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1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 8, 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item . <br /> SUBJECT: TUPELO RIDGE, PHASE ONE - PRELIMINARY PLAN <br /> ACTION BY: September 22, 1994 <br /> DEPARTMENT:PLANNING & INSPECTIONS PUBLIC HEARING: Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br /> Resolution of Approval Extension 2580 <br /> Application <br /> Vicinity Map <br /> Preliminary Plan <br /> Fiscal Impact Analysis <br /> 7/18/94 Draft Planning Board TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Minutes Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider the Preliminary Plan for Phase One of <br /> Tupelo Ridge Subdivision. <br /> BACKGROUND: The property is located in western Chapel Hill <br /> Township on the east side of Union Grove Church Road <br /> (SR 1111) south of Albert Road (SR 1179) . The tract is <br /> divided almost equally between Orange County's <br /> jurisdiction and the Town of Carrboro's Transition <br /> Area. The Orange County portion is zoned Rural Buffer <br /> and University Lake Protected Watershed. The Joint <br /> Planning Area Land Use Plan designation is Rural <br /> Residential and Carrboro Transition Area II. <br /> Adjacent land uses are residential and undeveloped. <br /> The tract contains a 100-foot Piedmont Electric <br /> Membership Corporation right-of-way. Steeper slopes <br /> are located along the western portion of the powerline <br /> right-of-way and approach 14.8 percent. No traffic <br /> count information is available for Union Grove Church <br /> Road. <br /> The total acreage of Phase One is 41 acres. Approxi- <br /> mately 27.56 acres are in Orange County's jurisdiction <br /> and the University Lake Watershed. A total of twelve <br /> (12) new residential lots are proposed in Phase One, <br /> seven (7) of which will be located in the Rural <br />