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Physical Description <br />• Gently rolling <br />• Predominately wooded. <br />10 <br />Proposed Site Conditions <br />Roads: <br />• The subdivision will be accessed from Mill Creek Road (SR 1343) <br />• All roads shall be public and built to NCDOT standards and in accordance with County <br />requirements. <br />Open Space <br />• Open space areas in this phase are comprised primarily of evergreen forest <br />• 40.82 acres (41.5 by this phase) <br />• Orange County Subdivision Regulations do not specify a minimum open space requirement <br />for conventional subdivision. <br />• Homeowners Association required to maintain open space and land use buffers. <br />• Protection of the intermittent stream (on entire tract) with stream buffer to be provided on the <br />final plat. <br />Water — Sewer <br />• Individual wells and septic tanks provided for each lot. <br />Recreation & Parks <br />Recreation dedication required: 2.751 acres (98.26 acres x .028) <br />No recreational resources found on site; payment in lieu reasonable alternative to dedication. <br />[42 lots x $455 = $19110.00] <br />Development Process, Schedule, and Action <br />• First Action: Planning Board to consider Concept Plan <br />The Planning Board approved the conventional concept plan for Mill Creek H on November <br />2, 2000 with the following conditions: <br />1. All roads shall be public and proposed to be built to NCDOT standards with additional <br />five (5) foot utility easements on each side. The right -of- -way at street intersections shall <br />be improved to NCDOT standards. Sight distance triangles (10' x 70') shall be <br />delineated on the plat for each street at intersections, as appropriate. <br />2. Driveway access points shall be a minimum of 50 feet from the intersection of street <br />rights -of -way. <br />3. All common areas (stream buffers, building buffers, landscape buffers) must be clearly <br />identified on the preliminary and final plats and maintained by the Homeowners <br />Association. The common areas cannot be subdivided or recombined with adjacent lots. <br />Draft forms of the Homeowners Association documents, including restrictive covenants <br />and conservation easements, that contain use and maintenance provisions for the open <br />space and buffers must be submitted for review by the County Attorney as part of the <br />preliminary plat approval process. The restrictive covenants or conservation agreement <br />3 <br />