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. 0 82 7** traffic ebunt indicates 500 . trips per day on Wes Lebanon road . This subdivision would have m inin,aL - impact on the -area . UC DOT has indicated that sight distance Looking Mast along SR 1306 is adequate; however, sight distance Looking east is Less than desirabLe . The road serving ' the subdivision was estabLished as part of -the minor subdivision . Addition of tivo Lots; wilt not substantiaLLy affect traffic safety in this area . Staff did not f-eeL that the addition of two Lots had sufficient impact to deny access to an established .road. The Planning Staff recommends approval. with a SO foot wide drainage easement along the- creek. through Lots 3 , 4, and 5 . Walters noted there were three rat-her, than just t �.n Lots with access to BuLue Jasper Lane and he stiLL had concerns with sight distance being " Less than desirabLe" . Greg Shepherd of Shepherd Design Associates stated that Lots 1 ,1 5 and 9 had been approved by staff as a' minor subdivision in Ap ri L- 1985 . Based . an this approval. , the developer bui Lt and' constructed -DLue Jasper Lane . Gordon asked if the road was r-om p L e-,-,e and Shepherd responded y e s , i t was comp* L-etted after final p l a t a pp ro v a L . Shepherd continued noting that road Location was optimal. given the existing road network . He retairiaad the Board that the Letter from NC DOT said the sight distance was Less than desirabLe , not dangerous . Kizer inquired what was a desirabLe standard for sight distance . Shepherd responded the desirabLU sight distance on a 55 mph road is 550 feet . Shepherd continued that there ware no standards fur minimum sight distance in the Orange County Subdivision Regulations'. Gordon responded that this must be a safe distance . Shepherd noted that he fa Lt utiLi.zing an existing road systaim is best . Gordan inquired w h a n CLuo Jasper Lane constructed . - Smith responded that it was done b,-. ror-- finaL plat approvaL .