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protected watershed. (The maximum amount of impervious surface in new residential development, outside <br />of Transition Areas, within the Upper Eno Protected Watershed is limited to twelve percent.) Adjacent land <br />uses are residential. Most of the site is wooded, except for a 4-acre open field in the central portion of the <br />site, which is also a ridge top at the highest part of the site. In addition, a 2-acre open area is located at the <br />southeast corner at the intersection of Dimmocks Mill Road and Moorefields Road. Hardwoods dominate <br />the western two-thirds of the forest on the west side of the ridge. Pines predominate on lots 1 through 6, <br />east of the ridge line. The majority of the site slopes gently at a gradient less than 7.5 percent. <br />Approximately two-thirds of the site drains directly into Rocky Run, which flows north along the western <br />boundary. The eastern third of the site drains to the north and eventually to Rocky Run downstream of <br />Woodgreen. A small area of moderate slopes (7.5 to 15 percent) is found in the required stream buffer near <br />the southwest corner of the site. <br />The open space will be privately owned as part of the lots and will be preserved through a <br />conservation easement or restrictive covenants. Open space will protect wooded land on gentle slopes, <br />Rocky Run, the 100-year floodplain, the adjacent stream buffer, buffers along Dimmocks Mill Road and the <br />eastern subdivision boundary, as well as the natural drainage swale across lots 1 through 7. The open <br />space will also minimize visual impacts of the subdivision by preserving the open area adjacent to <br />Dimmocks Mill Road. <br />The lots will have individual wells and septic systems. The Health Department has authorized <br />that each lot contains provisionally suitable soils sufficient to locate a septic system to accommodate a <br />three-bedroom house. <br />Access from the lots to Moorefields Road is to be provided by two (2) proposed public roads, <br />Pine Ridge Road and Cedar Ridge Road, built and paved to N.C. Department of Transportation standards. <br />A publicly dedicated stubout with a 40-foot X 50-foot (temporary) turnaround is provided at the end of Pine <br />Ridge Road to the adjacent northern property for future access. <br />The Concept Plan was approved by the Planning Board (by a 7 to 4 vote to approve) <br />December 3,1997, with three (3) conditions: <br />1. Access to all lots shall be limited to the new subdivision road; <br />2. On the Preliminary Plan, include a 40-foot buffer along Moorefields Road as part of <br />the open space protected by restrictive covenants or a conservation easement. <br />Provide additional landscaping for screening on lot 27 between the building site <br />roads; and <br />3. With the Preliminary Plan, submit draft forms of the homeowners association <br />documents and restrictive covenants or conservation easement which contain use <br />and maintenance provisions for the common open space and buffers. The restrictive <br />covenants or conservation shall designate a back-up grantee, in the event the <br />homeowners association is eliminated. <br />In addition, the Planning Board requested that a second Neighborhood Information Meeting <br />be conducted once the plan was approved by the Health Department. Such a meeting was held on <br />September 28, 1998. Discussion included streetlights, enforcement of private covenants versus <br />enforcement of zoning and subdivision regulations, and issues regarding entrance from Moorefields Road <br />versus entrance from Dimmocks Mill Road. <br />The Preliminary Plan reflects the following changes from the Concept Plan: <br />• The number of lots has been reduced from 27 to 25. Lot 27 has been divided <br />between Lots 1 and 2 to provide an area for septic systems for those lots. Lot 18 <br />(on the western portion of the subdivision) has been eliminated in order to increase <br />the area in Lots 10 through 17. <br />• The Preliminary Plan includes a 40-foot buffer along Moorefields Road and a 40-foot <br />wooded buffer across the northern property boundaries of Lots 7, 8, and 9, as part <br />of the open space protected by restrictive covenants or a conservation easement. <br />• The Preliminary Plan shows a 30-foot drainage easement along the draw below the <br />ouffall of an 18-inch culvert under Pine Ridge Road across Lots 12 and 11 to Rocky <br />Run per the recommendation of the Erosion Control Officer. <br />• The Preliminary Plan includes landscaping for screening including twelve (12)