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5. Prior to any construction or alteration of any existing access within the <br /> right-of-way of either Whitfield or Erwin Road, the owner/applicant shall <br /> secure a driveway permit from the NCDOT District Office. <br /> The owner/applicant shall submit a copy of the NCDOT-approved permit <br /> and NCDOT approval letter to the Planning Department prior to, or at the <br /> same time as, the request for a grading permit is made, or before <br /> Planning Department signatures are affixed on the Final Plat, whichever is <br /> first. <br /> 6. Sight triangles (10' x 70') shall be shown on the Final Plat at the <br /> intersection with each of the aforementioned roadways and Whitfield <br /> Road. <br /> E. Land Use Buffers and Landscaping <br /> 1. The 30-foot wide land use buffer along both Whitfield and Erwin Roads, <br /> identified on the approved Preliminary Plat, shall be preserved in <br /> perpetuity in accordance with the provisions of the UDO. The document, <br /> as well as any local covenants, shall require the applicant or future <br /> homeowners association to preserve the required land use buffer. <br /> 2. Trees within the tree protection area denoted on the approved Preliminary <br /> Plat shall be preserved as proposed by the applicant. <br /> 3. Upon completion of roadway improvements Planning Department staff <br /> shall complete an inspection in the area to ascertain if additional roadway <br /> plantings are required in accordance with the provision(s) of the UDO. <br /> In the event additional plantings are required, the applicant shall submit a <br /> formal landscape plan re-establishing required vegetation. The <br /> owner/applicant shall install landscaping as indicated on the approved <br /> Landscape Plan and the Planning Department shall inspect and approve <br /> such landscaping before signing the Final Plat. It should be noted no part <br /> of any additional landscaping shall encroach into the ten (10) foot by <br /> seventy (70) foot sight triangles at the public road intersection. <br /> OR <br /> The owner/applicant shall submit a letter of credit or cash bond to secure <br /> required landscape installation and preservation. The owner/applicant <br /> shall provide, as specified within the UDO, an estimate of the cost for <br /> required preservation, plantings and their installation. The financial <br /> guarantee shall reflect 110% percent of the estimate and be issued by an <br /> accredited financial institution licensed to do business in North Carolina. <br /> 4. Provision for protection of existing trees shall be included in the Final Plat, <br /> as well as the recorded Declaration of Restrictions as prepared by the <br /> Orange County Planning Department. <br /> 5. Clear cutting or other removal of any trees or other vegetation on <br /> individual lots is prohibited as specified within the UDO. This requirement <br /> shall be further evidenced within the subdivision's recorded Declaration of <br /> Restrictions and the Final Plat. <br />