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Draft 4 /2/97 Planning Board Minutes 14 connection between the two tracks before it was subdivided then access should be provided. Selkirk stated that the value of landlocked property is decreased. Willis responded that anytime a recommendation is made for a stubout,there are reasons granted by the ordinance to do so. She continued that the Subdivision Regulations prohibit creation of new landlocked parcels. MOTION: Brooks moved approval as recommended by the Planning Staff. Seconded by Selkirk. VOTE: Unanimous. 10 (2) Belmont (Cheeks Township- 18 Lots) Presentation by Mary Willis. The property is located in Cheeks Township at the northern end of Moorefields Road(SR 1135)west of Dimmocks Mill Road(SR 1136). The current zoning is Agricultural Residential and Upper Eno Protected Watershed. It is across the road from the entrance to Moorefields National Register Historic Site. Moorefields Road is currently being paved with the exception of the portion from the northern curve to the northern bridge over Rocky Run where right-of-way was not available. Belmont is the first subdivision to be submitted under the Flexible Development regulations which went into effect July 1, 1996. The total acreage of the tract is 23.65 acres. Approximately one half of the property is wooded. The site slopes gently toward the center,then east toward Rock Run,a perennial stream flowing north to join Seven Mile Creek. There is considerable(2.98 acres)in the floodplain on Rocky Run which is protected by a required stream buffer. Slopes over fifteen percent are limited to an area adjacent to the floodplain and are also protected by the stream buffer. Each lot will have an individual well and septic system. Lots 2-7 will have easements on the common open space for sewage disposal. Belmont follows the Conservation Option for Flexible Development. Eighteen(18)new residential lots are proposed that average 1.2 acres in size. A minimum of 33%open space is required. A total of 8.7 acres (35.6%)open space is proposed in the form of common area(1.9 acres) and buffers on individual lots adjacent to the floodplain and subdivision boundaries(6.9 acres). One new public road ending in a cul de sac is proposed to serve all of the new lots. No new lots will have direct access to Moorefields Road. The Planning Board unanimously approved the Concept Plan for Belmont as a Flexible Development Conservation Option with a public road built to State standards on September 4, 1996 with 7 conditions:: 1.Indicate a 50-foot right-of-way for the proposed subdivision;