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115 <br /> 56 <br /> 57 Tom Heffner: Typically four not more than five bedrooms. There is a market-wide tendency for smaller houses. <br /> 58 These may be more in the 3,000 square foot range. <br /> 59 <br /> 60 Tony Blake: Regarding lot 7, is that the only way the driveway can work? There is no flexibility if we approve the flex <br /> 61 plan. <br /> 62 <br /> 63 Tom Heffner: The reason we chose that location is that was the gentlest part of the slope. We were trying to find a <br /> 64 potential crossing. <br /> 65 <br /> 66 Tony Blake: If someone purchased lot 7, they couldn't negotiate a DOT access? <br /> 67 <br /> 68 Tom Heffner: No because that frontage would be in open space that was deeded to the homeowners association. <br /> 69 <br /> 70 Peter Hallenbeck: I have one comment. The 35 foot diameter on the cul-de-sacs bothers me from a fire apparatus <br /> 71 point of view, fire trucks are 28-33 feet long and there is also a comment from the solid waste people that they were <br /> 72 concerned about that diameter for the trucks to pick up the trash, etc. A 40 foot cul-de-sac wouldn't be much of a <br /> 73 change but it would make it much easier for the garbage collection and fire department turning around. <br /> 74 <br /> 75 Tom Heffner: We will look at that. Our motivation was to try to reduce the amount of street there as much as we <br /> 76 could. <br /> 77 <br /> 78 Lisa Stuckey: Have you thought about the noise from 1-40? <br /> 79 <br /> 80 Tom Heffner: The noise from 1-40 at the front of the subdivision is loud. On this property when you get back into the <br /> 81 back, the noise is significantly less. It is a risk for a developer but it becomes a tradeoff, for some people it is a no <br /> 82 and others look at it as I am a minute from 1-40. <br /> 83 <br /> 84 Larry Wright: I am going to ask questions and make comments because this Board has not been through this. 1 <br /> 85 would like to commend you for adding up the acres per lot and getting them correct. I went through the numbers <br /> 86 where you have 33.7 and I came up with 38% of the roads and buffers and then calculated how much you said the <br /> 87 linear feet were of the roads which I think was 1,700 and 50 foot wide and I estimated that the roads and gutters <br /> 88 would be 3% of your total and that makes 38%. Are your buffers and woodlands part of your open space? <br /> 89 <br /> 90 Tom Heffner: The buffers are not included in the open space. <br /> 91 <br /> 92 Larry Wright: On these lots,what is the flood plane? <br /> 93 <br /> 94 Tom Heffner: Part of our submittal package was the FEMA flood map for the area and there is no FEMA designated <br /> 95 flood plain there. <br /> 96 <br /> 97 Glenn Bowles: That doesn't mean it doesn't flood, it hasn't been mapped as a flood plain. <br /> 98 <br /> 99 Larry Wright: Referenced Colonial Heights. <br /> 100 <br /> 101 Tom Heffner: I think effectively Glenn was right. It is not currently mapped as a flood zone. I agree with you that <br /> 102 does not necessarily mean the area will not be inundated by flood waters. All the lots are at a significantly higher <br /> 103 elevation so there should not be a problem. <br /> 104 <br /> 105 Peter Hallenbeck: Are these two or four foot contours. <br /> 106 <br /> 107 Tom Heffner: Those are two. <br /> 108 <br /> 109 Larry Wright: This would include the house with the driveway across the street? <br /> 110 <br />