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E. <br />Department signatures on the Final Plat or prior to issuance of any <br />building permit if road construction is secured by letter of credit as <br />described herein. <br />5. Prior to any construction or alteration of any existing access within the <br />right -of -way of Pleasant Green Road and /or Paper Birch Road, the <br />owner /applicant shall secure a driveway permit from the NCDOT District <br />Office. <br />The owner /applicant shall submit a copy of the NCDOT- approved permit <br />and NCDOT approval letter to the Planning Department prior to, or at the <br />same time as, the request for a grading permit is made, or before <br />Planning Department signatures are affixed on the Final Plat, whichever is <br />first. <br />6. Sight triangles (10' x 70') shall be shown on the Final Plat at the <br />intersection with Paper Birch Road and Laurel Oak Road. <br />Land Use Buffers and Landscaping <br />1. The 30 -foot wide land use buffers along Pleasant Green Road, Willet <br />Drive and Paper Birch Road, as identified on the approved Preliminary <br />Subdivision Plat, shall be preserved in perpetuity in accordance with the <br />provisions of the UDO. The document, as well as any local covenants, <br />shall require the applicant or future homeowner's association to preserve <br />the required land use buffer. <br />2. Trees within the tree protection area denoted on the approved Preliminary <br />Plat shall be preserved as proposed by the applicant. <br />3. Upon completion of roadway improvements Planning Department staff <br />shall complete an inspection in the area to ascertain if additional roadway <br />plantings are required in accordance with the provision(s) of the UDO. <br />In the event additional plantings are required, the applicant shall submit a <br />formal landscape plan re- establishing required vegetation. The <br />owner /applicant shall install landscaping as indicated on the approved <br />Landscape Plan and the Planning Department shall inspect and approve <br />such landscaping before signing the Final Plat. It should be noted no part <br />of any additional landscaping shall encroach into the ten (10) foot by <br />seventy (70) foot sight triangles at the public road intersection. <br />OR <br />The owner /applicant shall submit a letter of credit or cash bond to secure <br />required landscape installation and preservation. The owner /applicant <br />shall provide, as specified within the UDO, an estimate of the cost for <br />required preservation, plantings and their installation. The financial <br />guarantee shall reflect 110% percent of the estimate and be issued by an <br />accredited financial institution licensed to do business in North Carolina. <br />4. Provision for protection of existing trees shall be included in the Final Plat, <br />as well as the recorded Declaration of Restrictions as prepared by the <br />Orange County Planning Department. <br />50 <br />