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discussion, we will be referring to those cite plan sheets and those have been included in tonight's presentation for you 1 all. 2 3 Leon Meyers: Ashley, what's changed from this plan. 4 5 Ashley Moncado: So, the only difference was a minor, it was brought to our attention that landscape type buffer 6 B, was not identified, was not labeled on the cite plans that were provided in the packets. So that is the only change is 7 that the label is now there on those two sheets. Thank you. The special use permit application that's being presented 8 here tonight is to allow for the expansion and operation of a cemetery located at 2560 Jones Ferry Road. It's located in 9 the Chapel Hill Township, and it is identified with a red star there in the University Lake Protected Watershed. The 10 parcel is zoned as Rural Buffer, the UDO lists cemetery as a permitted use within the rural buffer general use zoning 11 district subject to the approval of a special use permit. Adjacent parcels are zoned as rural buffer and are undeveloped 12 or contained low intensity residential uses. This parcel is located in the rural buffer future land use and as well as 13 located in the joint planning area. As a result of that classification, it was submitted to the Town of Carrboro for their 14 review. We did not receive any comments. The existing cemetery was established originally in 1983 and contains 514 15 burial sites. The site contains existing ingress and egress connecting to Jones Ferry Road, a gravel driveway, shed 16 and well. Approximately 9.05 acres of the existing cemetery site is wooded. Due to the limited number of remaining 17 sites, the property owner and applicant is requesting to develop another portion of the property to continue cemetery 18 operations. The expansion will allow for 784 additional burial plots, including 348 lawn plots and 436 wooded plots. No 19 structures or utilities are being proposed as part of this request. The project meets buffer and landscape standards. In 20 addition, the project strives to protect and retain existing vegetation on the site consisting of mature forest and diverse 21 need of hardwoods and evergreens. Here, we have the site plan that was submitted by the applicant, and I'm just going 22 to kind of run through all those elements again, and point things out to you. The area identified for the special use 23 permit totals approximately 6.59 acres, so it's not the entire parcel, and you can see that's SUP area is identified here in 24 the solid black line. The remaining 3.68 acres contains the existing cemetery as well as this area over here to the east, 25 which is not part of this request. The proposed 784 burial plots are identified with the different rectangles. The white 26 are the new lawn plots, which total 348, and the green rectangles identified the new wooded plots which total 436 27 acres. All required setbacks are being met including 30-foot burial setback, which I know is probably hard to see and 28 might be easier for you to see with the site plans in front of you, but it is located along the perimeter of the property. 29 The 30-foot Type B landscape buffer is provided along Jones Ferry Road per Section 6.8.6 of the UDO. Minimum front 30 side and rear zoning district setbacks are being met. In addition, a hundred-foot stream buffer is being provided here at 31 the southern portion of the site where there's an existing stream. The project proposes an access view of the existing 32 driveway connecting to Jones Ferry Road. They will then expand the existing gravel drive through the site, up to the 33 north, looping back down and the entrance here to, I also like to note, is paved connecting to Jones Ferry Road. A 34 temporary driveway is being proposed to connect the Jones Ferry Road up here along the northern portion of the site 35 for construction equipment to access the site. Once the construction is complete, the temporary driveway is planned to 36 be removed and the area will be restored. The submitted application and evidence was reviewed by staff and was 37 determined to be complete based on Section 2.5 site plans, Section 2.7 Special Use Permits and Section 5.6.2 38 cemetery use standards. These are detailed in Attachment 2. Staff finds that the special use proposed will maintain or 39 promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, if located were proposed and developed and operated according 40 to the plan. Based on the materials provided, staff finds no potential injury to the value of property, and as documented 41 in Attachment 2, staff finds that the use will be in harmony with the area in which it is to be located in compliance with 42 the plan for the physical development of the county as contained in the ordinance regulations and in the comprehensive 43 plan. Attachment 2, which is the staff report, includes a staff analysis detailing compliance and standards, compliance 44 with the standards contained in the UDO specifically related to 5.6.2 cemeteries, as well as Chapter 2 of the plan and 45 principles of the comprehensive plan. Based on Section 2.7.11 of the UDO, the BOA may impose such reasonable 46 conditions upon approval of the SUP and then here we have the conditions which have been submitted by staff. The 47 applicant shall obtain all necessary development permits from the county prior to any land disturbing activities 48 associated with the construction of the use. If any condition of this use is held invalid or void, then the special use 49 permit itself become invalid and void, and then the special use permit will automatically expire within 12 months from 50 4