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i <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 1. 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item# <br /> SUBJECT: VICTORIA WOODS SUBDIVISION-PRELIMINARY PLAN <br /> ACTION BY: January 15, 1997 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning& Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: Yes_X_No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Kirk <br /> Resolution of Approval Extension 2582 <br /> Application <br /> Vicinity Map <br /> Private Road Justification TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Staff Evaluation of Private Road Justification Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Fiscal Impact Analysis Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Preliminary Plan Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Draft 11/5/97 Planning Board Minutes Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of the Preliminary Plan for Victoria Woods Subdivision. <br /> BACKGROUND: The property is located in Cheeks Township approximately 800 feet north of West <br /> Lebanon Road(SR 1306) and 700 feet east of Doe Run Road(SR 1343). The <br /> current zoning is Rural Residential (R-1) and Back Creek Protected Watershed. <br /> Adjacent land uses are residential. <br /> The total acreage of the tract is 20.16 acres. The property is wooded with a mixture <br /> of hardwoods and pines. Moderate to steep slopes are found adjacent to a stream <br /> flowing north that eventually joins Mill Creek. The soils have been evaluated by a <br /> soil scientist and were found to be suitable for subsurface sewage disposal. An old <br /> house site evidenced by a stone chimney and remnant landscaping is located in the <br /> vicinity of lot 13. <br /> The Preliminary Plan for Victoria Woods has features of the conservation option <br /> and the cluster option as described in the Subdivision Regulations. The proposal <br /> includes 6.98 acres or 34.6%open space. A portion of the open space (4.51 acres) <br /> will be dedicated to a homeowners association as common area. Another 2.97 acres <br /> will be privately owned as part of the lots and will be reserved through conservation <br /> easements. The open space protects wooded land on moderate to steep slopes, a <br />