Agenda - 11-17-1998 - 9f - Laserfiche WebLink

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J was moved south approximately 240 feet. The Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan was adopted October 13. 1986. The Orange County Board of Commissioners approved the resurvey of the Orange /Chatham County boundary which affected the subject property on August 15, 1989. On November 3, 1998, the Orange County Recreation and Parks Advisory Council, by consensus, recommended payment in lieu of the dedication of greenway area for the two lots in Orange County for the following reasons. 1. The minimum amount of land required for dedication would result in a very narrow strip (17.5 feet approx.) east of Price Creek and would not adequately accommodate a trail that could adjoin dedicated recreation area in Oak Crest Subdivision to the north. 2. Only two lots of the subdivision are in Orange County and any trail established in the greenway would dead end 250 feet south at the Chatham County line. 3. Price Creek is very low in elevation and a large floodplain area would require a much greater width to construct even a primitive trail. Trails meandering along streams require a greenway width of 30 - 50 feet or more in order to reach higher elevations and to circumvent trees and slopes. 4. The county line was resurveyed in 1989 and the proposed area to be dedicated was not part of Orange County at the time the Joint Land Use Plan was adopted. This area, therefore, is not included in that plan. The Orange County Fire Marshal and EMS indicate that the subdivision can be served adequately by their respective agencies. In researching the issue of accepting payment in lieu of park land dedication, planning staff discovered that Orange Affiliated Partners, developers of Oak Crest Subdivision, never recorded the approved deed for the public dedication of parcels 35 and 36 as identified on the tax map 120, Chapel Hill Township. The dedication of the two tracts, a 2.43 acre tract and a 3.91 acre tract, for public use for natural areas and recreation/open space purposes was a condition of approval for that subdivision (approved April, 1989). On October 7, 1998, the Planning Board approved the Preliminary Plan for Price Creek Estates per the attached Resolution of Approval. The vote was unanimous. RECOMMENDATION: The administration recommends approval of the Price Creek Estates Preliminary Plan. The administration further recommends that Orange Affiliated Partners be contacted to complete documentation for that subdivision (complete conveyance to Orange County of the area dedicated for public use in Oak Crest Subdivision as provided per condition of approval for that subdivision).