Agenda 06-03-2025; 5-a - Application for Zoning Atlas Amendment – 1125 New Grady Brown School Road, Hillsborough, Hillsborough Township

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80 111 standards exist already on the property, and they're reflected on the site plan. There would be no 112 new encroachment into the landscaping with one exception that I'll get to in a moment,and that 113 the setbacks are per site plan. So,what we're looking for is accessory structures that would 114 conform with the school use, be consistent with the school use, and would conform with the 115 standards, say lighting standards, parking standards, etcetera of the unified development 116 ordinance. The one potential change to the landscaping is a 30-foot-wide pedestrian easement 117 along Orange Grove Road and a portion of New Grady Brown School Road. Pedestrian access to 118 this particular campus,to Cedar Ridge High School, is a known desire of the community for 119 students to be able to walk to the school, and to provide safe access. The county's transportation 120 department is working with DOT on providing this access on the other side of the interstate, and 121 the site plan is an excellent opportunity to provide for the easement. Now, Orange County 122 Schools staff has been clear that the school board will need to approve any dedication of 123 easement, so exact location is to be determined, but the intention and which the conditions states 124 is that'll be a pedestrian connection from the intersection of New Gardy Brown School Road and 125 Orange Grove Road to a door at the high school. And with that,that is the intent of the 126 application. It is to bring it into conformance to create no new negative impacts to the surrounding 127 area and to provide for future access and future expansion consistent with the existing high school 128 use. I'm happy to answer any questions. 129 130 Meg Millard: I just had one question about there was some discussion in there about there were two streams, 131 one was fenced off and one was unfound. I don't understand that. Was it found ever? 132 133 Cy Stober: It was. The one stream is, is fenced off. It's essentially the western property boundary, and the 134 fence surrounds the entire buffer. So,the buffer is well protected. It's also pretty much left wild. 135 It's, not actively maintained, but Chris Hirni,from Department of Environment Agriculture, Parks 136 and Recreation toured the site with me and with the staff, and it's a healthy kind of successional 137 forest. There are some invasives. The other stream was formerly shown to go right under the 138 football field. Orange County Erosion Control provides for surface water identification. A surface 139 water identification was ordered and paid for by Orange County Schools, and the origin of the 140 stream is now shown to be immediately west of the football field. I could speculate on why it no 141 longer is at the blue line that was originally shown but suffice it to say its current head waters is 142 immediately west of the football field and drains to that tributary on the western perimeter. 143 144 Meg Millard: So, not near the pole barn? 145 146 Cy Stober: Not any longer. No. 147 148 Statler GiIfillen: Immediate property owners have all been notified of this? 149 150 Cy Stober: Of course. Well, per staff. Yes. 151 152 Statler GiIfillen: Any comments from any that you've heard? 153 154 Cy Stober: So, as the applicant,we hosted one neighborhood information meeting. We had two members of 155 the public attend, and that's in your packet,and there was no opposition registered to this 156 rezoning. 157 158 Chris Johnston: I apologize. Just to clarify, is the pole barn already there, and we're just putting it into conformity, 159 or is it not there and they're constructing it? 160 161 Cy Stober: It's not there. The site has been cleared and graded. But the pole barn has not yet been 162 constructed. But it is on the site plan as a shown structure. 163 164 Lamar Proctor: And I believe it's east of the bus parking lot. 165