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69 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT <br /> EVIDENTIARY HEARING <br /> AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 10, 2025 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6 <br /> SUBJECT: Major modification request to an approved Special Use Permit (SUP25-0009) to <br /> allow for a Revised Site Plan and Conditions for a "Schools: Elementary, Middle, and <br /> Secondary" Special Use at PINs 9871646437, 9871658140, 9871743098, and 9871721935 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Staff Report, including 2015 Special Ashley Moncado, Planner III, 919-245-2589 <br /> Use Permit Patrick Mallett, Deputy Director, 919-245-2577 <br /> 2. Application Package, including Site Plan <br /> and Supplemental Materials <br /> 3. Neighborhood Information Meeting <br /> (NIM) Materials <br /> 4. Notification Materials and Certification <br /> 5. Project Correspondence and <br /> Development Advisory Committee <br /> Comments <br /> 6. Findings of Fact <br /> PURPOSE: To hold a quasi-judicial evidentiary hearing, receive sworn testimony and evidence, <br /> and take action on a Special Use Permit 25-0009 (hereafter"SUP") application proposing a major <br /> modification to a previously approved SUP for Emerson Waldorf School. The request includes <br /> three parcels located at 6211 New Jericho Road, within the Chapel Hill Township, in accordance <br /> with the following Unified Development Ordinance provisions: <br /> • Section 2.7: Special Use Permits; <br /> • Section 5.2: Table of Permitted Uses; <br /> • Section 5.3.2:Application of Use Standards— Special Uses; and <br /> • Section 5.8.4: Schools:Preparatory <br /> BACKGROUND: On August 21, 2025, a Special Use Permit application (Attachment 2) was <br /> received to modify the school's master plan. The existing school is located on +/- 55.27 acres. <br /> The Staff Report in (Attachment 1) contains additional information, maps, and staff analysis. The <br /> original SUP, including the master plan, was approved in 2015 (Attachment 1). In 2021, Orange <br /> County adopted several amendments to the UDO to address zoning changes at the state level. <br /> As part of this process, the "Schools: Elementary, Middle and Secondary" use was modified to <br /> "Schools: Preparatory" use contained in Section 5.8.4 of the UDO. No modifications were made <br /> to the use standards or development regulations related to this land use. <br /> The Orange County UDO Section 2.7.14 requires that a SUP be followed without "deviation" <br /> until "written approval of proposed changes or deviations has been obtained." The Planning <br /> Director is authorized to approve "minor modifications", while all other deviations from the <br />