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Vote on a request from Jim Staples of Opus Financial Advisors for a text amendment to the Chatham County Watershed Protection Ordinance to add the use of Office - Business and Professional no larger than 4,000 sq. ft. gross and Events Center Limited with no more than 4,000 sq. ft. gross to Attachment A of uses permitted.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
A request from Jim Staples of Opus Financial Advisors for a text amendment to the Chatham County Watershed Protection Ordinance to add the use of Office - Business and Professional no larger than 4,000 sq. ft. gross and Events Center Limited with no more than 4,000 sq. ft. gross to Attachment A of uses permitted.
Introduction & Background:
Jim Staples with Opus Financial Advisors submitted an application for a text amendment to Attachment A in the Watershed Protection Ordinance. The initial public hearing was held on January 19, 2016, but was continued to allow the applicant to revise the application (see attachment), and a second public hearing was held on March 7, 2016. The applicant also has a pending rezoning case that is partially contingent on final action on this text amendment by the Board of Commissioners. The Watershed Review Board (Environmental Review Advisory Committee) reviewed the application on April 14, 2016.
Discussion & Analysis:
The Watershed Protection Ordinance includes Attachment A, which is a list of permitted uses for the following watershed districts - WS-II Balance of Watershed, WS-III Critical Area, WS-IV Critical Area, and River Corridor (see map included as attachment #2). The list of uses applies in both zoned and unzoned areas of the county. In the zoned areas of the county, a use must be permitted in both the Watershed Protection Ordinance and Zoning Ordinance to be considered allowable on a property within one of the applicable watershed districts. There are also more stringent non-residential built upon area limits within these districts ranging from 12% (WS-II B...
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