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O R A N G E C O U N T Y 127 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date JanuaLy 4 . 1988_ <br /> Action nda <br /> SUBJECT: DARK HILLS - PRELIMINARY Item <br /> ACTION BY: February 9, 1988 <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes X_ No <br /> ATTACHMENT( S) : _ INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Kirk <br /> Checklist <br /> Letters from applicant and owner <br /> Preliminary Plan Certification <br /> Vicinity Map <br /> Agency Letters <br /> Preliminary Plan <br /> Draft 12/21/87 Planning Board Minutes <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of the Preliminary Plan for Dark Hills <br /> Subdivision. <br /> BACKGROUND : The property is located in Cedar Grove Township on Carr <br /> Store Road ( SR 1352) . The total acreage of the tract is <br /> 136. 25 acres, with 13 acres proposed for division. The <br /> developer is proposing thirteen ( 13) lots with all lots <br /> being one ( 1 ) acre in size. Each lot is to have frontage on <br /> Carr Store Road with joint driveways for lots 2-13. The <br /> property is not zoned and is designated Agricultural <br /> Residential and Water Supply Watershed in the Land Use Plan. <br /> All agencies have reviewed the preliminary plan. The County <br /> Attorney suggested that Staff consider a marginal access <br /> street to serve the lots. Due to the minimum amount of <br /> traffic on Carr Store Road ( 1985 traffic count of 700) and <br /> the fact that the developer is proposing joint driveways, <br /> the Planning Staff does not feel that a marginal access <br /> street is needed. The Staff did have a concern about the <br /> proximity of a 60-foot proposed road to NC 86. NCDOT <br /> inspected the site and commented that the proposed road <br /> should be moved further away from NC 86 and placed between <br /> lots 3 and 4. <br /> At its December 21 , 1987 meeting, the Planning Board <br /> recommended approval of the preliminary plan subject to the <br /> following conditions: <br />