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r)8 3 <br /> - - - <br /> 411 adjacent to Duke Forest. It would be part of the <br /> Rural Buffer, and the minimum lot size requirement <br /> would be two acres. Properties developed adjacent <br /> to Duke Forest would be required to provide a tier <br /> of two-acre lots backing up to the Forest. The <br /> 670-foot dimension is derived by dividing the area <br /> of a two-acre lot (87, 120 sq. ft. ) by the minimum <br /> required lot width (130 feet) in the Rural Buffer <br /> zoning district. <br /> Problems inherent in the proposal include the <br /> boundary creating split jurisdictions and the <br /> limitation on utility extensions in the Rural <br /> Buffer. In the case of the former situation, <br /> implementation of the Joint Planning Agreement <br /> would place a portion of the property under Orange <br /> County' s jurisdiction and the remainder under <br /> Carrboro' s administrative control. Given the <br /> nature of the Agreement; i. e. , the provision of <br /> project review/comment procedures, the solution may <br /> be through administrative channels. The latter <br /> situation could be handled by allowing water and/or <br /> sewer extensions to serve only those lots abutting <br /> Duke Forest and only if the soils were proven to be <br /> unsuited for septic tank use. ) <br /> 41! 4. Move the Transition Area boundary to a set distance <br /> of 400 feet from the Duke Forest border. <br /> (This alternative is similar to #4 above in that a <br /> single tier of lots would result adjacent to Duke <br /> Forest, each being at least two acres in size. The <br /> 400-foot distance is derived from conventional lot <br /> dimensions; i.e. , lot depth equals twice the width. <br /> For a two-acre lot of 87, 120 sq. ft. , the dimensions <br /> would be 212 feet in width and 412 in depth. Using <br /> the rounded-off 400-foot dimension, lot widths <br /> would be 217 feet. <br /> An additional provision could be added which <br /> required that a 100-foot buffer adjacent to Duke <br /> Forest be incorporated as part of the lot. <br /> Allowances would have to be made, however, if the <br /> only available perc site was in the buffer. The <br /> same public sewer dilemma would be present as well <br /> as the problem of split jurisdiction. Possible <br /> solutions would be the same. ) <br /> At its March 1, 1988 meeting, the Chapel Hill Planning <br /> Board voted to recommend approval of provision for a <br /> buffer 100 feet back from Duke Forest. <br /> - - At -its March 3",' 198-meting, the Carrboro Board of <br /> Aldermen approved a resolution which recommended that <br />