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�-7 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 306F REVERE ROAD HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 c January 26, 1994 To: Citizens at the January 25, 1994 East-Central Orange Community Meeting (Rural Character Development Options) Dear Citizen: Let me again express my thanks to you for attending our community meeting on January 25. Your input and feedback is greatly valued, and I appreciate your candor and thoughtful responses. I am writing to clarify my response to a question during the meeting. Upon review, my response did not completely answer the question. The question related specifically to the "Staff Alternative,, development options, and the fact that density bonuses for open- space development options (Options Bl-B3) were based on "lot yield" under one-acre lot zoning. For example, you may remember the 100- acre tract in the handout table (bottom of page 4) - with three examples of a 100-acre tract with different site constraints. These tracts had 26, 50 and 101 septic tank "perc" sites, and would receive density bonuses of 20, 25 or 30% dependent on the design guidelines met and the quality of open space. A question was asked about whether the septic tank "lot yield" would apply if the site had water and sewer service - i.e. , if the starting point for density bonuses in the Staff Alternative would still be the site constraint-based lot yield with water and sewer service. I responded that, except in the Hillsborough Cooperative Planning Area "Open Space Area", the lot yield would still be the starting point for open-space development density bonuses (in the Staff Alternative only) . I further noted that in the Hillsborough "Open Space Area", however, these standards and densities would likely be modified as part of a future joint land use plan. I should have noted that the "Staff Alternative" already addresses this issue. As a part of the footnotes of the Staff Alternative from March 10, 1993, the following statement is found: 114 . In the Hillsborough Open Space Area, property owners, because of the availability of public water and sewer, would start at or u1E;t ';pzt` ae, since densities of less than that would make. .it difficult to justify the cost of public utility extension.