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1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 20, 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # j7r_D <br /> SUBJECT: St. Thomas Woods Preliminary Plan - Revision <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolution of Approval Mary Willis - Extension 2583 <br /> Subdivision Plat ,TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 4/13/93 Draft Planning Board Minutes Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a revision to the conditions of <br /> Preliminary Plan approval for the St. Thomas Woods <br /> Subdivision to allow the use of a secondary driveway <br /> on Lot 3 . <br /> BACKGROUND: St. Thomas Woods is located on the west side of <br /> Pleasant Green Road north of Cole Mill Road. The <br /> Preliminary Plan was approved on March 1, 1988 and <br /> contained 36 lots. Six lots access directly onto <br /> Pleasant Green Road. The remaining lots access onto <br /> internal subdivision roads. <br /> Two subdivision roads feed into St. Thomas Drive which <br /> provides a single access to Pleasant Green Road. Lot <br /> 3 and Lot 32 are corner lots, located at the <br /> intersection of St. Thomas Drive and Pleasant Green <br /> Road. The Preliminary Plan approval required that <br /> access for these lots be restricted to St. Thomas <br /> Drive. The lots which accessed directly onto Pleasant <br /> Green Road were required to have joint driveways to <br /> reduce the number of access points. <br /> In October, 1992 a complaint was received regarding <br /> the construction of driveways onto Pleasant Green <br /> Road. The complaint involved the location of <br /> driveways which were designated as joint driveways on <br /> the Final Plat, and the construction of a driveway on <br /> Lot 3 which accesses onto Pleasant Green Road as well <br /> as St. Thomas Drive. <br /> Joint Driveways <br /> The Final Plat for St. Thomas Woods required joint <br /> driveways between lots 35 and 36, lots 33 and 34 , and <br />