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3-6-97 Planning Board Minutes 21 <br /> Tax Map 2, Lot 2. With the Preliminary Plan for each phase <br /> containing a stubout, submit a deed to Orange County for the right-of- <br /> way. <br /> Conservation Option <br /> 1.Access to all lots shall be limited to the new subdivision roads; <br /> 2.Provide a publicly dedicated right-of-way stubout to connect with the <br /> adjacent parcel to the south which is referenced as Cheeks Township, <br /> Tax Map 2,Lot 2. With the Preliminary Plan for each phase <br /> containing a stubout,submit a deed to Orange County for the right-of- <br /> way; <br /> 3.Provide an open space easement along the common line between lots <br /> 32-35 and lots 38 and 65 and; <br /> 4.With the Preliminary Plan,submit draft forms of homeowners <br /> association documents,restrictive covenants,and/or conservation <br /> easement documents which contain development restrictions and <br /> maintenance requirements for open space and buffers. <br /> Barrows asked for clarification of the stubout to the south. Cameron <br /> responded by indicating the approximate location on the vicinity map. <br /> Strayhom asked why a stubout would be needed since the adjacent <br /> property appeared to have sufficient road frontage. Cameron responded <br /> it would provide additional access for safety reasons and also would <br /> reduce traffic on the two collector roads. <br /> Strayhom asked about the deeded right-of-way and if it had been a <br /> requirement. Cameron responded that when there is a public right-of- <br /> way stubout,the County holds the deed on behalf of the public. At the <br /> time the adjacent property is developed,then it is available for the <br /> developer to make the connection. Strayhom asked if a recorded <br /> dedicated right-of-way would accomplish the same thing.Cameron <br /> responded that it probably would;however,from the legal perspective, <br /> once a road is built-out,it is easier to have the road accepted by NCDOT <br /> for maintenance if the right-of-way is already public and not still held by <br /> the developer. <br /> Strayhom noted he had concerns with a deeded right-of-way as opposed <br /> to a dedicated easement and asked that some clarification be sought from <br /> the County Attorney for this rationale. Cameron agreed to pose this <br /> question to the County Attorney. <br /> Price asked if there had been any studies done on the impact of the septic <br /> tanks on the streams. Cameron responded that it would be the same for <br /> any subdivision in a watershed. There may be wells in the stream buffer <br /> but the septic system,or,any part of the system,must be a minimum of <br /> 100 feet from the stream,or outside the stream buffer. Price continued <br /> asking about runoff into the stream. Cameron responded that <br /> Environmental Health would identify septic sites when they evaluate each <br /> lot at the preliminary plan stage. <br /> Barrows asked about a concern that had been expressed at the <br /> Neighborhood Information Meeting about the loss of trees if the flexible <br />