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Vote on a request by Nicolas Robinson, on behalf of NNP-Briar Chapel, LLC, for a Compact Communities Ordinance (CCO) waiver for a perimeter buffer relocation from parcel #79946 to parcel #2715 to accommodate Chatham Grove Elementary.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a request by Nicolas Robinson, on behalf of NNP-Briar Chapel, LLC, for a Compact Communities Ordinance (CCO) waiver for a perimeter buffer relocation from parcel #79946 to parcel #2715 to accommodate a school.
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, 2014, and 2017 Conditional Use Permit (CUP) amendments in the area where the relocation of the buffer is requested. The buffer location for this request is on the southwest corner of Andrews Store Road and Parker Herndon Road as depicted on the approved master plan (copy of the currently approved master plan is attached). The specific request is to allow relocate a portion of the 100' perimeter buffer from parcel #79946 to parcel #2715 and extend the 100' view shed buffer.
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 communit...
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