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ORANGE C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 4, 1995 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # _vim_F <br /> SUBJECT: TUPELO RIDGE, PHASE TWO - PRELIMINARY PLAN <br /> ACTION BY: January 18, 1996 <br /> DEPARTMENT:PLANNING & INSPECTIONS PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br /> Resolution of Approval Extension 2580 <br /> Application <br /> Vicinity Map <br /> Preliminary Plan <br /> Fiscal Impact Analysis <br /> 11/20/95 Draft Planning TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Board Munites Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of the Preliminary Plan for Phase Two of <br /> Tupelo Ridge Subdivision. <br /> BACKGROUND: The property is located in western Chapel Hill <br /> Township on the east side of Union Grove Church Road <br /> (SR 1111) south of Albert Road (SR 1179) . The tract is <br /> divided between Orange County's jurisdiction (30%) and <br /> the Town of Carrboro's Transition Area (70%) . The <br /> Orange County portion is zoned Rural Buffer and <br /> University Lake Protected Watershed. The Joint <br /> Planning Area Land Use Plan designation is Rural <br /> Residential and Carrboro Transition Area II. <br /> Phase One is adjacent to the north of Phase Two and <br /> was approved in 1994 with twelve ( 12) lots on a public <br /> road. Adjacent land uses are residential and <br /> undeveloped. The tract includes a high-pressure <br /> natural gas pipeline within a 50-foot easement. There <br /> is also a 30-foot Piedmont Electric Membership <br /> Corporation easement adjacent to Union Grove Church <br /> Road in addition to a 100-foot Piedmont EMC right-of- <br /> way adjacent to the northern boundary of Phase Two. <br /> Steeper slopes are located along the northern portion <br /> of lot 13 and approach 13.6 percent. No traffic count <br /> information is available for Union Grove Church Road. <br />