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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 8 306F REVERE ROAD , HILLSBOROUGH. NORTH CAROLINA 27278 L ~0 V, V C' 1 gat !.a MEMORANDUM TO: Board of County Commissioners FROM: Emily Cameron, ASLA,Planner II/Landscape Architect SUBJECT: Land Use Buffer Waiver Request- Sibling Pine Estate DATE: July 23, 1996 The attached land use buffer waiver request is submitted by Steve Yuhasz,RLS, on behalf of the applicants for Sibling Pine Estate,a major subdivision. The property is located in EnoTownship on the east side of Pleasant Green Road(SR 1567) across from St. Thomas Woods Subdivision. The applicants propose to divide 30.64 acres into seven(7) lots. A waiver is requested for a 30- foot Type A land use buffer on the 9450-square foot portion of lot 1 adjacent to the right-of-way for Pleasant Green Road.The purpose of the buffer is to reduce impacts associated with a collector road adjacent to a residential land use. The applicants would like to be able to construct a bus shelter for school children in the required buffer area. Section IV-B-8-g of the Subdivision Regulations allows the Board of Commissioners to reduce or alter a required land use buffer shown on a Preliminary Plat when strict adherence to the ordinance would serve no useful purpose. In the case of lot 1 of Sibling Pine Estate, the configuration of the lot and the location of the building site relative to Pleasant Green Road justify a waiver of the 30-foot buffer requirement. The portion of lot 1 to be used for a residence is located over 400 feet from Pleasant Green Road, which serves the purpose of a buffer. A 40-foot building setback from road rights-of-way also applies to this portion of lot 1. However, according to Article.21.4_of the Zoning Ordinance,-the bus shelter proposed by the applicant will not require a zoning compliance permit,provided is does not exceed 100 square feet in size or cost more than$100 to construct.