5210). One school has an approved charter. However, as shown in two documents in 35 Attachment 1, the "Reconnaissance Soil and Site Evaluation" and the letter from Wood Soil 36 Consultants, the onsite septic drain fields have been evaluated to accommodate the needs of a 37 total daily wastewater use of 12,000 gallons per day, reflecting a population of 1,200 students and 38 presuming no cafeteria will be a part of school operations. 39 40 Public Notifications: In accordance with Section 2.8.7 of the LIDO, notices of the Public Hearing 41 were mailed via first class mail to property owners within 1,000 feet of the subject parcel. These 42 notices were mailed on May 22, 2023, 15 days before the hearing. Staff also posted the subject 43 parcel with a sign [or signs] on May 22, 2023, 15 days before the hearing. See Attachment 3 for 44 the notification materials. 45 46 Planning Board Recommendation: The Planning Board reviewed the zoning atlas amendment at 47 its April 5, 2023 regular meeting with deliberations of this item continuing at a Special Meeting on 48 April 19, 2023 and a formal recommendation occurring at its May 3, 2023 regular meeting. At the 49 April 19 meeting, the Board voted 5-5 on a motion to recommend approval of the application with 50 the seven (7) additional conditions, which are detailed above. The Board was not able to achieve 51 a majority vote to make a recommendation to the BOCC at its April 19 meeting.