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l W � � 18 � (2) La Mesa (21 Lots-Little River Township) Presentation by Emily Cameron. The property is located in the northeast comer of the county south of Bacon Road (SR 153 1)between NC Highway 57 and the Person County line. The total acreage of the tract is 72.65 acres. It is currently zoned Agricultural Residential and Flat River Protected Watershed. In the Land Use Element of the comprehensive Plan it is designated as Agricultural Residential and Water Supply Watershed. The property was part of a farm over twenty years ago.Former fields are now covered by typical early successional growth. Slopes are gentle except along two intermittent streams(one is not show in Phase III)which flow generally east and southeast where limited slopes approach twenty percent(20%).The soils are typical for Orange County with moderate limitations for septic systems,dwellings,and road construction. The Preliminary Plan for La Mesa was approved by the Board of Commissioners in August 1989. The Final Plat for Phase I containing eight(8)lots was approved in December of that year. Approval of the Preliminary Plan expired one year later because subsequent final plats were not submitted. To reactivate the subdivision,the applicants submitted a Concept Plan which was approved by the Planning Board on August 20, 1995. The Concept Plan was almost identical to the 1989 Preliminary Plan featuring public roads and 38 lots ranging in size from one to five acres. Phase II contains 45.38 acres which the applicant proposes to divide into twenty (20)new residential lots.Lot sizes are between 0.98 and 6.2 acres.Each lot will have an individual well and septic system. Lot 16 does not have a site approved by Environmental Health for a septic system;therefore,before the Final Plat is prepared,the lot must either be approved for on-site sewage disposal,combined with adjacent lots,or retained as open space and restricted for development. In 1994 the average daily traffic count for this part of Bacon Road was 70 trips per day. Access to Bacon Road will be provided via La Mesa Lane,a new public cul de sac to be built to State standards. Two other public rights-of-way are reserved to serve future development in Phase III. A stubout was required as a condition of approval in 1989 and 1995 between lots 14 and 15 extending to the western boundary. A road connection would be made in the event adjacent property is developed in the future. . The Planning Staff recommends approval of the Preliminary Plan for La Mesa, Phase H,with public roads built to State standards and the conditions contained in the Resolution of Approval(an attachment to these minutes on pages ). Hoecke asked for more information on lot 16. Cameron responded that it some clearing of dense vegetation must be done to obtain access for checking. Brooks asked if the Planning Board could decide the use of lot 16 if no perc site is found. Cameron responded a significant design change would require reconsideration..