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12 <br />The applicants have submitted a Concept Plan for subdividing the property <br />into eight (8) new residential lots that average 237 acres in size. one 5. <br />acre lot is proposed in the Upper Eno Critical Area. The lots will have <br />individual wells and septic systems. Access to Carr Store road will be from <br />Pore Drive, a proposed Class A private road to be constructed as an <br />extension of an existing access easement to serve the subdivision. The road <br />will end in a cul de sac. A right -of -way stub out is not recommended <br />because the adjacent land to the north is permanently reserved for flood <br />control purposes. <br />The Concept Plan follows the conservation option of fleadble development <br />as described in the Subdivision Regulations. The proposal includes 935 <br />acres or 49% open space. The open space will be privately owned as part <br />of the lots and will be reserved through a conservation easement or <br />restrictive covenants. The open space protects wooded land on gentle <br />slopes, streams, the adjacent stream buffers, as well as buffers along each <br />lot line and the subdivision boundaries. <br />The applicant's private road justification and the Staffs evaluation are <br />attachments to these minutes on pages / 3 — ! rI . The private road is. <br />justified through larger lots, larger setbacks, location in a protected <br />watershed, and restrictive covenants to protect permanent open space and <br />prohibit further subdivision. The summary of the Neighborhood <br />Information Meeting is an attachment to these minutes on page (f . <br />The Planning Staff recommends approval of the Concept Plan for the <br />Chambers property under the conservation option of flexible development <br />with a Class A private road and two conditions: <br />1) Access to all lots shall be limited to Pore Drive; and <br />2) With the Preliminary Plan, submit draft forms of the homeowners <br />association documents, road maintenance agreement, and restrictive <br />covenants and/or a conservation easementwhich contain use and <br />maintenance provisions for the open space. The restrictive <br />covenants or the conservation easement shall designate a third <br />party as an alternate grantee, in the event the homeowners <br />association is eliminated. <br />Katz asked for clarification of what protection of the area means in a <br />conservation plan. Cameron responded.that it will be included in the <br />covenants to what extent the area will be protected. Katz continued, asking <br />If the ordinance has minimum requirements such as no structures. Cameron <br />responded that there would be a limit of clearing or disturbance of open <br />space and only 506A of the conservation area could be used for septic <br />.systems.. Other sections of the ordinance provide for protection by.stream _ _- <br />buffers and setbacks <br />Selkirk asked about the property to the east Cameron.responded that it is a <br />large tract but is not designated as a wildlife &wklor.in the inventory of <br />natural areas: Selkirk continued asking abonf dweUmgs on fife adjacenF <br />properties. Cameron responded that there were lots created through the <br />minor subdivision process and a Road Maintenance Agreement already <br />