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Staff Note: The Planning Board reviewed and approved the Concept Plan for this 5 subdivision on June 3, 2009. At that time it was named Alpenglow Trace. Existing Conditions Existing: • Zoning: RB (Rural Buffer) -Two (2) acre minimum lot size (per Section 5.1.2 of the Zoning Ordinance). • The property is located within both the University Lake Protected and University Lake Critical Watershed Overlay Districts. • Maximum impervious surface in both the University Lake Protected and University Lake Critical Watershed Overlay Districts for new residential development is six (6) percent or 4,400 square feet per typical lot (per Section 6.23.3 c. 1 of the Zoning Ordinance). • Located in a Rural Designated Area per Growth Management System Map and the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Physical Features: Rolling topography with some weathered bedrock at or near the surface. • Three designated streams -the West Fork of Price Creek and two small tributary streams drain the property. (Note the stream buffers in the Open Space parcels.) • The land slopes generally to the north with a drainage divide along the southern property boundary. • The property is completely forested with upland hardwoods with some scattered conifers. Adjacent Land Use: (Attachment 2) • Property to the east is zoned RB (Rural Buffer) and is forested open space owned by the University of North Carolina. Properties to the south are zoned RB and are part of the Oak Crest platted single-family subdivision with lots averaging 2.28 acres directly abutting the Lodges at Chapel Hill. • Properties to the north are large lot residential parcels averaging over ten (10) acres in area and are zoned RB. • Properties to the west are also large, rural lots with RB zoning. ll...I:.. .. fem.. V~M~~~R~~VV vv~~• a~..vv Item ..v• Pro osed Re uirement Ordinance Citation Minimum Lot Size 87,120 s .feet 87,120 s .feet Section 5.1.2 -- ZO Gross Densit 3.65 acres er lot* 3.13 acres er lot* Section 6.23.2 -- ZO Minimum Lot Width 130 feet 130 feet Section 5.1.2 -- ZO O en S ace Percenta a 33.3 ercent* No o.s. re uirement Section IV-B-10-C.3 -- SR O en S ace Area 14.61 acres 0.6 acres Section IV-B-7-b-2-- SR Maximum Im ervious 6 ercent 6 ercent Section 6.23.3 c. 1. -- ZO Landsca e Buffer Class A 30 feet Class A 30 feet Section IV-B-8-e-3-- SR Use Sin le-famil Res. Sin le-famil Res. Section 4.3 H2 -- ZO ZO refers to the Orange county ~omng t~ramance SR refers to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations * Please refer to the comments below. Density: Within the University Lake Protected and Critical Watershed Overlay Districts, density is determined by (Section 6.23.2), which states: