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213 INTRODUCTION This report presents the results of a Traffic Impact Analysis for the proposed Hart's Mill farm - based development in Orange County, North Carolina. The proposed development is to be located on the east side of Frazier Road, SR 1310, approximately one -mile north of the intersection of Frazier and US 70. The developers of Hart's Mill seek to create a compact village -style neighborhood with a high quality of life while minimizing resource use and preserving the majority of the land in agriculture, woodlands, and open space. The initiative is being led by a group of local residents who intend to live at Hart's Mill. They propose to develop 32 homes clustered on approximately 20 acres on an existing 112 acre farm. The ownership model will be similar to a condominium. The proposed site plan for the community is attached as Figure 1. The remainder of the parcel has been proposed to remain an active farm. The development application for proposed plan has been filed as a Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning Permit which, if approved, will forever stipulate that no further development of the parcel will be allowed. If the proposed plan is approved construction is be expected to start in 2016 or 2017 with gradual build -out to full occupancy over a five -year period. The proposed Hart's Mill development is envisioned to operate as a co- housing community similar to Arcadia and Pacifica in Carrboro in Orange County as well. The concept of the co- housing model is that the community is socially tight -knit and the individual homes are downsized in favor of a large community building with a central kitchen and recreational and social spaces, including guest rooms. Recent studies accessible through the internet document that because of the nature of the co- housing community, the residents tend to car -pool more frequently than do conventional single family, condominium and town home developments. The literature reports that a decrease by as much as 30% in automobile based trip generation due to car - pooling in not uncommon in co- housing communities. EXISTING TRAFFIC LEVELS The proposed project site is located on Frazier Road, which runs north- south, midway between US 70 to the south and Lebanon Road to the north. Both US 70 and Lebanon are east -west roads as shown in Figure 2.