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69 Commissioner Willhoit moved that the plat be referred back to the Planning Board to work out a solution. Further discussion ensued con- cerning ways to redesign the plat. There was na second to Mr. Willhoit's motion. Chairman Whitted informed the land owner that by law, each lot must abutt either a private or public road. Mr. Pinney suggested that each of the three lots be redesigned to abutt on Terry Road. Upon motion of Commissioner Gustaveson, seconded by Commissioner Willhoit, it was moved and adapted to refer this plat back to the Planning Board and Staff to work with the heirs of the land to redesign the pro- . perty to meet the requirements in the Subdivision Ordinance. E. Foxlair - A revised preliminary plat. This revised plat proposes the division of sixty-five acres into nineteen lots each three acres or more in size. The original plat was approved with a public road and bridge over New Hope Creek. The owner is resubmitting his plat which now depicts a Class B road and a ford in place of a bridge. Ten of the nineteen lots in this subdivision are separated from the public road by New Hope Creek. The Planning Board has approved this revised preliminary with the stipulation that buyers must be made aware of the ford as access to some lots would be restricted at certain times. Mr. Edwards stated that the developer was resubmitting this plat for various reasons. (1) Paving the road would increase the cost of the lots, that it would be difficult to sell the lots and the developer would be forced to subdivide the larger lots. (2) The developer does not want a 60 foot strip cut from the middle of the property. The Planning Board has approved a Class B road. The major problem is getting across New Hope Creek. The Department of Transportation has required that a bridge be built across the crres. The develop proposes a Class B road and that a ford be used to cross the :creek. Quinten Patterson, the Erosion Control Officer, has said that 'if a bridge was not constructed, a ford would be as good as anything. Mr. Edwards stated that the Restrictive Covenants stated that no structure would be built within 100 feet of the creek. He stated that set back from the road would be 150 feet. Commissioner Willhoit asked if any engineering study had been made of the proposed ford. The developer replied that the water which the ford would cross was from 5 to 9 inches deep. He added that a ford would create less erosion than anything else put there and that the ford would meet the Department of Transportation standards and be designed far a 50 year flood. Upon motion of Gommissioner Willhoit, seconded by Commissioner Walker, it was moved and adopted to reapprove the plat with a Class B road and that the appropriate ford be designed to meet Department of Transportation standards and for a 50 year flood plan. F. W. C. Freeland Heirs - This plat proposes the division of nine acres into four lots. The property is situated off N. C. #86 near Orange Church in the transitional area around Chapel Hill. This plat was re- ferred to the Chapel Hi11 Planning Board for comment. This Board re- commended that: (1) A twenty foot strip along N.C. #86 be dedicated to the State for highway purposes. (2) A fifty foot easment for sani- tary and storm sewers be granted the Town of Chapel Hi11. (3) The plat be redrawn to. reflect a cul-de-sac arrangement for all lots. The Orange County Planning Board approved the subdivision with the following stipulations: (1) That the twenty foot strip for the highway purposes be dedicated. (2) That a twenty-five foot set back on each side of the traversing stream be observed. (3) That only two common driveway entrances to N.C. #86 be allowed. The County Planning Board did not follow stipulation number 2 and 3, as suggested by the Town of Chapel Hi11 because they felt first, that the easement far sewer purposes should be negotiated independently by the Town and second, that to require a cul-de-sac development at this time would impose additional cost upon the owner. Joseph Moore, Attorney who is in the process of disolving the W. C. Freeland estate, stated that the heirs would dedicate a set back from a traversing stream, however, they did have a problem in dedicating land which may not ever be used, which was the recommendation of the