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Vote on a Legislative request for a text amendment request for the Chatham County Zoning Ordinance, specifically Section 10.13 Table of Permitted Uses, Churches and other places of worship to be changed from P+ Permitted to be required to obtain an approved Conditional Use Permit in order to locate in R-1, R-2, and R-5 Residential zoning districts.
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Action Requested:
Vote on a Legislative request for a text amendment request for the Chatham County Zoning Ordinance, specifically Section 10.13 Table of Permitted Uses, Churches and other places of worship to be changed from P+ Permitted to be required to obtain an approved Conditional Use Permit in order to locate in R-1, R-2, and R-5 Residential zoning districts.
Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held November 19, 2018 to consider a citizen initiated text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance. The proposed amendment is to the table of permitted uses, specifically for churches and places of worship to require a conditional use permit in the three residential zoning districts instead of allowing them as a permitted use. The applicant presented the request and other neighbors who live on or near Hogan Farm Road were also present and spoke including Roland Cargill, Anne Fuller, and Scott Wilson. There were also several speakers who referred to their representative, Attorney Paul Messick, to provide comments on their behalf.
Section 19 of the Zoning Ordinance outlines the procedure for amending the ordinance and Section 19.1, Statement of Intent, reads: "For the purpose of establishing and maintaining sound, stable and desirable development within Chatham County this Ordinance shall not be amended except to correct an error in the Ordinance or, because of changed or changing conditions in a particular area or in the County generally, or to extend the boundary of an existing zoning district or to rezone an area to a different zoning district, or to change the regulation and restrict...
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