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SCRIPT for SPECIAL USE PERMIT Application PRELIMINARY FORUM (S25-01)
Special Use Permit - S25-01 Request by Carillon Assisted Living, LLC, applicant, on behalf of Sylvia and Michael
Lewis and Karen and Charles Cobb, property owners, for a special use permit for a Senior Living: Assisted Living
Facility in a R-15, Residential district on approximately 10.61 acres located at the 7200 block of Plantation Road.
1. This is a Preliminary Forum. The purpose of this forum is to facilitate an open and transparent
discussion of the special use permit application and to provide an opportunity for public comments
and questions. Please note per state law, the Planning Board will not be making a decision or
recommendation this evening. Instead, the decision on the application will be made during the Board
of Commissioners’ quasi-judicial hearing, where public participation will be limited to parties with
standing and witnesses providing evidence through sworn testimony. Anyone interested in speaking
in support or opposition of the project should sign in and speak tonight at this meeting, regardless
of standing in the matter.
2. Staff will introduce the application. Then the applicant will be allowed 15 minutes for their
presentation. Following the applicant’s presentation, we will have 20 minutes for public questions
and comments, and then allow the applicant time to address them. The Board members will then
provide their comments and ask questions of the applicant. At the end, Staff will give an overview
of next steps in the special use permit process. We will then close the forum.
3. Conduct forum as follows:
a. Staff introduction
b. Applicant’ s presentation (up to 15 minutes)
c. Public comments and questions (up to 20 minutes – total supporters and opponents)
d. Applicant response to public comments and questions.
e. Planning Board questions and comments regarding the following items:
i. Components of the proposal that are not clear or where additional information is
needed in order to understand the project,
ii. Advice to the applicant on the presentation they will be making at the Board of
Commissioners meeting,
iii. Advice to parties speaking in opposition on what they may want to consider when
preparing for the Board of Commissioners meeting, and
iv. Advice for both parties on potential issues that should be addressed prior to the
public hearing.
f. Staff overview of next steps and the procedures for the Board of Commissioners meeting.
4. Close the Preliminary Forum.