ORD-2000-128 Amendments to Orange County Private Road Standards Subdivision Regulations

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15'h and will circulate the notice on item 'C, Amendment to the Orange County Educational Facilities Impact Fee Ordinance. VOTE: UNANIMOUS d. Amendments to Orange Coun Private Road Standards The Board was decide on proposed amendments to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations regarding private roads, but it was postponed to a future meeting. e. Bricewood Acres Subdivision—Preliminary Plan The Bricewood Acres Subdivision is located off the south side of Governor Scott Road east of Mill Creek Road in Cedar Grove Township. The subdivision follows the conventional plan. A conservation easement is proposed on the area designated as Stream Buffer. Fifteen (15) single-family lots are proposed on 27.04 acres. The average lot size will be 1.63 acres. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approve the preliminary plan for Bricewood Acres Subdivision in accordance with the Resolution of Approval that is incorporated herein by reference. VOTE: UNANIMOUS f. Richmond Hills—Sewer S_ ystem Design and Preliminary Subdivision Approval The Board considered the type of sewer system that was most appropriate for the proposed Richmond Hills subdivision and considered the Richmond Hills Conservation-Cluster Flexible Development Preliminary Plan. Planner Robert Davis said that two decisions needed to be made -the sewer system design for the Efland-Cheeks sewer area and the approval of the preliminary subdivision. In regards to the sewer system, there are two designs being presented. The first is a recommendation from the developer for a single pump station to allow all of the lots to drain to gravity to one central location. The other option is a step system, which the administration is recommending. This has individual on-site septic systems. The administration feels that there would be less of a public impact with the step system in the long run. In regards to the subdivision, Richmond Hills is located on Richmond Road in the Efland- Cheeks area. It is a 43-lot single-family subdivision that is following the conservation cluster option, which would allow lots to be down to 14,000 square feet. Water will be provided through the Orange- Alamance system. The sewer would be through Orange County, pumping back to Hillsborough. A letter from Hillsborough would be needed, indicating that Hillsborough has the capacity to serve the subdivision. The administration recommends that the Board approve Richmond Hills Subdivision Preliminary Plan with the Board of County Commissioners'selected sewer system operation and the conditions contained in the attached administration resolution of approval. William Crowther, representing the Eno River Association, said that any sewer system should be carefully planned to protect McGowan Creek and the tributaries to the Eno River. He spoke in support of Habitat for Humanity. Susan Levy spoke in support of this project. She said that when Habitat started this project they had planned for a pump station to serve this project. She said that if a step system was required, it would drastically increase the cost of this housing. She made reference to the letter that she sent to the Commissioners opposing the step system. She said that these homeowners could not afford the repairs to such a system. Scott Radway, engineer for the project, made reference to page 11, item F6 and the 100-foot wide easement with a 50-foot wide trail and said that he thought they had talked about a 5-10-foot wide trail. He said that this was probably a typographical error. He made reference to the sewer system and said that Habitat for Humanity preferred to have a gravity sewer system. He said that he had proposed an entirely gravity served system to a pump station that would be the same as the pump station unit that is in the Efland system. The pump station would be pumping for a distance of 400 feet maximum to the gravity line where there is a connection to the school property. He does not think the step sewer system is the right choice. He asked that the Board give Habitat for Humanity some flexibility to work with the state Department of Environmental Health and Natural Resources. He said that the step system would 16