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~~~ owners Mr. James Verner and Mr. Berl Bernhard, who own property adjoining Duke Forest, to relocate the Transition Area II boundary north of Carrboro to a set distance of 670 feet from the border of Duke Forest. On May 4, 1987, the Board of Commissioners approved the extension of the Transition Area into the full extent of Bolin Creek basin north of Carrboro except in Duke Forest and for those properties abutting Duke Forest. The properties abutting Duke Forest would remain in the Rural Buffer. The Transition Area boundary which resulted was a very irregular line, varying in distance from 200 feet to 1,600 feet from Duke Forest. Subsequent to the extension approval, Mr. Powe petitioned the County to adjust the boundary. His clients property was found unsuitable for septic tanks and development of the tract for residential purposes was not possible without the availability of public sewer. The Verner/Bernhard tract is not the only property affected by the boundary variation. However, it may be the only property affected by the boundary variation that is unsuited far septic tanks. An adjustment of the boundary appears warranted, though, since the full extent of a large lot (1,600 foot depth) may be in the Rural Suffer while another lot may be in the Transition Area by virtue of the fact that it is adjacent to a lot (adjoining Duke Forest) with a depth of only 200 feet. Some possible alternatives to the current boundary dilemma are as follows: 1. Move the Transition Area boundary to coincide with the Duke Forest border and require at least a 100-foot natural buffer to be retained or provided by a development occurring adjacent to the Forest. 2. Move the Transition Area boundary to coincide with the drainage divide separating New Hope Creek and Bolin Creek basins. 3. Move the Transition Area boundary to a set distance of 670 feet from the Duke Forest border. 4. Move the Transition Area boundary to a set distance of 400 feet from the Duke Forest border. An additional provision could be added which would require that a 100-foot buffer adjacent to Duke Forest be incorporated as part of the lot. At its March 1, 1988 meeting, the Chapel Hill Planning Board voted to recommend approval of a provision for a buffer 100 feet back from Duke Forest. At its March 3, 1988 meeting, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved a resolution which recommended that the northern Transition Area YT boundary be adjusted to coincide more or less with the southern boundary of the Duke Forest properties. The Orange County Planning Staff recommends that the Transition Area boundary be relocated to a set distance of 400 feet from the Duke Forest