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Vote on a request to approve a legislative rezoning request by Scott Pearce dba For Garden Sake to add Parcel 62824 being two acres to the existing Parcel 19644 being approximately 19.25 acres to expand existing services and utilize the decommissioned O'Kelly Chapel Church as part of the expansion. Both parcels to be recombined and rezoned from Conditional Use Business 1 and R-1 Residential to Conditional District Regional Business (CD-RB) for lawn and garden shop, landscape business, and event center limited. Williams Township.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a request to approve a legislative rezoning request by Scott Pearce dba For Garden Sake to add Parcel 62824 being two acres to the existing Parcel 19644 being approximately 19.25 acres to expand existing services and utilize the decommissioned O'Kelly Chapel Church as part of the expansion. Both parcels to be recombined and rezoned from Conditional Use Business 1 and R-1 Residential to Conditional District Regional Business (CD-RB) for lawn and garden shop, landscape business, and event center limited. Williams Township.
Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held on May 17, 2021. Planning staff presented the application and stated the applicant had met all the findings. No one else spoke on the matter and no Commissioners or Planning Board members had questions. The matter was referred to the Planning Board for review and recommendation.
Discussion & Analysis:
The current business on Parcel 19644 was approved for landscape design, lawn & garden shop, and horticulture on June 19, 1995. Since the, there have been two revisions to the conditional use permit. On November 7, 2011, the Board of Commissioners approved the remaining two acres of the parcel to be rezoned CU-B1 for expansion of services. In 2016, the owners purchased the church property but were not sure at that time exactly how they wanted to incorporate it into their current business plan. On November 18, 2019, t...
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