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A request by O'Mara Landscaping & Lawncare, Inc. to rezone 10 acres of the 31.89 acre tract from R-1 Residential to CD-CB Conditional District Community Business, identified as Parcel 2691, located at 4590 Mann's Chapel Road, Baldwin Township for a landscaping and lawn care contractor's business.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a request by O'Mara Landscaping & Lawncare, Inc. to rezone 10 acres of the 31.89 acre tract from R-1 Residential to CD-CB Conditional District Community Business, identified as Parcel 2691, located at 4590 Mann's Chapel Road, Baldwin Township for a landscaping and lawn care contractor's business.
Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held on February 19, 2018. Keith Shaw and Kevin Frazier, representing the applicant, made the presentation to the Board and the owners were also present. Nick Robinson, a resident in the community, also spoke on the matter.
The matter was discussed during the March 6 Planning Board meeting and final action was postponed to the April 3 meeting. Reasons for the postponement are noted below and in the recommendations. Follow up information from the April 3 meeting is in bold italics for standards 2, 3, and 4.
Discussion & Analysis:
Conditional Zoning districts are districts in which the development and use of the property is subject to predetermined ordinance standards and the rules, regulations, and conditions imposed as part of a legislative decision creating the district and applying it to the particular property.
Some land uses are of such a nature or scale that they have significant impacts on both the immediate surrounding area and on the entire community, which cannot be predetermined and controlled by general district standards. The review process established in this Ordinance provides for accommodation of such uses by a reclassification of property into a conditional zoning district, subject to specific conditions, which ensure compatibility of the use with neighborin...
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