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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 22. 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # 8- W <br />SUBJECT: FIELD VIEW -PRELIMINARY PLAN <br />ACTION BY: August 6, 1998 <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: Yes ~_No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes ~_No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution of Approval <br />Application <br />Vicinity Map <br />Fiscal Impact Analysis <br />Preliminary Plan <br />May 26, 1998 Planning Boazd Minutes <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br />Durham - 688-7331 <br />Mebane - 227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br />PURPOSE: To consider the Preliminary Plan for Field View Subdivision. <br />BACKGROUND: The property is located in Cheeks Township on the north side of West Lebanon Road <br />(SR 1306) on both sides of Frazier Road (SR 1342) as shown on the enclosed vicinity <br />map. It is also situated on the ridge line separating the Neuse and Cape Feaz River <br />Basins. The total acreage to be subdivided is 82.50 acres. The current zoning is Rural <br />Residential (R-1), Back Creek Protected Watershed, and Upper Eno Protected <br />Watershed. Adjacent land uses aze residential, agricultural, and a telephone switching <br />station. <br />The site is chazacterized by mostly open fields that are gently rolling away from the <br />ridgeline running northeast-southwest. The northern 20 percent of the former farm is <br />wooded. The Preliminary Plan shows three ponds, only one of which requires protection <br />under the Zoning Ordinance. The larger pond neaz Lebanon Road is dry and will be <br />backfilled with soil compacted to support construction. The other two ponds aze <br />approximately one-half acre or less in size and aze included in conservation area. <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Kirk <br />Extension 2582 <br />