Title
Vote to adopt the resolution approving the amendment for a Special Use Permit revision to remove Condition No. 5 from the original approval which prohibits schools from locating in the facility when there are any industrial uses operating at the same time of the requested by Jordan Lake Business Park, Parcel 17706, located at 1434 Farrington Rd., being approximately 5.701 acres, for a Special Use Permit revision to remove Condition No. 5 from the original approval which prohibits schools from locating in the facility when there are any industrial uses operating at the same time
Abstract
Introduction & Background:
A quasi-judicial public hearing was held June 17, 2024. Planning staff presented the request and no-one else spoke on the request.
This property was home to Bell's School in 1922. A new school building was constructed in or around 1965 per tax records. Jordan Lake Business Park was originally approved as conditional use district light industrial with a conditional use permit for assembly of machinery and goods from previously prepared parts and light manufacturing or processing not otherwise named in 1995.In 2003 there was an amendment to add additional uses to the list of approved uses that could locate on the property. For reasons not noted in the files, a condition was placed on the approval to not allow a school, whether public or private, to be able to locate in any of the suites if there were any industrial uses operating at the same time.
However, the Jordan Lake School of Arts has been in this building since around 2009 and at the time was not identified as a public or private school in the sense of education that follows the North Carolina curriculum. The revision to the approval would clear the path for public and private schools to be located in the building. The school has and continues to be inspected by the county departments.
Discussion & Analysis:
When determining whether a Special Use Permit revision request should be appr...
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