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DRAFT PBM MINUTES PAGE 16 <br /> developer (Calvin Mellott) is requesting approval <br /> of a preliminary plan the Mel-Oak Estates-Phase 4 <br /> to allow six lots. each approximately 40.000 <br /> square feet. The property is located in the Rural. <br /> Buffer which presently requires a two acre minimum <br /> ° size. The developer requesting <br /> lot <br /> Planning consider of <br /> the six-lot <br /> design since Mel--Oaks has been an on-going <br /> subdivision. . ° <br /> A second Mel-Oak Estates Phase 4 plan has been <br /> prepared to comply with the two-acre minimum lot <br /> size if the Planning Board does not approve the. <br /> first request. The plan indicates three lots, <br /> each being 2.00 acres in size. Both subdivisions <br /> propose to construct Mel Oaks Trail to State <br /> standards. <br /> The 6 .3 acre tract is zoned R-1 and is located in <br /> the Uni versity Lake Watershed. It is designated <br /> Rural Buffer and Protected Watershed II in the <br /> Joint Planning Land Use Plan. <br /> Approval of the request would allow the <br /> development of either three or six additional lots <br /> in the subdivision. This would result in an <br /> additional 30 or 60 trips per day entering onto <br /> Jones Ferry Road. bringing the total trips per day <br /> for Mel-Oak Phase II to either 117 or 147. <br /> depending on the plan approved. <br /> The Planning Staff recommends approval of the <br /> three-lot design for Mel-Oak Estates Phase 4 <br /> subject to the following conditions: <br /> (1) That lots 15 and/or 16 access to Mel-Oaks <br /> Trail. This will provide the minimum number of. <br /> lots (4) that the Department of Transportation <br /> requires to receive access from a cul-de-sac. <br /> (2) There are no recreation areas or greenways <br /> designated for the site in the Joint Planning <br /> Area Land Use Plan. Another condition of <br /> approval is submission of payment in-lieu at the <br /> time of the time of final plan approval or <br /> within one year of preliminary approval <br /> whichever occurs first. The payment shall be <br /> equal to $372 and is based on the standard-of <br /> 1/35th (0.03) of an acre per unit x 3 dwelling <br /> units on lots = 0.09 acres x $4135/acre (1987 <br /> valuation) . If the Planning Board elects to <br /> approve six lots. the payment-in-lieu would be <br /> twice that amount or $744. <br />