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Be heard The Sylva Zoning Board of Adjustments is expected to make a final decision on the Conditional Use Permits recommended for The Bluffs and Chase Canyon following a public hearing at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 1, at Bridge Park Pavilion. To grant the CUP, the board must find that the project will not materially endanger public health or safety, meets all required conditions and specifications, will not substantially injure the value of adjoining and abutting properties and will have a location and character in harmony with the general area. The town had planned to hold the meeting virtually, but on March 25 the town board will vote on a proposal to hold it in-person at Bridge Park instead. Contact Sylva Town Hall with questions at 828.586.2719 or townclerk@townofsylva.org.
travel the already busy U.S. 23 during peak hours. However, a signal does already exist at the intersection of U.S. 23 and Savannah Drive. The applicant on the project is Southern Properties & Development LLC, a Greensboro-based business whose mangers are Thomas W. Honeycutt and Brian D. Smith. The land in question is a single tract currently owned by the Hensley and Bartlett families. The planning board voted unanimously to recommend approval of the CUP. Jeleniewski attached the same four recommendations to this project as to the Canyon Chase proposal, and the planning board upheld those recommendations in its vote.
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To be constructed on 6.83 acres of vacant land on Savannah Drive — about 1,120 feet south of that road’s intersection with U.S. 23 — this development would include three three-story buildings containing a total of 72 units for a total of 150 bedrooms. In addition, the project would feature a community area with a clubhouse/multipurpose room, covered picnic area, playground, covered patio and gazebo. The property is within the Business 2 district of the town’s Extra Territorial Jurisdiction, where multi-family developments are allowed only when a CUP is granted. Town ordinance requires 108 parking spots for a project of this size, but 133 parking stalls are proposed. Unlike the senior living complex, this development is expected to attract working families who would
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dations attached. The first four, proposed in Jeleniewski’s staff report, are that all final site construction plans be reviewed for compliance; that a sidewalk 5 feet wide be built along Chipper Curve Road and Skyland Drive and then connected to the sidewalk network proposed for the interior of the project; that downcast lighting be installed for parking areas, walkways and public spaces; and that KRP coordinate with the N.C. Department of Transportation for a driveway access permit and three-party encroachment agreement for the sidewalk. The fifth recommendation, added by the planning board, asks that the back parcel be preserved as green space.
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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT POLITICS E DITOR The Town of Waynesville’s chances at being awarded a $500,000 grant for greenway infrastructure could drastically improve — with your help. “It’s very similar to building a court case,” said Rhett Langston, Waynesville’s recreation director. “You have to show that is there is a public need for it and that of course it has to be very well-documented in your grant application. It’s not us sitting behind a desk thinking, ‘This is what we think that this area needs,’ it’s based upon public input.” If the grant application is successful, an award from the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund would help pay for access and improvements to a parcel of land the town recently purchased just across Richland Creek from the rec center; the cost of a bridge over the creek is substantial, despite a generous donation from Waynesville resident Philan Medford. “We’ve done a little bit of fundraising already locally,” said Elizabeth Teague, Waynesville’s development services director. “We have some generous donors who are really supportive of the greenways but,
what we’re trying to do now is collect information on recreation needs and then we’ll build a budget and a grant application around public input.” To that end, the town is asking for residents to fill out a short internet survey indicating what amenities greenway users might want to see on the parcel. That could be anything from picnic tables to fishing access to horseshoe pits, and more. “Waynesville is seeing a lot of growth right now, and one of the things that both the parks and rec commission and the planning board — which are all-volunteer boards — have looked at is how we preserve and maximize green space for the public,” Teague said. Current planning is being conducted in conjunction with Haywood Waterways, to ensure the Richland Creek watershed’s integrity isn’t in any way compromised. The town will also hold a public meeting for the Richland Creek Greenway and park development, to make it easier for residents to learn more about the project, on Thursday, March 25, at 5:30 p.m. at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Take the survey at www.waynesvillenc.gov/departments/parks -recreation. For more information on the grant application or the scope of the project, contact Langston at 828.456.2030 or email rlangston@waynesvillenc.gov.
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