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2 During the Public Hearing there was, and has continued to be, vocal opposition to this project. Several local residents made presentations at the Public Hearing requesting that this application be denied. Staff has included these comments for review and consideration within Attachment Three (3) of this document. At the Public Hearing there was also concern expressed over the applicant providing perpetual emergency vehicle access to the proposed school buildings (i.e. a dedicated, paved, fire lane). During the review of the project by the Planning Board, the applicant indicated that the emergency vehicle lane, as shown on the submitted site plan, would be paved and reserved as a dedicated fire/emergency vehicle access lane. This has become a recommended condition of approval for this project, specifically Condition Number Two (2). PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Board reviewed this application at its August 6, 2008 meeting. After reviewing the application, and reviewing additional comments from surrounding property owners concerning this project, the Board voted unanimously to recommend approval of the SUP application with the following conditions: 1. That the site plan be revised to denote a thirty (30) foot vegetative buffer along all common property lines and that the SUP contain a condition requiring the applicant to install and maintain a thirty (30) foot buffer to the Type A buffer standard as detailed within Section 12.6.1 of the Ordinance and that further this required buffer be shown on any and all submitted site plans proposing the development of this property in accordance with Article Fourteen (14) of the Zoning Ordinance, 2. That a condition be placed on the SUP that the Fire Marshall and representatives of the Caldwell Fire Department shall review and approve the revised site plan prior to the issuance of any Building and/or Zoning Compliance Permit(s) approving the location of all proposed improved fire lanes and stacking areas, verifying that they comply with all applicable North Carolina Fire Protection Code standards, and approve the use of the pond as a emergency water source for fire suppression activities prior to the start of land disturbing activities, 3. That a condition be placed on the SUP requiring the applicant to apply for any and all necessary septic and well permits from the Orange County Department of Environmental Health within one hundred eighty (180) days from the approval of this application and that such permits shall be issued prior to any land disturbing activity, 4. That a condition be placed on the SUP requiring the applicant to apply for a Building and/or a Zoning Compliance Permit within one hundred eighty (180) days from the approval of this application and that such permits shall be issued prior to any land disturbing activity, 5. That a condition be placed on the SUP requiring that the applicant secure a Soil Erosion and Grading permit from the Orange County Erosion Control Division within (180) days from the approval of this application and that such permits shall be issued prior to any land disturbing activity, 6. That the applicant, as part of their building permit application submission, shall include documentation from the State of North Carolina indicating that the school has received any and all necessary certifications allowing them to operate as a private school and that their curriculum has been certified as meeting any and all local, State, and Federal requirements,