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landscaping shall encroach into the ten- (10) foot by seventy- (70) foot sight triangles at 28 <br />the public road intersection. <br />OR <br />The owner/applicant shall submit a letter of credit or cash bond to secure required <br />landscape installation and preservation. The owner/applicant shall provide, as specified in <br />Section IV-B-8-b-9 of the Orange County Subdivision Regulations, an estimate of the cost <br />for required preservation, plantings and their installation. The financial guarantee shall <br />reflect one hundred (110) percent of the estimate and be issued by an accredited financial <br />institution licensed to do business in North Carolina. <br />2. Provision for protection of existing trees as shown on the approved Landscape Plan shall <br />be included in a document describing development restrictions and requirements that <br />Planning Department staff prepared and recorded concurrently with the Final Plat. Clear <br />cutting or other removal of any trees or other vegetation on individual lots is prohibited as <br />specified in Section IV-B-8-c of the Orange County Subdivision Regulations. <br />3. The owner/applicant shall provide a Type A Land Use Buffer along the internal public <br />road, as shown on the Preliminary Plan. The buffer shall be thirty (30) feet wide and shall <br />be composed of deciduous and/or evergreen vegetation, forming semi-opaque intermittent <br />visual obstructions from the ground to a height of at least thirty (30) feet. Said buffer shall <br />be so noted on the plat, and detailed in a document describing development restrictions <br />and requirements prepared by Planning Department staff and recorded concurrently with <br />the Final Plat. The owner/applicant shall convey the thirty- (30) foot buffer easement <br />along the public roads to the Homeowner's Association (HOA) for enforcement and <br />maintenance. <br />4. The stream buffer areas in Open Space Lots A and B, as shown on the preliminary plan, <br />shall be shown on the final plat as areas to be left undisturbed and in their natural state. <br />Grading, clearing, or installation of any structure, impervious surface, fence or play <br />apparatus shall not be placed within the buffer. Additionally, when marketing these lots to <br />prospective buyers, the developer, contractor or real estate sales person shall provide <br />information, available at the Orange County Erosion Control offices, to prospective buyers <br />regarding the nutrient reduction requirements within the University Lake Protected <br />Watershed. <br />D. Drainage <br />1. Locate all drainage easements on the Final Plat, as required following Erosion Control <br />Plan review and approval. <br />2. The owner/applicant shall size and locate all drainage culverts as required by NCDOT <br />and a North Carolina Licensed Professional Engineer. <br />E. Parkland and Recreation <br />1. The developer shall place a total of 14.61 acres in common open space, which the <br />HOA will own and maintain. This open space shall be shown and labeled accordingly <br />on the final plat. Cutting or removing of trees and other natural vegetation, except for <br />safety or maintenance purposes, is prohibited. <br />2. At the time of recordation of the Final Plat the Developer shall pay to Orange County a <br />$5,460 payment-in-lieu-of-dedication fee. <br />