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00326 <br /> 't <br /> S.i... 1 <br /> ; A } iTHE JOH N R_ McA.DAMS COMPANY, INC:'. <br /> CONSULTING ENGINEERS <br /> 100 HAYES BUILDING,GLEN LENNOX CENTER,CHAPEL HILL <br /> P.O. I30X 2898,CHAPEL HILL.NORTH CAROLINA 27514 (919)967-707 7 <br /> TEiE TTi•1BERS <br /> A 11fl3ILE FIOt•IE PARK DEVELOPCIENT <br /> APPLICATIOCI TO ORADIGE COUNTY FOR PLANNED - <br /> DEVELOWLENT APPROVAL <br /> SEPTEMBER 9, 1981 <br /> LOCATION <br /> The 'limbers is located in orange County, about one mile southwest of the <br /> a£ Rillsborough. The site is to the northwest of orange Grove Road and <br /> Taern <br /> and is located i <br /> has access off of Orange Grove Road, immediately south of <br /> Interstate 85 and immediately east of the designated right-Of-way for the <br /> proposed Interstate 40. The site occupies the western 14 acres of a tract <br /> of land that is totally about 44 acres in size (after a 16 acre taking.for <br /> the 1-40 right-of-way). <br /> DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT <br /> The Timbers consist of 86 mobile homes, 13 of which will be' on lots 30 <br /> feet wide, and the faalance on 40 foot wide lots. At the north end of the <br /> pr <br /> development is a 4-acre area reserved as open space, in which will be built <br /> a small pond and a swimming pool. Access to The 'limbers is off of Orange <br /> Grove Road, and public water and sewer will be provided. All of the land <br /> Will be under common ownership, with spaces rented to the tenants. In most <br /> cases the mobile homes themselves will be owned by the tenants. <br /> ACCESS TO THE SITE <br /> The Timbers is located about. 900 feet off of Orange Grove Road, which is a <br /> State-maintained two-laved secondary road_ Traveling northeastward an Orange <br /> ne of <br /> Grove Road, it is only 3/4 of mile to reach the Town Limit. li <br /> Hillsborough. By traveling northeastward on orange Grove Road and then taking <br /> Old SAC 86 south, one can get on I-85 about two miles from The Timbers. By <br /> traveling southwest an Orange Grove Road and taking two other State roads to <br /> the %rest that cross under I-85, one can get into west Hillsborough in the area <br /> of Hillsborough Textiles with about three miles,of travel. <br /> The traffic generated from The Timbers will not overload Orange Grove Road_ <br /> Although the current tr affic load an Orange Grove Road is not now knob•;n to <br /> the Developer, The Timbers Development should add only about 100 vehicles per <br /> hour to the peak hour traffic. (The average traffic generated by The Timbers <br /> wouid be only about 30 vehicles per hour.) The peak hour capacity of Orange <br /> Grove Road, assuming about 40 mile per hour traffic-a:d typical delays for <br /> A <br />