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1 <br /> O R A N G E C 0 U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 3, 1995 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: HANNAH CREEK - REVISION OF PRELIMINARY PLAN <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _x.-No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Preliminary Plan Mary Willis - Extension 2583 <br /> Resolution of Approval <br /> 6/19/95 Planning Board Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a revision of the Preliminary Plan for Hannah <br /> Creek Subdivision. <br /> BACKGROUND: The property is located on the west side of High Rock Road <br /> (SR 1340) near the Orange-Alamance County line. It is <br /> zoned Agricultural Residential with an overlay district of <br /> Back-PW, and is designated Agricultural Residential and <br /> Back Creek Watershed in the Land Use Element of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan. <br /> The tract contains 84.62 acres. A tributary of Back Creek <br /> flows through the western portion of the property. There <br /> is some open area on the south side of the creek, and the <br /> reminder of the tract is wooded. <br /> On November 1, 1994, the Board of Commissioners approved a <br /> Preliminary Plan for Hannah Creek Subdivision. The <br /> subdivision included 45 residential lots. Important <br /> features of the subdivision included a conservation <br /> easement along a perennial stream on the western portion <br /> of the property and a five-acre open space lot. These <br /> features, as well as setbacks, tree protection and other <br /> design standards which exceed Orange County requirements <br /> were found to justify access by a combination of public <br /> and private roads. <br />