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DRAFT 2/4/98 PLANNING BOARD MINUTES b. Preliminary Plans (1) Dry Run Subdivision (Hillsborough Township - 10 Lots) Presentation by Emily Cameron. The property is located in the northwest comer of Hillsborough Township 600 feet south of Kenyan Road (SR 1335), 900 feet west of NC Highway 86 North. The current zoning is Agricultural Residential and Upper Eno Protected Watershed. The total acreage of the tract is 17.40 acres. The property is wooded with a mixture of pines and hardwoods. Moderate slopes end at Dry Run, an intermittent stream flowing southwest approximately two and a half miles to join the Eno River. Most of the slopes over fifteen percent are found adjacent to the stream and are protected by the required stream buffer. Rock outcrops are also located in a portion of the stream buffer on the south side of the stream. The soils have been evaluated by the Orange County Health Department. Suitable sites for subsurface sewage disposal were found on each lot proposed on the Preliminary Plan. Each lot will have an individual well and septic system. Dry Run has features of the conservation option and the cluster option for Flexible Development. Ten (10) new residential lots are proposed that average 1.3 acres in size. A minimum of 33% open space is required. A total of 6.36 acres (36.6 %) open space is proposed in the form of common area (4.38 acres) and buffers on individual lots adjacent to the stream (1.98 acres). A deed for the common area and restrictive covenants have been submitted to reserve the open space and describe use restrictions and maintenance provisions. The applicant proposes to extend Dry Run Drive from an existing 50 -foot private right -of -way to provide access to Kenion Road. The developer's private road justification and the Planning Staffs evaluation are attachments to these minutes on pages . The Class A private road is justified by the protection of open space, larger setbacks, and the site's location in a protected watershed. The Planning Board unanimously approved the Concept Plan for Dry Run on May 7, 1997 with a private road built to Class A standards. Lot lines have been adjusted to obtain Health Department approval and the road has been slightly shifted, otherwise the subdivision layout is the same as approved on the Concept Plan. Cameron noted that there is still a joint driveway for lots 10 and 11. The Planning Staff recommends approval of the Preliminary Plan for Dry Run Subdivision per the Resolution of Approval (an attachment to these minutes on pages ).