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ORANGE 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 # Vni-.A <br /> SUBJECT: WHITFIELD'S GLEN - PRELIMINARY PLAN <br /> ACTION BY: May 6, 1993 <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br /> Resolution of Approval Extension 2580 <br /> Application <br /> Vicinity Map <br /> Preliminary Plan <br /> Private Road Justification <br /> Staff Evaluation of Private TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Road Justification Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Petition to Abandon Right- Durham - 688-7331 <br /> of-Way Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Resolution of BOCC Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> Historic Property Description <br /> 3/15/93 Draft Planning Board <br /> Minutes <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of the Preliminary Plan for Whitfield's <br /> Glen Subdivision. [This item should be considered only i. <br /> after the Board of Commissioners has acted on the <br /> order closing the right-of-way at the end of Wisteria <br /> Drive. If abandoned, the property will be used to <br /> provide direct access to one of the proposed lots. ] <br /> BACKGROUND: The property is located on the southeast corner of <br /> Whitfield Road (SR 1730) and Sunrise Road (SR 1732) in <br /> Chapel Hill Township. It is zoned Rural Buffer and <br /> designated as Rural Buffer on the Joint Planning Area <br /> Land Use Plan. Adjacent land uses are residential and <br /> a church. No traffic counts are available for Sunrise <br /> Road; the 1986 count for Whitfield Road was 2500 trips <br /> per day. <br /> The total acreage of the tract is 37 .27 acres. Seven <br /> (7 ) lots are proposed which average 5.32 acres in <br /> size. New lots will be served by individual wells and <br /> septic tanks. _ <br /> • <br /> There is an existing residence on lot 2 with access to <br /> Whitfield Road. The house was built in 1879 and was <br /> identified as historic during the inventory of <br />