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17 •18E • MEMORANDUM ECEI vETRI TO: Planning Board • FROM: Roger Weldon, Planning Director 1j SUBJECT: Lacy Burch Subdivision, Phase Two - Joint Planning Area Application for Preliminary Plat Approval (SD-24-45) DATE: June 25, 1985 The memorandum provides a description and analysis of an application for approval of a preliminary plat for a subdivision in the Chapel Hill/Orange County Joint Planning Area. Attached are the applicant's Preliminary Plan and Project Fact Sheet. The proposed subdivision calls for the subdivision of 3 residential building lots off from the Lacy Burch Estate property, located near the intersection of Homestead and Seawell School Roads (see attached copy of Tax Map - Lot 45). The property fronts on Homestead Roads Seawell School Road, and a private easement entitled Link Road. Its eastern boundary parallels the University railroad tracks. It consisted of 24 acres of land until recently, when Orange County's. approval of Phase One of the Lacy Burch Subdivision subdivided Lot 1 from the parent tract. The proposed Phase Two would subdivide Lots 2, 3, and 4 from the Lacy Burch Estate property and leave a residual tract with approximately 19.5 acres of land. Evaluation In accord with the Joint Planning Agreement, the Town must review the proposed subdivision for compliance with Orange County's Subdivision Ordinance rather than with Chapel Hill's Development Ordinance. The primary issue raised by the proposed Subdivision is one of access: 1) ensuring adequate access to the 3 lots proposed for immediate devel- opment; and 2) providing for the future development of a logical street network that will serve the future development of the residual tract and adjoining properties. Link Road currently exists as a gravel roadway within a private ease- ment providing right of access, to Lot 1 of the Lacy Burch Subdivision, the 4 lots existing along its southern boundary, and a 679-acre tract of UNC-owned land that adjoins the Horace Williams Airport and contains the • old Chapel Hill Landfill and the Town's Municipal Operations Facility. All but a very small part of the UNC property lies on the east side of the adjacent railroad tracks. Homestead Road, Seawell School Road, and the University railroad tracks form appropriate boundaries of an approximately 50-acre area that should be served by a unified network of local streets. Such a street network should minimize the number of driveway and street access points directly onto Seawell School Road, a minor thoroughfare, and should avoid any access onto Homestead Road, a major thoroughfare. The street network should also provide for two means of access to the properties within the area.