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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 23, 2007 Action Agenda Item No. q — c, SUBJECT: Preliminary Plan Modification for Lots 22-26 of Ashwick Subdivision DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENTS: 1. Amended Resolution of Approval P 3 2. Application Letter w/ Plot Drawings p 5 INFORMATION CONTACT: 3. Signatures of all Lot Owners P 9 Craig Benedict, Director, 245-2592 4. Sept 6, 2006 Planning Board p 12 Jennifer Leaf, Planner 1, 245-2603 Minutes Robert P. Davis, Current Planning 5. May 15, 2001 Resolution of P 19 Supervisor, 245-2580 Approval 6. Preliminary Plan (Lots 22 — 26) PURPOSE: To receive the Administration and Planning Board recommendations and to make a decision concerning the modified preliminary plan for Lots 22 — 26 of the Ashwick Subdivision. REQUEST: The owners of lots 22 — 26 request a 25% reduction of the subdivision perimeter building setback from 100 feet to 75 feet. RATIONALE FOR REQUEST: This reduction would, in effect, increase the buildable area on the lots in order to allow construction of decks, patios and accessory structures that other single- family residential uses within the subdivision and area normally have the ability to do. Per Section IV-B-8-g of the Subdivision Regulations, the Board of County Commissioners is the only body that can vary the 100 -foot perimeter building setback of a Conservation Cluster Flexible Development. The square footage of homes in this subdivision range between 1,600 and 2,800 with the predominate size being approximately 2,100 square feet. This request is ' due to the limited buildable area for house and other structures rather than any desire to build larger homes. Three of the lots already have 1,600 square foot homes constructed on them per the developer; none of these lots have room for an accessory structure. LOCATION: The Ashwick Subdivision is located in Efland (Cheeks Township) on the northern side of US 70 West near the Efland Fire Station (EMS Station # 4). The zoning of the subdivision and the surrounding vicinity is R-1, a single-family residential district with 40,000 square foot minimums (14,000 under Flexible Development). All lots are connected to public sewer and Orange-Alamance water and were developed under the Conservation-Cluster Option of Flexible Development at the minimum of 14,000 square feet per lot. The entire subdivision has been platted with many of the lots sold with homes constructed.