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<br />- I ALDIS CALLEMYN <br />LAND SURVEYOR <br />~~.,; Y - <br />104 N, CHURTON STREcT <br />HILLS90ROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />TELEPHONES: 732-3883 • 682.6240 <br />September 5, 1989 <br />Dear Orange County Commissioners: <br />As a land owner of Orange County and a registered land <br />surveyor for this county as well as North Carolina, z am very <br />concerned about the-_watershed preservation program you are <br />proposing which will restrict growth and development on almost <br />60% of the land in Orange County. I would also like to express <br />some additional.thoughts on this matter. <br />What is the average lot size carving before the Board now? <br />r- Mare than minimum? Why? Because most land in Orange County <br />already exists in odd sizes. For example: <br />5.52 acres will allow 6 minimum size lots. <br />But with the new regulation, you would only be <br />able to have two lots. Therefore, the "two acre" <br />lot minimum would mean an averge lot size of <br />2.5-3 acres! This is a reduction of 33%!!! , <br />When land usability is taken into consideration, 30-50% of <br />land doesn't perk- This will also lower the percentage of <br />available lots to an unacceptable number forcing the price of <br />lots out of the average range for northern Orange County home <br />buyers. <br />Instead of having a "minimum lot size", whp not go for an <br />"average lot size". This would allow for some flexibility in <br />designing°subdivisions when perk sites are to be considered. <br />9 farmer can only use the "goad" land that he ovrns- This is <br />the reason why only a small percentage of our land is "cleared" <br />versus other places in this country where it is all open far <br />farming. NOW, if you, the County Commissioners, were to tell <br />all the farmers that they could only use 50% of their cleared <br />land, there would be a revolt heard all the way to Raleigh! This <br />is in essence what you are saying to the land owners--that they <br />are only going to be able to use less than half of their goad <br />land. <br />•~ARM, LOT, BOUNDARY, TOPOGRAPHIC, LDAN, AND CONSTRUCTION SURVEYS • SUebIVISION pE$IGN ANO LAYOUT <br />