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r <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 19, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item#—Z--f <br /> SUBJECT: La Mesa Subdivision,Phase III-Preliminary Plan <br /> ACTION BY: January 3, 1997 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning& Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: Yes_X_No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes_X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br /> Resolution of Approval Extension 2580 <br /> Application <br /> Vicinity Map <br /> Preliminary Plan TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Fiscal Impact Analysis Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> 11/6/96 Draft Planning Board Minutes Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of the Preliminary Plan for La Mesa Subdivision, Phase III. <br /> BACKGROUND: The property is located in the northeast corner of the county south of Bacon Road (SR 153 1) <br /> between NC Highway 57 and the Person County line. It is currently zoned Agricultural <br /> Residential and Flat River Protected Watershed.In the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive <br /> Plan it is designated as Agricultural Residential and Water Supply Watershed. <br /> The property was part of a farm over twenty years ago. Former fields are now covered by typical <br /> early successional growth. Slopes are gentle except along the intermittent stream which flows <br /> generally southeast where limited slopes approach 33 percent.The soils are typical for Orange <br /> County with moderate limitations for septic systems,dwellings, and road construction. <br /> Phase I of La Mesa contained eight(8)lots approved in 1989. The original preliminary approval <br /> expired in 1990.A new Concept Plan was approved in 1995.Phase II was approved by the Board <br /> of Commissioners in August 1996 for 21 lots and new public roads on 45 acres.The total <br /> acreage of Phase III is approximately 23 acres. Fourteen(14)new residential lots are proposed in <br /> Phase III. Lot sizes are between 0.98 and 2.67 acres.Each lot will have an individual well and <br /> septic system. <br /> In 1994 the average daily traffic count for this part of Bacon Road was 70 trips per day.Access <br /> to Bacon Road will be provided via La Mesa Lane, a new public cul de sac to be built to State <br />