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CRAFT " the intersection of Mebane Oaks Road (SR 1007) and Thom Road (SR 2145)Bradshaw Quarry Road (SR 1115). The Preliminary Plan is shown as being partially situated in Alamance County. The applicant's surveyor shows Lots 1-5 on the west side of Acorn Knoll Drive as being split by the county line. This is based on the claim that the line is that shown on the USGS 7.5 minute Saxapahaw Quadrangle. The Plan shows the location of the County line to be some 1,500' to the east of that shown on Orange County Tax Maps and verified by the Land Records Office. The Orange County Board of Commissioners stands by that claim. The proposed subdivision is a total of 19.43 acres of which 14.81 a is claimed to be in Bingham Township of Orange County (Tax Map No. 6.16..13A) and 3.19a is in Thompson Township of Alamance County (Tax Parcel No. 9-35-9). Orange County Land Records show all of the proposed subdivision as being in Orange County. The plan consists of nine 1.3-acre lots and "Tract A," a 0.67+-acre parcel and "Tract B," a 5.89+-acre pazcel. A and B aze conservation tracts reserved as common azeas. The azea in Orange County is designated asAgricultural-Residential in the adopted Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Accordingly, it is zoned ARCANE-PW}-Agricultural Residential (Cane Creek Protected Watershed). The maximum permitted imperious surface (ISR) is six percent. The portion in Alamance County is designated as Cane Creek Watershed. The area is unzoned. Surrounding land uses are pasture and single family residential. Adjoining parcels in Orange County aze zoned AR Agricultural Residential. Entrance to the proposed subdivision is in Orange County from the north side of Thom Road (Bradshaw Quarry Road extended) via Acorn Knoll Drive, a 900'+ cul de sac with a proposed 50' public right-of--way and an 18' public travelway. The Acom Knoll Drive entrance is 350' west of Mebane Oaks Road. All nine lots shall be accessed from Aconn Knoll Drive. No stub-out is recommended for the proposed subdivision. Lands to the north are proposed to be reserved permanently as a common conservation azea. Following the flexible development option as presented in Section N-B-10 of the Subdivision Regulations, 6.56a or 40% of the subdivision is proposed as open space which will be reserved in the form of conservation easements or restrictive covenants. These tracts will be owned by the Homeowners Association. The purpose is to establish and preserve visual vegetative buffers, in addition to those buffers (30') required along Mebane Oaks and Bradshaw Quarry (extended as Thom Road to the Alamance County Line) Roads as designated collectors in the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan. To the immediate north of Lots 5 & 6, a 5.89 acre conservation area is reserved as common space. This area would be available for recreational use by residents.