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Vote on a request by Nina Staples Lloyd of Opus Financial Advisors for a conditional district Neighborhood Business for General and Professional Office and Event Center Limited on property located at 4421 Mann's Chapel Road, Baldwin Township.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
A request from Nina Staples Lloyd of Opus Financial Advisors for a conditional district Neighborhood Business for General and Professional Office and Event Center Limited on property located at 4421 Mann's Chapel Road, Baldwin Township.
Introduction & Background:
Planning Board discussions are in BOLD.
A legislative public hearing was held March 7, 2016. Planning staff presented the application and the applicant, Nina Lloyd, provided a PowerPoint presentation. There were three citizens that spoke in support and Attorney Cabell Regan presented a petition in opposition from approximately 60 residents from the surrounding community. The applicant also presented letters of support from existing clients and the City of Statesville where their home base is currently located. They currently occupy what was previously a two-story single family dwelling in a historical district within the city. One property adjacent to the Statesville office is still used for residential purposes and that resident offered a letter of support.
This property was originally constructed as a single family dwelling in 1961. Since that time it has been approved for and used for a bed and breakfast inn with associated events such as weddings for the guests of the inn. This use was approved at a time when the Zoning Ordinance allowed B&B Inns as a permitted use and did not require a conditional use permit. The property is approximately 6.05 acres and also has a care takers accessory dwelling on the property. There is also a pergola and restrooms in the rear of the property where the events were held.
Discussion & Analysis:
Conditional Zoning districts are zoning districts in which the development and use of...
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