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• ' -5- - } , 0'72 ' • 1 Public Hearing on Planned Development Rezoning Request - Eubanks . 2 - Road Townhouses (PD-1-86) . - - 3 . 4 Citizens wishing to speak at hearing were sworn in by the - - g 5 . Orange County Chair of the Board of Commissioners. - 6 . 7 Marvin Collins, Orange County- Planning Director, asked that 8 agenda item #3, Action Agenda Item Abstract, dated October 13, _ • 9 4 1986, PD-1-86 Eubanks Road Townhouses be entered into the record ,Q of the meeting. -_ . •' . 11 - 1 . . 12 Mr.. Collins made a presentation ' on the ' project' saying- this .' 13 hearing was the third public hearing on the proposed Eubanks Road 14 Townhouse project. He said the proposal was for 137 ..townhouse - 15 .-' units, grouped in clusters, on a 19.2..acre site on the north .side 16 ;::: :., of , Eubanks Road, 1700 ; .feet west=; of the ' intersection of '17 -._;:_, `. - interstate-40 -"and' N.C. :86. ' There -'is a requirement of a ' 100' i8 ' buffer ' surrounding' the site -except for the .side.' adjacent to the - 19 • - * industrial development which - requires a, 50' . buffer. .: '.Sewer , - 20 -• service, according to 'Mr. Collins, would be. provided by_.construe-- . 21 - - -- •tion and installation . .of a . pump station to serve the entire 22 drainage basin. . . 23 . .' - 24 . " ' Mr. Collins stated. that the current 'recreation standards (Article �5 - .5.1.1) require a minimum recreation space ratio of .299. There- , 26 fore the applicant needed to provide a - minimum recreation space 27 - of 5.85 acres for a 19.2 acre site. However, section IV-B-7-b-2 2 - ' also requires that 1/35th of an acre of land be - dedicated for - 29 each dwelling unit proposed. This results in an acreage require-- 30 _ ment of . 4.11 acres of public recreation area. - If the-- figure' 31 - derived by application• of Article 5. 1. 1 is greater, the differ- 32 . . ' ence (1.74 acres) must - be - developed _ for private. recreation 33 - ' purposes. The internal recreation space e - provided totaled 1.08 34' - . ' acres; therefore an additional' .66 acres of private' recreation 35 area and a payment-in-lieu of recreation in the amount of $12,8 23 36 .for the 4.11 acres ' of public recreation was •required., to meet - 37 current standards. . . ' .. • ' - - ' 38 . . _ 39 Planning Director -Collins said the project, was to be developed in - 40 phases with a completed project date in December, - 1991. - He - 41 further stated that the project would have 'a measurable affect on 42 . ' ' the traffic intersection of Eubanks Road and N.C. 86. He .com- 43 - . .merited that at present the County- had not required off--site 44 ' traffic improvements feeling the road improvements should be 45 addressed by NCDOT, but that this was something the County needed 46 to review in light of needed road improvements to the intersec-- 47 tion of N.C. 86 and Eubanks Road and the lack of State funding.- - 48 49 Commissioners Marshall and Carey asked about the size of the pump - 50 - station and who would pay for its construction. Mr. Collins 51 replied that the size of the pump station would be agreed with . 52 OWASA and that the applicant would pay for having it built. . 5mi. ouncil Member Pasquini' questioned the basis upon which the - land 55 was valued for payment-in-lieu of recreation space. - He felt the 56 . - amount was too low. _ Mr. Collins answered that the 1987 tax - 57 appraisal was used. - 58 _ 59 - -60 - - .„...- -