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<br /> 1 plan defines that category as land adjacent to urban or transition area, which is rural in
<br /> 2 character and which should remain rural, contain very low-density residential uses, and not
<br /> 3 require urban services during the plan period. Finally, the agricultural residential category is
<br /> 4 land in rural areas where the prevailing land use activities are related to the land, and which
<br /> 5 is an appropriate location for the continuation of these uses. So, the general elements and I'll
<br /> 6 allow the applicant to get into the detail, but the general elements include day programming
<br /> 7 for adults with mental illness to support their rehabilitation and care. Operations are to include
<br /> 8 individual therapy, yoga, cooking, therapeutic horticulture, and animal care, and services to
<br /> 9 be billed as intensive outpatient programming. The application is submitted to establish the
<br /> 10 care facility as a non-farm use. Current operations are being conducted as a bona fide farm
<br /> 11 use and the applicant isn't electing into a regulated land use category of the care facility. In
<br /> 12 order to request and receive fire and life safety inspections that are no conducted for bona
<br /> 13 fide farm uses. The proposed access, as you've heard about, is to utilize the exiting ingress
<br /> 14 and egress on Dodson Knoll Road, which connects the property to Dairyland Road. Dodson
<br /> 15 Knoll Road is the existing private 60 foot right of way with an agreement of restrictions and
<br /> 16 provisions for private road maintenance recorded with the register of deeds. Proposed
<br /> 17 buffers, the used standards for care facilities require a Type B, 30-foot buffer be provided
<br /> 18 around the facility and outdoor area to effectively screen the view of any outdoor area and
<br /> 19 reduce noise associated with the care facility use. I do want to point out that the ordinance
<br /> 20 also allows for variations in landscaping and buffers, as detailed in section 6.8.3. It specifically
<br /> 21 allows for modification where existing structures, utilities, gardens, and active farmland are
<br /> 22 located in the buffer is set back, which is relevant in this case since we've heard that the use
<br /> 23 is on site today and you can see in the site plan that some of the designated garden areas do
<br /> 24 exist on the southern side where a 30-foot buffer might be installed otherwise. So, this is the
<br /> 25 site plan. Again, the garden areas that I just mentioned are here on the southern,
<br /> 26 southeastern side. Dodson Knoll being the access. The building that's on site today is here
<br /> 27 where my cursor is, if you can see that, and then the proposed future building site that's been
<br /> 28 referenced is located here on the northern portion of the property. Staff has determined the
<br /> 29 application to be complete per Sections 2.5, which detail site plan requirements, 2.7, which
<br /> 30 detail what's required for special-use permit applications,and then the applicant has submitted
<br /> 31 information detailing how they propose to address all use standards identified in 5.8.3. Staff
<br /> 32 finds the special use proposed will maintain or promote the public health, safety, and general
<br /> 33 welfare if located where proposed and developed, and operated according to the plan, as
<br /> 34 reflected in the site plan, as reflected in the staff report available in your packet, as well as the
<br /> 35 staff comments through the Development Advisory Committee process. Based on the
<br /> 36 materials provided, staff finds no potential injury to the value of contiguous property. Staff
<br /> 37 further finds that the use will be in harmony with the area in which it is to be located, and the
<br /> 38 use is in compliance with the plan for the physical development of Orange County, the future
<br /> 39 land use plan that I referenced earlier. The following conditions of approval are standard for
<br /> 40 special-use permit applications that come before this Board, but I will quickly go through them.
<br /> 41 So, staff offers the condition that per Section 2.5 of the UDO, the applicant shall obtain all
<br /> 42 necessary development permits from the county prior to the initiation of any land disturbing
<br /> 43 activity associated with the construction of the proposed use. This would include building
<br /> 44 permitting, land disturbance permitting, solid waste permitting, and zoning compliance
<br /> 45 permitting. Further, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.7.11(c), if any condition of
<br /> 46 the special-use permit is held invalid or void, the special-use permit itself shall be held invalid
<br /> 47 or void in its entirety and be of no affect, and finally, in accordance with the provisions of
<br /> 48 Section 2.7.11(d)of the UDO,the special-use permit will automatically expire within 12 months
<br /> 49 from the date of approval unless a vesting period was established and approved. I will hand
<br /> 50 it over to the applicant from here to go through their presentation.
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