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3v~ a traffic impact on Homestead Raad. He e.:pressed concern that his comiany was in a "catch 22" on this nraject in trying to be cooperative and satisfy too many interests; in his opinion the revised plan was not as good as the original plan because of the revised plan being tighter in design layout and the inclusion of public roads through the development. His firri does not want to cluster the units too much. He requested that the approval process not be delayer; they had oricinally met with the Planning staff far - preliminary meetings to taorl: out any problems before submitting the application and had strict contractual agreements on the project. Phil Post, representative of the developer, expresser concern that the project cannot meet both the Town of Chapel Hill's and Orange County's development regulations. The Orange County ordinance encourages entrances onto major thorough~a=es but the Town ordinance and design standards require entrance on the lowest classification of street possible: it is impossible to meet both development standards in the same plan. He continued citing the buffer yard requirements where the County requires a 75' buffer along parking areas and a 100' buffer for buildings versus the Town standards which require 10-15' buffer and 20' buffer along major streets. The final plan agreed upon with the Town staff provides for entrances which line up with the Duke Power entrances, but that if public roads required additional problems with meeting parking and buffer requirements. He emphasized that the request for a second entrance onto Homestead Poad would cause a problem with poor sight distance unless it was directly opposite Dul:e Power's entrance. DoT encouraged and approved tvao Duke Power entrances to satisfy sight distance and clearance. The traffic problem along Homestead related to the need for a traffic light at the intersection of Homestead and i0C 85. FIe continued that both plans show the dumpster locations; The site is not currently eligible for Town refuse pick-up and that the system proposed is a trash compactor on the site which eliminates the need for dispersed dumpsters and essentially is a single refuse station which would be served by a private trash service and later the Tocvn, when Town serviae is available. He continued reviewing the sites's landscaping provisions noting that the Town request for a public street and the buffer requirements of the County force the building layout into a tight configurations to be supplemented with additional post construction landscaping. The project meets all the County standards for liveability, recreation and open space and the original plan submitted to public hearing in August was superior and favored by the applicant. Fost asked that the Board refer both plans to the County Planning Board and indicated a willingness to incorporate selected elements of the revised plan into the original plan noting that the revised plan did receive the Town staff and Planning Board approval. t•Iotion was made by Commissioner Whined, seconded by Conunissioner Lloyd to continue the public hearing to receive the Planning Board's recommendation at the Alovember 5, 1984 meeting of the Board of Commissioners. VOTE: UNANI:•,OUS Etc. -8~. ^ The staff presentation was made by Collins. Collins reviewed the engineer's report an sevaer capacity vahich indicated that the ?•lilmore pump station can handle waste from all three developments (:aildwood, Hampton Downs and Occoneechee Point.) A second