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Approved 1/3/07 that the concern by the citizens is that there is often a disparity between the socio-economic status and the culture, and they were concerned that farming is not always the most attractive neighbor. Jay Bryan asked if the public road was another stub out to the south and Jennifer Leaf answered that this is the required turnaround for emergency vehicles. It is not a stub out. No public comrnent.~ Motion made by Brian Crawford, seconded by Brian Dobyns to recommend approval of the Concept Plan for Lot A-9-C of Union Grove United Methodist Church with the following conditions: 5. The intersection and road alignments on the Preliminary Plan shall meet NCDOT standards. 6. A dedication of an additional 5 feet of right-of--way, or 35 feet from the centerline of the right-of--way, whichever is greater, will be required along Union Grove Church Road. 7. .Long Branch will be subject to greenway dedication to be determuied prior to the Planning Board making its recommendation to the BOCC at Preliminary Plan stage. 8. Homeowners Association documents that provide for maintenance of the open space . - -- -- - - - shall be submitted with the preliminary plan. Provisions shall be included in the Homeowners Association documents that would prohibit tree cutting in the open space except for maintenance purposes. 9. The floodplain and the 65-foot stream buffers associated with the streams must be shown on the Preliminary Plan. 10. Show location of subdivision sign on Preliminary Plan, and reserve an easement for the sign. 11. Any lighting shall meet Orange County Lighting Standards. 12. Obtain NCDOT street intersection location prior to submittal of Preliminary Plan. VOTE: Ayes, 10; No, 1 (Sam Lasris - he said that this is farmland and people live in modest homes in this area) AGE1~A ITEM #11: Tl~E 1BLUI+'FS AT MOOREFIELI)S - COletCEPT PLAI`~ (VOTING ITEM) Presenter: Eddie Kirk, Planner II Planning Board will consider recommendation on the Concept Plan for The Bluffs at Moorefields. Eddie Kirk made this presentation. This subdivision is located southwest of Hillsborough at the corner of Moorefields and Dimmocks Mill Roads. The subdivision is proposed to have 171ots. The total acreage is 35.22 acres. The requirement is for 33% open space, and the proposal includes 44.76% open space, which is 15.11 acres. The density comes out to 2.07 acres per lot. The property is surrounded by existing development and creeks. The proposal has two cul-de-sacs. There will be individual wells and septic tanks. There was a neighborhood information meeting on November 20~', and there was concern expressed by the neighbors regarding lot sizes and prices of the homes. The homeowners association would maintain the open space. The Planning staff is recommending approval with the conditions as stated on page 3 of the abstract (stamped page 55). Condition #7 has been changed to say that the minimum 10-foot wide open space area shall be provided between lots 11 and 12. Brian Dobyns asked if there would really be 17 lots because of the quality of the soils there. Eddie Kirk said that this is a concept plan only. If the Health Department finds that there are no suitable soils on each lot, and a repair area, there could be less lots. Steve Yuhasz distributed the slope diagrams. Regarding the soils, this property had a proposal several years ago for 27 lots, and at that time a soils report was done that showed a good likelihood that those lots 22 11