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0 <br />Michael S. Fox (Project Attorney) <br />Tuggle Duggins P.A. <br />100 N. Greene Street <br />Suite 600 <br />Greensboro, NC 27401 <br />Location: Off of Mt. Sinai Road with access via Cascade Drive. Please refer <br />to Attachment 2 for a vicinity map of the project. <br />Parcel Information: a. PIN(s): 9881 -38 -8874 and 9881 -49 -3072. <br />b. Size of parcel(s): Approximately 50 acres. <br />i. PIN 9881 -38 -8874 is approximately 44 acres in <br />area. <br />ii. PIN 9881 -49 -3072 is approximately 5.4 acres in <br />area. <br />Approximately 19.93 acres of properties will be encumbered by <br />the proposed solar facility as denoted on the submitted site plan. <br />c. Township: Chapel Hill. <br />d. Zoning: Rural Buffer (RB). The properties are not located within <br />a Watershed Protection Overlay District. <br />e. Future Land Use Map Designation: Rural Buffer. <br />f. Growth Management System Designation: Rural. <br />g. Joint Land Use Plan Designation: Rural Buffer — Rural <br />Residential Area <br />h. Existing Conditions /Physical Features: The 5.4 acre parcel <br />has an existing structure located on it, which appears to be used <br />as a residence. Both properties have areas of existing <br />vegetation with trees achieving an average height of anywhere <br />from 20 to 40 feet. <br />The larger parcel has existing vegetation as well as pasture area <br />throughout. <br />There are two streams in the southern portion of the properties <br />that are required to have the natural area on either side of the <br />stream bank preserved in accordance with the provisions of <br />Section 6.13 Stream Buffers of the UDO. <br />i. Roads: The properties have frontage along Mt. Sinai Road. <br />The larger parcel also has frontage along Cascade Drive. <br />Vehicular access for the project is proposed to be off of Cascade <br />Drive. <br />Surrounding Land Uses: a. NORTH: Undeveloped property approximately 128 acres in area, <br />single - family residential lots zoned RB. <br />b. SOUTH: Mt. Sinai Road, Triangle Land Conservancy and Duke <br />Forest Property, and single - family residential lots zoned RB. <br />