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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />~°~ntY °~ Dr <br />Current Planning yam` ¢ ~ '8 306E Revere Road <br />(919) 245-2575 1= ~ 5z P O Box 8181 <br />(919) 644-3002 (Fax) ~~ Hillsborough, <br />www.co.orange.nc.us 'k°<<h ~°~°~'°4 North Carolina, 27278 <br />c~ ~ <br />~ . <1 ~ I ~. 41 +~'f i4' iT't 'r~eiq~. ~ ~g~ i o 4 0.. ~ 3 ~~~~ ~ __^ ~ <br />f .. y~~ - <br />r <br />~ n. <br />~~ '' Z4 °^^' ..1.. i c7.'1~yC~q"n",~,:_ n -k= ~ ~ ~.~a~-..-.... `` ~"-::.; .~..rse"e ' _ ..~..,.L~1d.~ <br />Staff Response 1b Citizen Concerns Regarding Churlon Grove Planned Development <br />Introduction <br />Staff received a copy of a letter dated September 10, 2007 along with an <br />attached document titled "Developer Concerns at Churton Grove", addressed, to the <br />Board of County Commissioners ("Board"), from Mr. Michael Buck, a Churton Grove <br />resident. This letter and its various attachments predominately pertain to (1) "Violations <br />of Orange County Municipal Codes and/or Special Use Permit Conditions;" (2) <br />"Concerns Regarding Churton Grove Phase IV;" and (3) "General Developer Concerns." <br />Planning Staff has also received correspondences from other Churton Grove residents <br />that echo the concerns raised in the materials from Mr. Buck. The following is Planning <br />Staff's response to citizen concerns regarding the Churton Grove development. <br />Background <br />The Churton Grove Planned Development (formerly known as "Scotswood") is <br />located northeast of the Town of Hillsborough along Highway 70 East between Saint <br />Mary's Road .and Miller Road (the "Development"). The Development, contains <br />approximately 330 acres and was approved by the Board on May 20, 1986. The <br />Development is governed by a "Class A Special Use Permit for a Planned <br />Development" recorded in Book 1709 at Pages 101-112 in the Orange County Registry <br />("SUP"). The SUP approved the construction of 410 single-family lots; 216 multi-family <br />lots and a 65,460 square foot commercial complex to be constructed in several phases. <br />The conditions of the SUP require that in no event "shall more than 25% of the total <br />approved residential units be constructed in any 2.5 year period." <br />One key condition of approval contained within the SUP was that construction <br />within the Development could begin only after the Town of Hillsborough received <br />approval from the Water Resources Division of the N.C. Department of Natural <br />Resources and Community Development for a water allocation plan. The Eno River <br />Management Plan Implementation Agreement was adopted on February 6, 1989 and on <br />February 11, 1989 Hillsborough recorded plats for the new reservoir. The <br />condemnation process to obtain the land needed to construct the reservoir was <br />commenced on or about April 25, 1997. Based the commencement of the construction <br />