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22 <br /> accepted by the State for maintenance due to density or other State <br /> requirements. <br /> (Upon buildout, the subdivision will meet NCDOT density requirements.) <br /> 3. Recreation and/or open space areas, including lands containing significant <br /> botanical, wildlife, historic and/or archaeological sites, are to be dedicated <br /> and/or preserved through restrictive-covenants in amounts significantly greater <br /> than required by standards for recreation/open space dedication. <br /> (Approximately five[5]acres of park land is proposed along the stream in the <br /> northwest corner of the property. This is a natural wooded area containing a <br /> waterfall. There is no requirement for the dedication of recreation or open <br /> space area.) <br /> 4. Significantly larger than required stream buffers and lot sizes, and/or other <br /> design features are proposed as part of a subdivision to be located in a <br /> Protected Watershed as designated on the Orange County Comprehensive Plan <br /> to reduce the amount of impervious surface and cause infiltration of storm <br /> water runoff to prevent the pollution of water supply reservoirs. <br /> (The conservation easement extends 125 feet from each side of the stream. The <br /> required stream buffer ranges from about 60 feet to about 10100 feet. Thus the <br /> conservation easement results in a buffer which is 25 feet to 65 feet greater <br /> than required. There is a large stream buffer proposed along the perennial <br /> stream running through the property. Lot sizes, along the stream, are larger <br /> than required which will reduce the amount of impervious surface. The <br /> average size of the residential lots adjacent to the stream is 2.27 acres. The <br /> average size of all lots along the stream (including the 5-acre arboretum)is <br /> 2.44 acres. These figures compare with an average lot size of 1.73 acres for the <br /> entire subdivision. <br /> 5. Topographic and environmental features, such as streams, steep slopes, or <br /> watersheds, that would be adversely affected by the use of roads constructed <br /> to State standards because of factors such as significant amounts of earthwork <br /> (cut and fill) that would contribute to increased run-off of stormwater and <br /> siltation. <br /> (Building all the roads to State standards would require grading significantly <br /> more area than with the proposed private roads. The stream would be <br /> adversely affected by construction of a public road crossing instead of a private <br /> road.) <br /> 6. The site is already developed to 100% of the capacity which could be achieved <br /> after approval of the subdivision and some or all of the non-conforming aspects <br /> of existing development on the site will be made more conforming as a result of <br /> the proposed subdivision, and all conforming aspects of the development will <br /> remain conforming. <br /> (Not applicable.) <br /> 7. There is only one subdivision road proposed. Its length does not exceed 350 <br /> feet. It serves no more than five lots. Its grade does not exceed nine percent. <br /> The'land being subdivided is not connected to or is part of another subdivision <br /> required to be served by public roads. In addition, the average lot size within <br /> the subdivision is at least 40,000 square feet. <br /> (Not applicable.) <br /> 3 <br />