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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 17, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. q_a <br />SUBJECT• Woodgreen Subdivision Preliminary Plan: Motion to Reconside <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Letter from Alexander & Miller, L.L.P. <br />2) Sketch of Proposed Landscaping Section <br />3) Under separate cover: Preliminary plats <br />showing type of septic system proposed for <br />each lot. <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Karen Lincoln Extension 2583 <br />Craig Benedict Extension 2592 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 _ <br />Mebane (336)227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: The Board will decide whether or not to reconsider its decision to deny the <br />application for Woodgreen Subdivision Preliminary Plan. If the Board votes to reconsider, then <br />the revised preliminary plan will be brought back at a future meeting for the Board's <br />decision. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Request Sidenham Alexander, attorney for (Tri Star Brokerage and Development Company), <br />requests that the Board of County Commissioners reconsider its March 16, 1999, decision to deny <br />the preliminary plan for Woodgreen Subdivision. The applicants have submitted, as a revised plan, <br />new evidence concerning types of septic systems proposed for each lot and alternative screening <br />along Moorefields Road. <br />Location The proposed subdivision is located at the southern intersection of Dimmocks Mill <br />Road (SR 1134) and Moorefields Road (SR 1135), Cheeks Township. <br />Existing and Proposed Conditions <br />Existing: The preliminary plat presented at the March 16, 1999, Board of Commissioners <br />meeting proposed: • Conservation approach of flexible development with 36% open space <br />remaining in private ownership on individual lots; <br />• Individual wells and Innovative septic systems proposed for all 25 lots; <br />• Sparsely spaced (40 ft.) Leyland Cypress along cleared area of <br />Dimmocks Mili Road and on 6 ft. berm along Moorefields Road. <br />Proposed: Newly submitted evidence suggests the same subdivision layout with: <br />• Conventional septic systems for 18 lots; <br />• Innovative septic systems for 7 lots; <br />g:Uclincolnlreconsid. doc18-4-99Uc1 <br />