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g3) 167 <br /> describes Tree Protection Areas which are <br /> required on each lot and include the rear <br /> yard building setbacks. These are indicated <br /> on the landscape plan to ensure that the <br /> existing vegetation in those areas will be <br /> maintained. <br /> 2. Sidewalks would be required on Booth Road and <br /> Oak Crest Drive. <br /> Sidewalks are not required improvements in <br /> subdivisions under the County's jurisdiction. <br /> 3. All trees having a diameter greater than 18" <br /> would be required on the landscape plan. <br /> Clearing limit lines for the roads and <br /> drainage facilities Would also be required. <br /> Section IV-B-8 of the Subdivision Regulations <br /> does not specify that individual trees be <br /> shown on the lands4pe plan. The ordinance <br /> does, however, require that the landscape <br /> plan include "stands of existing trees. " <br /> Clearing limits are defined by Section IV-B- <br /> 8-b-2, which states H . ...existing trees may be <br /> removed only from designated street rights- <br /> of-way and utility and/or storm water <br /> drainage easements. " All other areas of the <br /> subdivision are covered by the required Tree <br /> Protection Areas. <br /> 4. Septic field locations should be included on <br /> the plans. <br /> The Board of County Commissioners has <br /> considered a policy regarding the indication <br /> of nitrification fields on subdivision plats. <br /> The Commissioners decided not to make this a <br /> requirement until additional information can <br /> be obtained on the costs of implementing such <br /> a policy. <br /> 5. The Carrboro stream buffer area would be <br /> calculated with the following manner: 100 <br /> year floodplain-boundary + 50 ft. + a <br /> distance equal to 4 x slope% x 100. <br /> Under Article 6.23 of the Orange County <br /> zoning Ordinance, a similar formula is used <br /> to determine the stream buffer. <br /> 6. Carrboro street specifications would require <br /> a 50 foot right-of-way with 20 feet of paving <br /> on the three cul-de-sacs and a 60 foot right- <br /> __ <br />