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13 A major subdivision application is required in Orange County because a new public road - Amber Wood Run - is being dedicated. The Orange County Fire Marshal and EMS indicate that the subdivision can be served adequately by their respective agencies. The Planning Board approved the Concept Plan at its meeting June 3, 1993 with the condition that the name Price Creek Drive must be chanted to one that is not duplicative of other road names in Orange County. Please note that on the proposed Preliminary Plat the name of the road has been changed to Amber Wood Run. This new name has been approved by the Planning Staff. At one time the property was located entirely within Chatham County. Orange and Chatham Counties agreed on a new location of the county line in 1990 -91. The boundary was moved south approximately 240 feet. Booth Road runs into US 15 -501 in the Starpoint Community, just south of the Orange County Line near the Smith Level Road intersection. To the north, Booth Road ends in the Orange County subdivision of Oak Crest adjacent to Price Creek Estates. Surrounding land uses are residential. The adopted Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan designates the area as Rural Buffer, and the current zoning is RB(UNIV -PW)- -Rural Buffer (University Lake Protected Watershed). Flexible Development regulations do not apply in the Rural Buffer. Much of the acreage slopes to the west draining into the East Branch of Price Creek which flows into University Lake approximately one mile north. The lots will be served by individual wells and septic systems. Given that Chatham and Orange Counties are in different DOT districts, letters from NCDOT included in the abstract attachments explain how construction of the proposed road and future maintenance will be reviewed and implemented. The calculated stream buffer width for lot 12 adjacent to East Branch of Price Creek ranges from 50 to 100 feet beyond the 100 -year flood line, depending on types of vegetative cover and percent -of -slope calculations. Including the floodplain, the stream buffer line lies 160 -180 feet from the creek. The Planning Staff recommends approval of the Preliminary Plan for Price Creek Estates per the Resolution of Approval (an attachment to these minutes on pages tiIOTIOIY: Andrews moved approval per the Resolution of Approval as recommended by the Planning Staff. Seconded by Strayhorn. VOTE: Unanimous.