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this problem. He continued that there were two <br /> entrances to the subdivision, and he felt there <br /> was no major safety problem. He was concerned <br /> with destroying the workwhich had been completed <br /> on the entrance in orde 'o install a left turn ._. <br /> lane which he felt was unnecessary. <br /> Best stated that St. Mary' s Road is a major . <br /> arterial and with the constant increase in the. - <br /> amount of traffic, the installation of left turn <br /> lanes would help keep traffic flowing. <br /> Mr. Johnson noted again that two entrances to the <br /> subdivision would keep traffic flowing. <br /> MOTION: Best moved approval with the condition of a left <br /> turn lane as recommended by the Planning Staff . <br /> Seconded by Abrams . <br /> VOTE: Unanimous . <br /> Et> <br /> (2 ) Searle Farms <br /> (31 Lots - Chapel Hill Township) <br /> Presentation by Emily Crudup. <br /> The property is located on the south side of New <br /> Hope Church Road (SR 1723 ) west of the <br /> intersection with. I-40 in Chapel Hill Township. <br /> It is also adjacent to New Hope Creek where there <br /> is considerable floodplain. The joint Planning <br /> Area Land Use Plan designation for this tract is <br /> Agricultural. The zoning is Rural Buffer with a <br /> portion located in the Major Transportation <br /> Corridor overlay district. Adjacent land uses <br /> are residential, agricultural, and undeveloped <br /> property. The 1987 traffic count for New Hope <br /> Church Road was approximately 850 trips per day. <br /> The total acreage of the tract is 82 . 34 acres <br /> including the State Road right-of-way. Thirty- <br /> =' one (31) lots are proposed which are all over <br /> one-acre in size. The remaining acreage is to be <br /> preserved in open space (33 .24 acres ) . The lots <br /> will be served by public roads and individual <br /> septic tanks . Lots 21, 22 , 25, 26, and 27 will <br /> have easements on the common open space for <br /> septic tank disposal. This arrangement has been <br /> given preliminary approval by the Orange County <br /> Division of Environmental Health. <br /> In addition, each lot will have an individual <br /> connection to a community water system. This <br /> - system will be permitted by the NC Department of <br /> • <br />