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BOOK 96 PACE 153 ANALYSIS: At its May 31, 1995 meeting the Board of County Commissioners adopted revised LDRs, which allow the buffer requirements to be waived or reduced where a school or place of worship is proposed next to an existing cemetery, place of worship, child care facility, community center or school (see attachment #4). The amended LDRs allow the Board to reduce or waive the Type "C" buffer requirement after considering the need for the buffer to mitigate security, noise, and visual impacts. The proposed school will serve approximately 35 students from grades 1 through 12. The proposed church will accommodate 300 people at buildout. On its south side, the subject site shares 360' of common border with the Winter Beach Cemetery. A dirt road runs along the site's west property line (2901) and connects Cemetery Road to 69th Street. Immediately west of this road is another portion of the Winter Beach Cemetery. In reviewing this request to waive the Type "C" buffer requirement, staff gave consideration to security, noise, and visual impacts of the project on the cemetery. In staff's opinion, the noise and visual impacts of the school and church on the cemetery should not be significant. All of the uses are institutional and involve significant open space, and outdoor activities involving the church or the school would be limited to certain times of the day. However, staff believes that there could be security impacts from the proposed school, since cemeteries can be attractions for school age children. To help ensure that school children would not wander onto or explore the cemetery, it is staff's opinion that a fence, a minimum height of 4' , be constructed along the south and west property lines of the project site. Such fencing would be'a clear line of demarcation for the children and would provide a deterrent to entering the cemetery grounds from the school site. Therefore, it is staff's opinion that the Type "C" buffer could be justifiably waived with a condition that a fence at least 4' high be installed along the project's south and west property boundaries. All other normal site plan landscaping requirements would continue to apply, which would include the following landscaping improvements along the project perimeters: North: 10' landscape strip with hedge and 1 tree per 30' South: 1 tree per 40' East: Type "C" buffer West: 1 tree per 40' plus a hedge where parking lot area is adjacent to property line. RECOMMENDATION: Based on the above analysis, staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners waive the Type "C" buffer requirement subject to the condition that along the site's south and west boundaries a fence at least 4' in height shall be provided prior to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy (C.O.) for the school. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Tippin, the Board unanimously approved staff's recommendation as set out in the Memorandum. 58 - September 19, 1995 _I