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6919. Lee St. 19 Mebane, NC 27302 9-30-94 Ms. Emily Cameron Orange County Planning Dept. Hillsborough, NC 27278 9-30- 94 Dear Emily: As we discussed on the phone yesterday, I would like to apply for a variance to the landscape ordinance in order to accomplish a plan that is more in keeping with a "planned community" of lots (as opposed to a subdivision of individual lots that just happen to be adjacent). For Hannah Creek, we would like to use the trees we are supposed to plant as street trees (instead of along the borders of the open lots) . This means taking the total number of trees and placing all of them (or nearly all, as agreed upon) along the front of the lots, and it means placing them in the street right-of-way, rather than set back from the street. We need to plant in the right-of-way so that the trees will be close enough together to eventually make a canopy across the road, and so that we can install Chapel Hill grit sidewalks in the right-of-way (when possible), as well. I took pictures of several residential streets in Chapel Hill (such as North and Rosemary streets)* and measured the widths of the streets, shoulders and sidewalks, and their relationships to each other. I have also measured the distance between trees, which is between 50' and 100'. We want to plant our trees (willow oaks) between 50' and 75' apart (as deemed necessary) along both sides of the street, wherever the land is open. I have sketched a section of what I am proposing, and hope it is clear. Thanks for your help, and I wish you the best in "your new endeavor!" (Call me if you need something.) Sincerely, Ann Moss Joy? P.S. Of course, we will not be installing curb and gutter, and we will have grass between the road and sidewalk.