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Planningand Zoning Commission Minutes June 14, 2022 At the hearing in April,Ms.Henson testified, as shown on the slide herethat she worked at this location since February 2008. She said sheworked for the Billings andwas awareof the Billings goals and plans to build an outdoor facility. The Billings are the previous owners of this facility. The next exhibit isExhibit 3,thisis actually the Prospectusthat they received, that his clients that are now seeking the variance received. It says that there is no outdoor pool at the present time, but there is room on the premises to build one. So, there was a lot of outdoor space and there isas it existstodaya lot of outdoor space which is whywe are here. On another page:great opportunitiesfor this development,build an outdoor pool,there is ample room on the premises to build an outdoor pool which would be a hugerevenue booster.So,when this property was sold to myclients,theywere expecting and anticipating,thatin the future they might expand and have an outdoor pooluse. And so,now we get here for the necessity of thisVariance request,and that is a couple reasons: the CabarrusCounty use rules have changed, buffer and setbacks requirements have also changedfor outdoor recreationtype usesaswe have talked about,and thesurrounding development approved by the Town of Huntersville has grownup around this property which triggers someincreasedbuffers under the County code. Covidas testified byMr. Minier at the last meeting, Covidhas changed things. So, an indoor facility relying 100 percent on an indoor facility istough. So, to have outdoor usesis a benefit to the community as well as the operatorof thelocation. Then,theunique shape of the property,coupled with theexisting fact that the buildingis ploppedright in the middle of the site, makestrying to fit outdoor uses into this site more difficult and that is why we are here for a Variance. He said at the previous hearing,which was in April, there were a lot of question from this Board that were unansweredand sopart of his job here tonight is to answerthose questions and that is where we are going to start. He said this is the previous plan (showed the plan). As you can see in the previous plan,the pool was on the western side of the building. There was bermthat would be used for some outdoor seating. On the southwestern side there was basicallyno planting alonga splashpad in an outdoor area. The eastern side was used primarily for parking. There wereconcerns and there were questions from this Board. When he was retained,the first thingthathe did was listen to the hearing and make a list of those concerns andtalked to hisproperty ownersand say how are we going to rework this site, because it needs to be reworked. Variances are for the least amount of allowanceunder the Ordinance, not that we expand as far as possible and eliminate the buffers. We need to incorporate and keep as much of the buffer as possible.We are going to have to squeezethe site,andsothat iswhat we have done. 13