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121 <br /> 661 going to happen. Can we make sure that the stormwater stays on site and there's retention ponds <br /> 662 and a rainwater garden and more sustainable practices than what I'm seeing as actually <br /> 663 implemented.What can we do? <br /> 664 <br /> 665 Cy Stober: Just a reminder, and Ashley covered this in her initial slides that conditional zoning is, any <br /> 666 conditions that are imposed upon the property and any approval are those that are mutually <br /> 667 agreed upon by the applicant and the County ultimately. This is a negotiation, and between <br /> 668 Mr. Chandler and the Planning Board on behalf of the County and eventually the Commissioners. <br /> 669 This is an active discussion and dialog, and any concerns that the Board may have would be <br /> 670 appropriate to bring up as a point of negotiation and discussion. I think the other thing is if there is <br /> 671 a condition that any Board member feels is fundamental to the nature of the project, if it is a <br /> 672 reasonable land use consideration it could be grounds for a recommendation of denial, or a <br /> 673 recommendation to continue the matter. <br /> 674 <br /> 675 Chris Johnston: I'm not here to make excuses or anything for Mr. Chandler. I just want to make sure that 1 <br /> 676 understand,you're experience across the street where your family has a lot that did this self- <br /> 677 storage thing and you attempted to follow the statute and attempted to do the non-invasive <br /> 678 grasses or whatever the case may be, and that didn't work out and eventually you had to fall back <br /> 679 to something else. Is that how I understood your take on this previously and your hesitation? <br /> 680 <br /> 681 Justin Chandler: The grass is not an issue. <br /> 682 <br /> 683 Chris Johnston: Not an issue. Okay. <br /> 684 <br /> 685 Justin Chandler: Yeah,that's not an issue at all. Some of the plantings, again,fall within the schedule of the UDO <br /> 686 and what has been provided.And we've made those picks based on that. <br /> 687 <br /> 688 Chris Johnston: And again, that comes from your experience in the area next door. <br /> 689 <br /> 690 Justin Chandler: Correct. <br /> 691 <br /> 692 Chris Johnston: I'm just making sure I understand,from your point of view where this is coming from, because on <br /> 693 this Board, the non-invasive species thing is very important,and I want to make sure that we're <br /> 694 answering that and go from there. I'm going to defer because I started talking over your spot, and <br /> 695 I'm so sorry. <br /> 696 <br /> 697 Charity Kirk: It's okay. So, I mean,the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, in their letter talking <br /> 698 about bio retention structures and rain gardens,what do you feel about, I mean you have pervious <br /> 699 gravel, but what is your vision of the landscaping? Can you clarify that again? It sounds like you <br /> 700 want really easy landscaping that you don't have to take care of that just you set it and forget it <br /> 701 and it kind of spreads a little bit on its own. <br /> 702 <br /> 703 Justin Chandler: Again, the facility across the road has been in for 13 years now. We have not had any issue with <br /> 704 non-invasive spreading. The entire site is visible from Mile Branch Road and Highway 57. It's <br /> 705 been compared to what was there before. We maintain a high standard of cleanliness. You can <br /> 706 drive through the parking lot. There's not a bit of trash. Once a week we go out there and clean <br /> 707 up the trash, anything that's left behind from any renters. We also have done the adopt a highway <br /> 708 program and clean up that area from the Person County line all the way down to the big <br /> 709 Speedway,which during racing season has quite bit of trash, and just from commercial traffic <br /> 710 comes out of the back of trucks off 18 wheelers,what have you,wherever it comes from. We go <br /> 711 out there and we clean it up to, obviously to be a pillar for the community here of sustainable <br /> 712 practices. This is something that we live around the area, and we're from the community, and we <br /> 713 plan on keeping it nice, and I don't want to put anything out there just because it's easy per se. 1 <br /> 714 know that that may be how it came across. That's not it at all. I just don't want it to die. <br /> 715 <br />