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063 <br /> Rationale For a Private Road at Sykes Glen Subdivision <br /> The Sykes Glen Subdivision off Oak Grove Church Rd. in western <br /> Orange County has been planned to be a small rural residential area. <br /> The owners, Glen Sykes and Carolyn Lindell , wish to preserve the <br /> natural beauty of the rolling terrain and to maintain the rural <br /> character of the area. Although Carolyn and Glen do not live in this <br /> area they grew up visiting kin here and continue to visit with relatives <br /> in the Orange Grove region of Orange County.They have watched the area <br /> develop and are aware of the existing small subdivisions which have <br /> grown up west of Chapel Hill and which access through private roads <br /> ( Twin Streams, Western Park, Covered Bridge, Collins Creek to name <br /> a few ) . <br /> In planning Sykes Glen the owners will prepare and record Restrictive <br /> Covenants on the lots which address the issue of further subdivision. <br /> Under these covenants only one single family dwelling per lot is permitted. <br /> Setbacks, minimum square footage and easements for utilities and drainage <br /> facilities are also provided for. Lots will be restricted against further sub- <br /> division. <br /> In justifying a private road the owners have reviewed the conditions <br /> of the Orange County Subdivision Regulations Section IV -B - 3 - d and <br /> have planned Sykes Glen to meet the following conditions : <br /> A. ) Sykes Glen consists of nine lots ranging in size from 3.4 to 6.4 <br /> acres each of which by recorded covenant may support only one single <br /> family dwelling. The lots may not be further subdivided. <br /> B. ) Sykes Glen is designed with a private road to preserve as many of <br /> the mature hardwoods and pines as possible. It is located in the protected <br /> Cane Creek watershed and a portion of each lot will indeed be restricted use <br /> according to the impervious surface in this watershed. The private <br /> dirt and gravel road will serve to also preserve this watershed. <br /> Conversely, a paved public road would require 28,800 square feet ( .66acres ) <br /> of pavement which is not consistent with restrictionson the impervious <br /> surface in the Cane Creek watershed. <br /> C. ) This subdivision does not embrace or abut any part of a thorough- <br /> fare plan or a municipality 's thoroughfare plan within the County and does <br /> not lie within a designated transition area. <br /> D. ) Sykes Glen does not extend an exisiting subdivision. <br /> B. ) The owners of the lots at Sykes Glen Subdivision will belong to <br /> . a Homeowners Association which will collect annual fees for maintanence <br /> of the private road. John Northen has been contacted and will act as <br /> attorney to draw up such documents as are necessary to assure maintanence <br /> of this private road.The individual owners of the lots will understand <br /> the nature and purpose of the private road. They will understand that the <br /> road can not be extended and that it will not be upgraded at a future <br /> date for dedication for public use:.- These conditions will become part <br />