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2 21 lots follows the Concept Plan review by Planning Board, then a Preliminary Plan review by Planning Board and Preliminary Plan decision by the Board of County Commissioners • Within 1.5 miles of Hillsborough municipal limit. Existing and Proposed Conditions Existing: • Zoning: Agricultural Residential (AR) (min. lot size = 40,000 sq. ft.) • Pursuant to a Superior Court Consent Order issued in the case of Christopher Road Realty, Inc. vs. Orange County Board of Adjustment, Orange County and the Owner of the subject property have agreed as follows: for purposes of the proposed subdivision, there is a maximum residential density of 17 lots on the property; an impervious surface limit of twelve percent (12%) shall apply to the property in accordance with the requirements for the Upper Eno Protected Watershed; and the proposed subdivision must comply with all other applicable Zoning Ordinance and Orange County Subdivision Regulation requirements. Physical Features: • The two designated streams on the property will be protected with stream buffers. • The site is mostly wooded with a mixture of pines and hardwoods; a meadow is in the center. • The topography is gently rolling with steeper slopes along the streams. Adjacent Land Use: • Sundance Pond Subdivision with an average lot size of 1.89 acres is located across Dimmocks Mill road to the east [ 5 lot minor subdivision with no common open space-1994] • Rocky Run Subdivision with an average lot size of 2.38 acres is located to the west. [10-lot major subdivision under conventional option with no common open space -1988] • Olive Creek Subdivision with an average lot size of 2.26 acres is located to the north. [3-lot minor subdivision and an exempt subdivision - 2006; recorded under the Olive Creek name with no common open space] • Two residential tracts-one 4.89 acres and one 13.27 acres-are located across Moorefields Road to the south. [minor and existing lot of record] • Surrounding lots are generally less dense than The Bluffs at Moorefields, which has an average density of 2.07 acres; the reason these lot sizes are smaller is that they are following the flexible development guidelines which allows the maximum density under watershed regulations, yet maximizes open space by allowing for minimum zoning lot sizes to be platted: Proposed: Roads: • Access is from Moorefields Road (SR 1135), an existing paved local public road. • One proposed cul-de-sac street (Peninsula Lane) extends north from Moorefields Road and provides access to a majority of the lots. Grassland Court extends off Peninsula Lane and provides access to the remaining lots. The reason that the street does not continue to the northern property line is that there is a wide stream swale that would have required a large amount of fill. Erosion Control recommended that a street not cross the stream. • All roads are to be constructed to NCDOT standards. • NCDOT comments indicate it has previously acquired right-of-way along Moorefields Road and an additional sight triangle at the Moorefields Road and Dimmocks Mill Road intersection. Sight distance at the main entrance has been field verified and approved. A driveway permit will be required for the new street entrance. (see NCDOT comments) • Emergency Services has reviewed the preliminary plat and found the plans and locations of the proposed roads to be acceptable. (see agency review) • In order to protect the streams, Low Impact Design methods will be used (i.e. rain garden, grass swales, infiltration devices)