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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
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131 W. MARGARET LANE
HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 13, 2014
7:30 p.m.
No. Page(s) Agenda Item
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA
3. 1-64 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. August 27, 2014
4. PUBLIC CHARGE
The Board of Adjustment pledges to the citizens of Orange
County its respect. The Board asks its citizens to conduct
themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the
Board and with fellow citizens. At any time should any
member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this
public charge, the Chair will ask the offending person to
leave the meeting until that individual regains personal
control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will
recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment
to this public charge is observed. All electronic devices
such as cell phones, pagers, and computers should please be
turned off or set to silent/vibrate.
The Board of Adjustment is a quasi-judicial administrative
body established in accordance with the provisions of local
regulations and State law to perform specified functions
essential to the County’s planning program. Action(s) taken
by the board are based solely on competent, substantial, and
material evidence presented during a previously scheduled
and advertised public hearing on a specific item. As
detailed within Section 2.12.2 of the UDO the Board chair
reserves the right to exclude evidence and testimony that is
deemed: ‘incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly
repetitious’ and therefore fails to reasonably address the
issues before the Board of Adjustment. While it should be
noted there is no time limit on the presentation of
evidence, the Chair asks that the presentation of evidence
be consistent with established policies, rules of procedure,
and acceptable levels of decorum to ensure a fair and
equitable hearing for all parties.
No. Page(s) Agenda Item
5. 1-9 Quasi-Judicial Materials
6. 1-80 A-4-14 – Class B Special Use Permit – Retreat Center
In accordance with Section(s) 2.7 Special Uses, 5.2.2 Table of Permitted
Uses, 5.3.2 Application of Use Standards – Special Uses, and 5.7.4
Camp/Retreat Center of the UDO, the Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC)
has submitted a proposal to develop/operate a retreat center, specifically the
Irvin Conservation Center, out on a parcel of property located at 2912 Jones
Ferry Road, further identified utilizing Orange County parcel Identification
Number (PIN) 9757-94-4119.
The property in question is approximately 25 acres in area, and is zoned
Rural Buffer (RB), Agricultural Residential (AR) and University Lake
Protected Watershed Protection Overlay District. The proposed use is
permitted on the property subject to the issuance of a Class B Special Use
Permit.
As detailed within the application, the applicant wishes to operate the Irvin
Conservation Center providing educational programing on farming and
conservation topics, summer camps for children from the ages of 3 to 12,
and after-school educational camps.
The applicant also proposes to establish the TLC Stewardship Operations
Farm office and hold special programs, including the annual TLC Jamboree,
and other similar activities from the property. The proposed retreat center
shall be operated in conjunction with adjacent TLC owned property utilized
to support the organization’s on-going farm and conservation programs.
Access to the proposed facility shall be through an existing driveway with
direct access onto Jones Ferry Road.
7. ADJOURNMENT
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