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Vote on a request to approve Darren Eck dba Villa Giallo for a conditional use permit for a Bed and Breakfast Inn with no more than six rooms for rent and as further defined in the Chatham County Zoning Ordinance. The property is located at 4352 Pea Ridge Road, New Hill, NC, Parcel No. 5772, Cape Fear Township.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
A request from Darren Eck dba Villa Giallo for a conditional use permit for a Bed and Breakfast Inn with no more than six rooms for rent and as further defined in the Chatham County Zoning Ordinance. The property is located at 4352 Pea Ridge Road, New Hill, NC, Parcel No. 5772, Cape Fear Township.
Introduction & Background:
A quasi-judicial public hearing was held on this request January 19, 2016. Planning staff opened the hearing and the applicant presented the request. Four adjacent property owners also spoke and were all in opposition to the conditional use permit.
The property is currently zoned R-1 Residential and consists of approximately 13.05 acres. More than half of the property, where the current pond and residential structure is located, is within the WSIV-Critical Area Jordan Lake Buffer Watershed. The remainder of the property is located within the WSIV-Protected Area Watershed.
The parcel was created in the 1920s. The applicant purchased the property, filed an updated survey in 2005, and constructed the home in 2007.
The Planning Board reviewed this request at their February 2, 2016 regular meeting. Based on the amount of opposition from adjacent landowners, Mr. Eck stated his main focus is the use of his home as a Bed and Breakfast Inn as defined in the Zoning Ordinance. He was willing to remove the event center barn as described in the application. The Planning Board thought that was a reasonable compromise but thought the public hearing should be re-opened so that the adjacent landowners would have notice of the change.
Planning staff presented the matter at the Board of Commissione...
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