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MEMORANDUM To: Orange County Commissioners and Orange County Planning Board From: The Chapel Hill Planning Board Subject: Sedgefield Subdivision - Request for Preliminary Sketch Approval Date: March 4, 1981 REQUEST: A request for preliminary sketch approval for 53 residential lotsTcated between Whitfield Road and Weaver Dairy Road. PLAN EVALUATION: Review of the subject preliminary sketch included EbIlsideration of the following: 1. Access. The Chapel Hill Planning Board and Staff believe that access via tfe two street connections to Whitfield Rd. is sufficient for the entire Sedgefield Subdivision. The proposed connections to NC 86 via Sedgewood Road and to Weaver Dairy Road via Brentwood Road are believed to be unnecessary and are in violation of the Town's Comprehensive Plan which discourages cross-connecting streets (i.e. residential streets joining two major thoroughfare street's) as discussed on page 8 of the Chapel Hill Land Use Plan Report. Cross-connecting streets generally become a short-cut for intra-- city traffic creating traffic hazards within the affected resi- dential area. The Town continues to experience a number of problems caused by the creation in the past of cross-connecting streets within residential areas. In order to preclude this problem it is recommended that Brentwood Road be made a cul-de-sac street and that Sedgewood Court be connected with Fairfield Court to form a loop in lieu of extending Sedgdwood Road to NC 86. (Please refer to attached map showing Planning Board Recommendation.) 2, 1-40 Alignment. In order to inform potential purchasers of lots of the proposed construction of 1-40, it is recommended that the proposed interstate alignment be shown on the final plat with the words "Proposed Alignment of Interstate 40", 3, Sewer Service. Part of the proposed subdivision is located within the watershed of Eastwood Lake. Eastwood Lake is classified as Class B water. It is recommended, therefore, that all lots within the Eastwood Lake watershed and all lots which can be served by gravity sewer be serviced by the OWASA sewer system. It is further ..:ecommended that sewer easements for future use be dedicated within the area to be served by septic tanks. 4. Water Service. It is recommended that water service be by connection to the OWASA water system. If a private system must be used it is recommended that the private system be constructed • • to OWASA standards to make it easier to add the area onto the OWASA water system in the future, • •