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Vote on a request to approve NNP-Briar Chapel, LLC, for a Compact Community Ordinance (CCO) Waiver for a 100% reduction of a 100 foot perimeter buffer adjacent to parcel #2832.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Request by Nicolas Robinson, on behalf of NNP-Briar Chapel, LLC, for a Compact Community Ordinance (CCO) Waiver for a 100% reduction of a 100 foot perimeter buffer adjacent to parcel #2832.
Introduction & Background:
NNP-Briar Chapel is requesting a waiver from the perimeter buffer requirements of the Compact Communities Ordinance as applied to Briar Chapel through the approved conditional use permit. Existing buffer locations were depicted in the 2005 Briar Chapel approved master plan and reconfirmed with the 2012 and 2014 Conditional Use Permit (CUP) amendments in the area where the elimination of the buffer is requested. The buffer for this request is located within an area along the project boundary south of the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) on the approved master plan (copy of the currently approved master plan is attached). The specific request is to allow for 100% reduction of the perimeter buffer adjacent to parcel #2832 of approximately 496 feet.
Discussion & Analysis:
The Chatham County CCO includes the following standards:
9.2 Perimeter Buffers
Perimeter buffers shall be utilized to minimize the impacts of each compact community on adjacent properties along the entire perimeter of the compact community. Table 9.2 lists the minimum buffer width allowable, depending on the proposed land use along the edge of the compact community and the existing land use in the adjacent property at any point along the perimeter.
Chatham County may allow a reduction in the perimeter buffer width required by this ordinance of up to fifty percent (50%) if it determines that the impact of the compact community is adequately mitigated by community design or topography. In addition, Chatham County may allow a reduction in the perimeter buffer from fifty-on...
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